Robert M. Taft Installed as President of the American College of Prosthodontists Navy Veteran to Lead the American College of Prosthodontists for the Next Year    Chicago, IL, Nov. 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Robert M. Taft,…

Georgia School of Orthodontics Unveils State of the Art Gwinnett Clinic with Grand Opening and Contest Winners Announcement ATLANTA, Nov. 21, 2017 PRNewswire  The Georgia School of Orthodontics (GSO) will introduce its second state of…

Got a Toothache? There’s a Saint for That  New Online Exhibit in the Dugoni School’s “Virtual Dental Museum” Spotlights St. Apollonia – the Patron Saint of Dentistry   SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Nov. 20, 2017) – For just about as…

Oral Health America and the ADA Health Policy Institute Release New Infographic Surrounding Dental Coverage in Medicare  Oral Health America (OHA) and the ADA Health Policy Institute (HPI) have released an infographic summarizing the…

American Academy of Periodontology and European Federation of Periodontology Host World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri Implant Diseases and Conditions More than 100 periodontal thought leaders convene to establish up…

COLGATE, AND SPECIAL NEEDS SUPPORT APP, MAGNUSCARDS™,  PARTNER TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS  New, Easy to Use “Card Decks” Provide Step By Step Guidance Around Tooth Brushing, Dental Visits and Other Oral Care…

Study Suggests Environment, Not Genetics Shapes Salivary Microbiome A team from the United Kingdom suggests environmental influences may play a larger role in establishing an individual’s salivary microbiome than genetics. Published in…

New Technique Quadruples Stem Cell Harvest From Third Molars In a collaboration between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Mechanical Engineering Department and School of Dental Medicine’s Orthodontic Program, researchers have…

Buffering May Increase Efficacy Of Low Dose Anesthetic Agents A study published in the October Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, “Buffered 1% Lidocaine With Epinephrine Can Be as Effective as Nonbuffered 2% Lidocaine With…

Dental Antibiotic Prescriptions Linked to Clostridium difficile During a presentation at the Infectious Diseases Week 2017 conference in San Diego, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported that dentist prescribed antibiotics are…