A long-term Finnish study suggests severe gingivitis and periodontitis may increase both the risk of developing a cerebral artery aneurysm and the likelihood that it will rupture. Dental caries, however, was not linked to aneurysm risk, placing the…
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When Untreated Tooth Decay Turns Deadly
A fatal case of sepsis linked to untreated dental caries underscores how oral disease can rapidly escalate into life-threatening…
Speak Out Against Expanding Anesthesia to Dental Assistants by December 18!
A California pilot program proposing to allow expanded function dental assistants to administer local anesthesia threatens to blur…
California’s System of Providing Dental Care Is in Crisis
New reporting from the San Francisco Standard reveals a worsening dental hygienist shortage in California that is reshaping both…
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Study Shows Association Between Xylitol Chewing Gum and Reduced Risk of Preterm Birth
A cluster randomized trial of more than 9,600 participants in Malawi, a nation in South Central Africa, found that women who chewed xylitol gum during pregnancy experienced a reduction in preterm birth and low birth weight babies.…
Medicare Will Now Pay for At-Home Rapid COVID-19 Tests
When the federal government announced that private health insurers would cover the cost of up to eight at-home rapid COVID-19 tests per month for their policyholders on January 15, Medicare was not included—leaving millions of Americans out…
Organization Seeks to Help Implement Dental Therapy
While 13 states have passed legislation allowing licensure of dental therapists, red tape often impedes the ability of states to get these midlevel practitioners into the workforce. Pew Charitable Trusts reports that the National…
COVID-19 Testing: Must Employers Cover the Cost?
On January 13, the Supreme Court struck down the federal government’s requirement that companies with more than 100 employees either mandate COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing. However, businesses may still want to test employees as a…
INTRODUCING IZZO™, A REVOLUTIONARY 4-IN-1 ORAL CARE SYSTEM FOR AT-HOME USE
Today, Premier® Dental, a global developer and manufacturer of dental and medical products, announces the launch of izzo™, an innovative new direct to consumer initiative designed to elevate at-home oral care. izzo™ is the first and only…
DentaQuest Continues Its Partnership With Florida to Provide Prevention-Based Oral Healthcare
Florida Healthy Kids—a public-private partnership that offers low-cost health and dental insurance for children ages 5 to 18 who reside in the state of Florida—will continue its contract with DentaQuest to provide dental managed care to…
Tips for Determining Your Level of COVID-19 Contagiousness
On December 27, 2021, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the recommended amount of quarantine time for those with COVID-19 from 10 days to 5 days. But how are you to know whether you are still contagious…
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Series Now Has Full Approval From FDA
While the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine series received full approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) back in August 2021, the agency gave the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines the same green light on January 31, 2022. The…
Candid Closes Direct-to-Consumer Aligner Business and Goes All-In on Dentist Network Model,…
Candid, a clear aligner company, announces that it is closing its direct-to-consumer business, as well as all 45 Candid Studios. The company is now entirely focused on growing its nationwide network of CandidPro dentists and empowering them…
Gut Bacteria Linked to Long COVID-19 Illness
A study found that those with long COVID-19 illness (symptoms lasting more than 30 days post-infection) had lower levels of immunity-enhancing gut bacteria, such as Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Roseburia…
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