Crest, Oral-B focus on kids’ back-to-school oral health
2012-08-01
Crest and Oral-B have teamed up with actress and mom Jennie Garth and her 9-year-old daughter Lola to inspire children and parents to brush up
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Delta Dental of Ill. offers community grants program
2012-08-01
The Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation is launching a new community grants program to provide funding for programs and organizations that improve the oral health
Ariz. updates rules for dentists and Botox
2012-07-31
Dentists in Arizona can administer Botox and dermal fillers as long as it is part of a dental treatment plan, according to a Substantive Policy
Biolase partners with Aachen Center for Laser Dentistry
2012-07-31
Biolase has signed a long-term agreement with laser dentistry expert Norbert Gutknecht, DDS, PhD, and the Aachen Center for Laser Dentistry in Germany. The partnership
Report: European implant market growth slows
2012-07-31
The European market for dental implants will contract in 2012, then slowly resume growth through 2016, according to a new report from Millennium Research Group
New Dental Choice expands access to orthodontics
2012-07-30
New Dental Choice, a nationwide discount dental program by First Dental Health, is working to make orthodontics affordable for people with and without dental insurance,
Nanocomposite shows promise for dental applications
2012-07-29
Iranian researchers have developed a type of porous silica nanomaterial that could serve as a filling agent for dental composites (Dental Materials, September, 2012, Vol.
High fluoride exposure may hurt kids’ neurodevelopment
2012-07-29
High fluoride exposure in drinking water may negatively affect children’s neurodevelopment, according to a study by Harvard University researchers (Environmental Health Perspectives, July 20, 2012).
U.K. dentists warned about stem cell scheme
2012-07-29
Dentists in the U.K. are being warned about accepting money for recommending stem cell harvesting to their patients. The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has been
Researchers create comprehensive smile database
2012-07-29
What happens to your face when you smile spontaneously, and how does that affect how old you look? Computer scientists from the University of Amsterdam’s
Is ATP production more caries-relevant than MS?
2012-07-29
A recent comparison study found that a salivary culture of mutans streptococci (MS) alone was the most accurate means of assessing a child’s risk for
Do composite materials change color after polymerization?
2012-07-25
A new study examining the color stability of 10 resin-based restorative materials has found that while clinically relevant color changes occurred immediately after polymerization, a
