The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners illegally thwarted competition by working to bar nondentist providers of teeth-whitening services from selling their products to

White Smile Global has introduced the White Smile Pro teeth-whitening pen, which features the company’s all-natural Vitagen antisensitivity gel. The pen is designed to be

Align Technology is encouraging dental practitioners who are considering offering Invisalign treatment specials through social coupon sites such as Groupon and Living Social to consult

A federal judge has appointed a law professor to oversee settlement talks in hundreds of lawsuits filed against Merck in the U.S. alleging that its

Sheila Tan, vice president of marketing and chief marketing officer of Align Technology, has left the company. On an interim basis, President and CEO Thomas

Australian dentists are reporting a boom in cosmetic dentistry, with some practices experiencing a 60% increase in demand, according to a story in the Age

Hydrogen peroxide bleaching strips are effective in reducing the staining effects from tetracycline, according to a study in the Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry

A federal judge has denied a bid by Novartis — maker of the oral bisphosphonate drugs Zometa and Aredia — to overturn a 2010 verdict

Bacterin International Holdings has signed an exclusive agreement with Jeil Medical to distribute Jeil’s LeForte craniomaxillfacial surgery system in the U.S. and Canada. The LeForte

Philips Oral Healthcare is introducing the Zoom WhiteSpeed, a light-activated tooth-whitening system with different intensity settings for patients who have increased sensitivity, at the Greater

Henry Schein Dental is now offering the Sleep Complete program, an integrated package that provides all of the information and products necessary to add dental

OrthoAccel Technologies has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the AcceleDent tooth movement system and is preparing to launch the product in