Pregnant women are believed to face an increased risk of gingival bleeding and tooth decay. But when during pregnancy do these changes occur, and could

A patient scheduled a telephone consultation with me the other day. Her problem had distressed her for years, and she was clearly frustrated. She explained

A new study has found that postmenopausal women taking estrogen as an osteoporosis treatment had a lower prevalence of severe periodontitis than those not receiving

Henry Schein announced it has agreed to acquire Southern Anesthesia + Surgical. Southern Anesthesia + Surgical distributes anesthesia and surgical supplies, including controlled and noncontrolled

Have you heard the term “functional medicine” floating around the internet? Do you know what it means? Alvin Danenberg, DDS. Many traditional medical and dental

When it comes to examining images of a tooth and identifying a crack, should you use periapical radiography or cone-beam CT (CBCT)? Also, who is

Carl Misch, DDS, MDS, PhD, died on January 4 at the age of 70, according to an obituary on Tributes.com. Dr. Misch of Farmington, MI, was

We, as practitioners, have to keep up with many clinical journals. Sometimes it seems like there’s not enough time to keep up with research in

Research has demonstrated a connection between periodontal disease and coronary heart disease (CHD), but the nature of the relationship remains to be determined. To help

Interleukin Genetics reported a significant increase in revenue for the third quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter of 2015. For the quarter (end-September

Are patients with periodontitis more likely to be at risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL)? In the first population-based study to look

In my September 7 column, I wrote how I believe dentistry is getting it wrong. I challenged, you, my dental colleagues, to become educated about