Prilocaine dental anesthetic poses a greater risk of increased methemoglobin in children Anesthesia Progress – Local anesthetics have played an important role in the evolution of modern dentistry. While their use has made many dental…

ADA Releases Landmark Report on the Changing Dental Landscape Findings to help shape dentistry's future CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2013 — The American Dental Association (ADA) has just released a comprehensive, groundbreaking analysis of the dental…

OUR HALLOWEEN ORAL CARE KITS ARE SO POPULAR IT’S SCARY The kits include a Happy Halloween toothbrush personalized on the back side with your practice’s logo and information, Halloween floss, and a matching travel cap. All of these items…

EVENT ON CAPITOL HILL FOCUSES ON THE GROWING NEED FOR ORAL HEALTH FOR OLDER ADULTS Oral Health America Brings Together Oral Health Leaders to Discuss Importance of Oral Health for All Americans CHICAGO, September 12, 2013 — To celebrate the

MYDENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPES NEW ORDERING WEBSITE FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HAUPPAUGE, NY September 12, 2013 — Mydent International has developed an ordering website for healthcare professionals to conveniently place DEFEND dealer…

NYU College of Dentisrty Names Dr. Richard Niederman Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion Dr. Niederman, a periodontist and an expert in evidence based medicine and medical informatics, will also be a tenured…

New Drug Approved for Treating HIV Although advances in treatment have enabled people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) to live longer, healthier lives, more than 50,000 new infections…

Gingival Stem Cells Show Promise for Tissue Regeneration A study published in July in the Journal of Dental Research’s online edition suggests that gingivae may contain ideal properties for harvesting stem cells. Spearheaded by Songtao Shi,…

Study Suggests Link Between Alzheimer's and Periodontitis The association between periodontal diseases and a variety of systemic diseases is well known, and now researchers may have found another link. New research published online in…

Periodontal Diseases May Impair Quality of Life It’s no surprise that periodontal diseases negatively impact both systemic and oral health, but most studies fail to consider the additional effects on patients. To rectify this, a team of…