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…

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…

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…

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, 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…

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…

With the highly transmissible Omicron now the dominant variant of COVID-19 and data showing that cloth masks are not very effective, demand for high-quality N95 masks has grown. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

A new study found that whether you are infected with COVID-19 first and then get vaccinated or you experience a breakthrough infection post-vaccination, the results are the same: a big boost of immunity. Published in Science Immunology, the…

The California Dental Association (CDA) released some simple tips for dental practices that are unsure of when to notify patients of a COVID-19 exposure in the office. The organization suggests a patient be notified if he or she was within…

The bad news is that a Japanese study found the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 remains viable longer on plastic and skin than other variants. The good news is that it cannot survive hand sanitizer. Omicron’s staying power may have…