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OCTOdent has partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry (UTHSC) in Memphis to provide dental students, patients, and educators with its Extraoral Aerosol Scavenger.

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Brand Ambassador Emily Boge, CDA, RDH, MPA, received the Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene.

Preprocedural rinses have recently been recommended to help reduce viral loads in dental aerosols.

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Brand Ambassador Ann Cote, RDH, MSHA, talks about her 17-year career in the dental field.

The University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) in Baltimore has created a graduate program in oral health and dental medicine for nondental healthcare providers.

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)  has awarded the Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) a $30 million grant to further explore regenerative therapies.

The immune-suppressing drug used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, rapamycin, has been reported to reduce bone loss, inflammation, and changes to oral bacteria in older mice with periodontal diseases, according to a recent…

A study published in eNeuro suggests taking antibiotics alongside opioids may increase the risk of opioid abuse.

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) released its “Interim Guidance on Returning to Work” in early May, as many states began allowing the reopening of dental practices for elective treatment.

A team led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that a unique set of stem cells located on the roof of the mouth begin dividing in response to wounding and move toward the site of injury.