Approximately 69% of COVID-19 infections went undiagnosed among 3,000 frontline healthcare professionals between April and June in 12 states, according to new research published in the United States Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.…

Guardian's Workplace Benefits Study, "Dental Benefits 2020," reports nearly three in 10 patients say they are more anxious about visiting the dentist since the COVID-19 outbreak, however, 3 in 4 adults will be comfortable going to the…

In a letter to the biopharmaceutical industry, CEOs from Ovid Therapeutics, Nkarta Therapeutics, Global Blood Therapeutics, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Acorda Therapeutics, GlycoMimetics, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Alkermes…

This information is from the article What Advice Can Be Offered to Patients with Soft Tooth Enamel? By Martha McComas, RDH, MS. To read the article, click here.

As yet unidentified, Vaccine A and Vaccine B should be ready for national distribution by late October or early November, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The vaccines will initially be used…

A study published in the August issue of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, suggests in-house three-dimensional (3D) printing results in patients with…

This information is from the article Clinical Insights: Proceed With Caution by Stephen K. Harrel, DDS. To read the article, click here.

The use of systemic corticosteroids may significantly decrease mortality among those critically ill with COVID-19, according to a meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 2. The study found…

Oral health professionals can help spread the word about the importance of The Safest Dental Visit during Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM). 

Bacterial plaque is a soft, sticky, almost invisible biofilm containing millions of organisms that adhere to tooth surfaces, dental appliances, restorations, and oral mucosa. More specifically, oral biofilm is “a dense, transparent,…