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Reline, rebase, or remake: The denture dilemma It’s 4 p.m. on a Friday and Mr. Smith has just stormed in demanding another “adjustment”…
Reline, rebase, or remake: The denture dilemma It’s 4 p.m. on a Friday and Mr. Smith has just stormed in demanding another “adjustment”…
A Florida woman is suing an oral surgeon after a bur that went missing during an extraction was left lodged in her right maxillary sinus
Plasma jets can disinfect dentin and might serve as a good alternative to chemicals or ozone on tooth preparations, researchers reported last week in the
Effective January 20, Patterson Dental became the sole national distributor of the ProDrive System, a handpiece upgrade, ProDrive Systems announced. Patterson already has an exclusive
Immediate loading of implant-supported mandibular overdentures was more successful when the implants had oxidized surfaces than when they had machined surfaces in a study reported
Nobel Biocare is partnering with Ivoclar Vivadent to expand its line of restorative and prosthetic products, the companies announced in a press release. Ivoclar Vivadent
Opponents of water fluoridation in Walker, LA, are calling on the Board of Aldermen to reconsider a decision to inject fluoride into the town water
Restorations placed with etch-and-rinse adhesives had tighter margins than restorations placed with single-bottle self-etch adhesives in a study published online January 5 in Clinical Oral
The Jordan Company announced that its Resolute Fund II has acquired 100% of the assets and business of Zest Anchors, a family-owned and operated manufacturer
Delcam has released Delcam Dental 2010 SP2, which enhances previous versions of the program used by laboratories for CAD/CAM production of restorations, according to a
Phoenix Lazerus, the makers of Save-A-Tooth, has been granted a U.S. patent for an enhanced method of saving and storing knocked-out teeth. The new patent
Modern Plastics has launched an implantable medical-grade material, MediPEEK-IM (polyetheretherketone), a high-performance semicrystalline thermoplastic designed for long-term body contact. The resin is designed to be