Unimed-Midwest this week launched a disposable face shield that provides greater protection than paper or fabric masks, according to the company. Splash Shield Lite consists

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 14 – Contrary to earlier reports, gum disease, also referred to as periodontal disease, does not appear to be associated

For years, I worked on the basis of an hour for each adult recall patient. But technology has allowed me to reduce my traditional recall

FlossFirst has released a new version of its credit-card-sized floss package that holds 60 meters (200 ft) of floss, the company announced. The floss is

Colgate in the first quarter of 2009 once again outperformed rival Procter & Gamble, boosting its share of the manual toothbrush market and posting a

The Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) is pushing a five-year plan to reform oral healthcare in its state, including legislation to let hygienists practice without supervision.

Millennium Dental Technologies is questioning the ADA’s position statement on the use of lasers in dentistry. In a press release issued April 29, the company

Global Ionics announced the official launch of the Ionic ProClean toothbrush, which uses ionic technology that has been shown to remove more plaque with less

Gum PerioBalance, a chewing gum containing probiotic bacteria, appeared to ease gingivitis in a study reported in the Acta Odontologica Scandinavica (Vol. 67:1, pp. 19-24).

The Minnesota midlevel dental practitioner debate heated up again this week as the state’s dental association launched an advertising campaign targeting proposed legislation that is

Preliminary results from a new Cigna study support the potential association between untreated periodontal disease and increased medical costs for patients being treated for stroke

Johnson & Johnson this month released studies the company says indicate that its new Reach Ultraclean floss removes more plaque than competing Glide and Oral-B