ALIGN TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES TIMELAPSE TECHNOLOGY FOR SCAN COMPARISONS AND 1 MINUTE SCANNING AS PART OF SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR THE ITERO® ELEMENT™ SCANNER  SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2017 — Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ ALGN) today announced a…

2017 DentaQuest Health Equity Heroes Recognized for Exceptional Efforts to Enhance Health NYU Meyers’ Dr. Judith Haber among the five leaders honored for striving to achieve equity in local communities across the country   New York…

Big Dose of Fun at Dental Home Day  Kicking off a year of free dental service for children from underserved D.C. communities  What it is   Nearly one in three children ages 2 to 5 in the United States are

  Product Spotlights  May 2017   A.R. Medicom    New Duraflor Ultra is Medicom's next generation of white fluoride varnish offering our fastest fluoride release. Ultra's advanced formula quickly releases fluoride so your patients get the…

Colgate Announces Publication of New Oral Health Care Textbook   NEW YORK, NY (May 19, 2017) Colgate Palmolive is pleased to announce the release of the new oral health care textbook, Prevention Across the Lifespan A Review of Evidence…

NJ Dental Hygienists’ Association Assists Low income Mothers and Children in United Way of Central Jersey Program  “Research shows that both pregnant mothers and children before age 3 need dental care. Years ago, dentists would refrain from…

Study Hopes to Identify Factors Driving Arizona Caries Epidemic Northern Arizona University (NAU) has received a $224,000 grant from the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission to help identify the biological factors behind the early…

Research Examines Etiology of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis Research from Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gotenburg in Sweden has identified a possible new etiology for recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), which traditionally is…

$1.6 Million Grant Supports Research Into the Oral Complications of HIV The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.6 million grant to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland to study regulatory T cells (Tregs)…

Review Links Drug Use With Poor Oral Health The results of a systematic review and meta analysis indicate that individuals with substance use disorders are commonly associated with comorbid illnesses—including oral health conditions,…