Dental hygienist crowned Miss Massachusetts
Dental hygienist Molly Whalen, 20, of Middleboro, MA, was selected Miss Massachusetts 2011 at the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant in Worcester, according to a story
Dental hygienist Molly Whalen, 20, of Middleboro, MA, was selected Miss Massachusetts 2011 at the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant in Worcester, according to a story
A University of Georgia researcher has invented a new technology that can inexpensively render dental instruments, medical linens and clothing, face masks, even paper towels
Patients with elastomeric (traditional “rubber band” style) orthodontic brackets have similar levels of bacteria as patients wearing self-ligating (gated) orthodontic brackets when examined after one
A U.K. company has designed a periodontal tool that it claims can alleviate the difficulty of achieving consistent measurements during periodontal tissue probing. Implantium has
For the second year in a row, New York legislators have voted to require dental warnings on sippy cups for children. The state Senate and
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) has issued an updated position statement about the scope and objective of periodontal therapy and the procedures that are
A community health center in Oregon has received an $85,000 grant to provide screenings, fluoride varnishes, case management, and oral hygiene education to schoolchildren from
Millennium Dental Technologies has named David Williams as its director of field sales, the company announced. Williams will focus on working with dental management service
Filligent has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing clearance for the BioFriend BioMask for sale in the U.S. as a class II medical
Rowpar Pharmaceutical’s MicroClear dental unit waterline cleaner is being relaunched after having acquired newly required Environmental Protection Agency registration in all states except California, which
Walmart is working with Colgate’s Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program to create Building Smiles Together, a new initiative dedicated to providing free dental screenings and
Research published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology provides new evidence that oral health is being overlooked in hospitals, with potential serious consequences (July 2011,