GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has acquired NovaMin Technologies, makers of a calcium phosphate oral product ingredient, for 87 million pounds ($135 million as of December 2009), the

Perfect Smile fluoride toothpaste with the coenzyme CoQ10 yielded “significant improvement” over regular fluoride toothpaste in healing gingivitis, according to a study in the May

The New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry has received a one-year grant from the United Hospital Fund to provide underserved older adults in New

Listerine has introduced “This Is Your Mouth,” a documentary-style commercial narrated by actor Neil Patrick Harris (CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother”). The commercial shows

The oral health of Canadians is, on the whole, much better than it was in the 1970s, according to the oral health component of the

Dental patients at a Connecticut dental clinic could have been exposed to illnesses after potentially unsterilized instruments were used in their mouths, according to a

Ondine Biopharma, while helping to launch a photodisinfection system for periodontitis, posted a $1.14 million loss for the first quarter (end-March 31). With its business

Periowave Dental Technologies introduced the Periowave HHL-1000 cordless, handheld laser and Advanced Formulation treatment kits at the 2010 Ontario Dental Association meeting held May 13-15.

Air Techniques has introduced the Acadia amalgam separator for removing amalgam and other hard metals from office wastewater. Available in a single-size model, Acadia can

A mother of six who works more than 50 hours a week as a hygienist and has an interest in the oral health of special

Noting that dental health is of “great importance,” an appellate court in Michigan has ruled that a former inmate who was denied toothpaste for nearly

More than 6,000 patients, most of them seeking dental care, packed a free seven-day clinic held in Los Angeles last week, at times overwhelming the