With most dental practices shuttered except for emergency treatment and many oral health professionals out of work, dentists are asking the United States Department of Health and Human Services to identify them as federally recognized…
Orofacial Therapeutics, LP announced that its Speed2Treat™ Home Healing Kit for Head, Neck & Jaw Injury is now available for sale to medical and dental professionals to prescribe for their patients.
Oral health professionals are at risk for fatigue and discomfort due to static positions, poorly designed workspaces, and the exertion of repetitive and forceful motions.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home test for COVID-19. Created by LabCorp, the test had already received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA for implementation in clinical settings. The…
Due in part to headline-making infection control breaches involving dental treatment water, patients and the profession are placing increased scrutiny on dental waterline asepsis.
Jessica Fagan, RDH, BS, MA—a full-time faculty member at Carrington College in Sacramento, California—is blogging for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene about COVID-19.
If you’ve been watching the news, you may have seen news reports…
Medical emergencies in dental settings occur for a variety of reasons. A survey revealed that among 2,704 dentists polled over 10 years, more than 13,000 medical emergencies took place. The chief reason is an increase in the number of older…
Minneapolis-based American Dental Accessories provides guidelines on what you need to do with your equipment so it is ready to go when you get back to practicing.
As the practice of dentistry comes with inherent risks in the era of COVID-19 due to the production of aerosols common in many dental treatments, the availability of widespread and rapid COVID-19 testing is integral to the ability of dental…
