Focused, Mindful Children Respond Best to Laughing Gas  Anesthesia Progress – Before treatment, a dentist should have a sense of whether a patient is willing and able to cooperate during the procedure. This can be difficult to determine…

Oral Health America Receives Grant from DentaQuest Foundation for Advocating for Publicly Funded Dental Coverage  CHICAGO, February 15, 2017 Oral Health America (OHA) has been awarded a grant from the DentaQuest Foundation. Specifically,…

NYU College of Dentistry’s Dr. Despina Sitara Awarded $1.4 Million Grant to Determine How Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Affects Severe Anemia  The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) has…

Teledentistry Featured at ADHA’s 94th Annual Conference  CHICAGO, February 10, 2017 Every year, more than 1,500 dental hygienists come together from all parts of the U.S. to learn from and network with the top experts in their field at the

NYU Researcher Studies Disparities between Asian Immigrants and Sufficient Access and Utilization of Dental Services  Oral health is a key foundation of good overall health. There is an urgent need to understand how to get all residents…

Dr. Jeff Rouse Joins Spear Faculty  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 13, 2017 PRNewswire Spear Education is proud to announce that Dr. Jeff Rouse, a prosthodontist and expert in interdisciplinary treatment and airway management, has joined its…

OSAP Annual Conference to Focus on Critical Infection Control Issues February 13, 2017 (ATLANTA, GA) — The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), a community of clinicians, educators, consultants, researchers and industry…

School of Dentistry expands clinical operation to southeastern Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky. Transportation difficulties, poverty and too few dentists make proper dental care almost impossible for many people who live in the Appalachian…

Heartland Institute Experts React to Defeat of North Dakota Dental Therapy Licensure Bill  The North Dakota House on Wednesday defeated a bill (House Bill 1256) that would have allowed mid level oral health care providers, called dental…

Freeze on EPA Final Rule For Dental Effluent Limitation Guidelines The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category was scheduled for publication in the Federal…