The U.S. cosmetics industry is supporting legislation that would strengthen and modernize regulatory oversight of the industry and create a greater role for the FDA

Continuing a skirmish over the way dentists can practice in schools, the Louisiana Senate on June 10 passed a bill pushing the state’s dental board

After receiving several petitions raising concerns about the safety of dental amalgam and the adequacy of the clinical studies used to determine how it should

Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation (DOCS) Education has launched a new regulatory website to help health professionals navigate the patchwork of state rules governing oral

Pennsylvania hygienists will soon be able to administer local anesthesia in dentists’ offices and practice independently from dentists under new regulations, according to the American

The FDA is cautioning consumers to reduce their exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), but the U.S. regulatory agency has said nothing about dental materials containing

The debate over the regulation — or lack thereof — of teeth-whitening products heated up last month when the ADA petitioned the FDA to begin

Sometimes it takes death to move a bureaucracy. Or two. When Chicago elementary school principal Georgette Watson died during root canal therapy in 2007, it

The Ohio Legislature is considering a bill that would create a new type of supervision for dental hygienists working outside the dental office. The bill,

The Louisiana House of Representatives today passed a bill calling for tighter regulation of mobile dentistry. .pullQuoteCredit { align:right; text-align:right; font-family:arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height: 16px;

Align Technology has received regulatory approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to promote and sell its Invisalign brand in the country, according

A Minnesota health task force is drafting regulations for a new class of oral health worker whose job description will likely lie somewhere between that