The American Dental Association’s first major sedation and anesthesia update in nearly a decade introduces stricter safety protocols, clearer documentation standards, and new expectations for training.
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Measles Is Back: The Preventable Disease Threatening Modern Practice
Once considered eliminated in the United States, measles is resurging due to declining vaccination rates, placing oral health…
American Dental Hygienists’ Association to Host Inaugural Integrated…
Two-day event in Broomfield, Colorado, brings dental, medical and behavioral health professionals together for hands-on…
Sunstar and the International Federation of Dental Hygienists announce winners…
Six winners have been selected across six categories: Public Health, Full Time Clinician, New RDH, Research, Academia and…
AB 1952 Showdown: Dental Professions Divided Ahead of Critical Vote
With a pivotal vote days away, AB 1952 has sparked a major divide between CDA and CDHA, raising urgent questions about workforce…
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Study of Electronic Dental Records Reveals Most Effective Therapies
Led by Regenstrief Institute research scientist Thankam Thyvalikakath, DMD, PhD, an associate professor and director of the dental informatics core at Indiana University School of Dentistry, the largest study to date of electronic dental…
Good News: Novel Coronavirus Is Not Spread by Mosquitoes
An experimental investigation conducted at Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute found that SARS-CoV-2 is unable to replicate in three common types of mosquitoes, making it impossible for them to transmit the virus to…
Sickle Scalers and Subgingival Scaling
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Two Large Scale Trials Begin as Race for COVID-19 Vaccine Heats Up
Moderna and Pfizer have both begun large-scale clinical trials with 30,000 participants on their respective vaccines, with the hopes of obtaining regulatory approval and widespread distribution by the end of 2020. The Moderna and Pfizer…
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NIH Researchers Introduce Plan to Improve Sars-CoV-2 Testing
With the need for simple, point-of-care testing that provides rapid results continuing to grow across the United States, scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently introduced the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics…
Controlling the Immune Response That Causes Periodontal Diseases
Periodontal diseases are related to an immunoinflammatory response to various types of oral biofilm. They affect approximately 42% of United States adults. Chronic periodontitis is characterized by alveolar bone loss, attachment loss, and…
Germicidal Ultraviolet Light May Stop Spread of Novel Coronavirus
As SARS-CoV-2 is known to spread via aerosols during medical procedures and possibly in other instances, it is hoped that germicidal ultraviolet (UV) light may inactivate virus-carrying microbes, helping to disinfect the air in indoor…
Kwane Watson, DMD, Selected First President of American Mobile and Teledentistry Alliance
The American Mobile & Teledentistry Alliance has announced Kwane Watson, DMD, has been selected as the organization's first president.
Deadline to Apply for HHS Provider Relief Funds Extended
The application deadline to apply for financial support through the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal has been extended from July 24 to August 3, 2020. The more than $4 billion…
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