Researchers are testing whether transferring healthy oral bacteria from donors can rebalance the oral microbiome and provide a breakthrough treatment for chronic oral malodor.
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The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Icon in Dental Hygiene…
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When Will You Be Able to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
The New York Times teamed up with the Surgo Foundation—a privately funded think tank dedicated to creative problem solving—and Ariadne Labs—a center for healthcare innovation—to create a vaccine calculator. The calculator asks your age; the…
Primer on Masks
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FDA Approves At-Home Dual Flu-COVID-19 Test
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home diagnostic test for both flu and COVID-19 on December 4. The RC COVID-19 +Flu RT-PCR Test is made by Quest Diagnostics and is available by prescription only.…
Announcing: The Best in Practice Virtual Summit
HuFriedyGroup invites you to a one-day virtual summit designed especially for YOU
Unique to this event, not only are we focused on best practices, procedures, and clinical techniques - we’re also going to uplift your spirit with sessions…
Improving Care With Teledentistry
Teledentistry is the delivery of dental services through interactive audio, video, or other electronic media for the purpose of diagnosis, consultation, treatment, and/or transfer of dental information to enhance care and education…
DentaQuest Asks States to Allow Dental Professionals to Give COVID-19 Vaccines
The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement—a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the systemic health of all Americans through better oral health—is urging states to allow dentists and dental hygienists to administer…
COVID-19 Cluster in Eastern NY Nursing Home Traced to Dental Hygienist
The Glendale Home in Scotia, New York—a county-funded facility offering short-term rehabilitation and long-term care—reported an outbreak of COVID-19, with eight residents and nine employees testing positive. The positive cases were traced…
Dental Patient Volumes Experience Slight Decrease as the Pandemic Continues
A quarter (25.5%) of dental practices are currently seeing approximately 86% to 95% of their pre-pandemic patient volumes according to polling conducted by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute during the week of November…
Korean Study Visualizes Initial Erosion on Dentition
A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) measured the mechanical and morphological changes that occur during enamel erosion caused by sugary beverages.
COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’ Report Unusual Oral Symptoms
SARS-CoV-2 is a strange and wily virus, exerting a wide variety of effects from mild to severe. Some who have recovered from the initial novel coronavirus infection report a range of symptoms that linger after the virus has passed; these…
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