Congratulations to Susan Gorman, MEd, RDH, the August winner of the Sunstar Ebrief Giveaway. The clinical programs coordinator with the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science in…
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The Mystery of the Green Ear Is Solved in the Dental Operatory
A young Canadian man had a large green mark, labeled "scar tissue" by physicians, on the back of his ear for more than 20 years.…
The GLP-1 and Periodontal Connection
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Beyond Brushing and Flossing
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Dyson CameraJet: The First Toothbrush With a Camera and a Jet, to Target the…
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Hydrogel Biomaterials May Help Restore Salivary Glands and Lost Facial Tissue
Two University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) projects have received funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to continue studies of hydrogel therapies. The teams hope the projects will lead to…
Research Shows Many Healthcare Professionals With COVID-19 Are Asymptomatic
A new meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that of those healthcare professionals who tested positive for COVID-19, 40% were asymptomatic. The data were gleaned from more than 230,000 healthcare…
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine Enters Final Stretch of Clinical Trials
American pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson is beginning the last stage of clinical trials on its innovative one-shot vaccine for COVID-19. Encompassing 60,000 subjects, the Phase 3 trial began on September 21 and will test the…
Ensuring Safe Dental Unit Waterlines
This information is from the article Implications of Biofilms in Dental Unit Waterlines by Kandis V. Garland, RDH, MS. To read the article, click here.
Penn Dental Medicine Among Wolf Administration Awardees to Battle COVID-19
Penn Dental Medicine is among the 23 statewide awardees from the administration of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolff to advance coronavirus research. The award to the lab of Henry Daniell, PhD, W.D. Miller Professor in the Department of Basic…
Youth E-Cigarette Use Is Down, but 3.6 Million Still Use E-Cigarettes
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US Marks Devastating Loss of 200,000 Lives Due to COVID-19
Tragically, more than than 200,000 Americans have died due to COVID-19. The president of the American Medical Association, Susan R. Bailey, MD, highlighted the devastation brought on by the pandemic by remembering the sadness of those…
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DentaQuest Urges Action to Ensure Children Continue Receiving Critical Oral Healthcare
As schools begin returning to virtual and in-person learning, many low-income, Medicaid-enrolled students are at risk of losing school-based dental care, DentaQuest and the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement report.
More Than 90% of Dentists Have Sought Financial Help Due to COVID-19
According to American Dental Association Health Policy Institute polling data, nine out of 10 dentists have requested financial assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with most reporting receiving requested assistance. Completed the week…
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