Sir Liam Donaldson, global patient safety leader, to keynote OSAP 2011 symposium ANNAPOLIS, MD—March 14, 2011—The Board of Directors of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) announced that Sir Liam Donaldson, Chairman…

American Dental Association Names New Vice Presidents Jerome Bowman J.D., appointed Managing Vice President, Administrative Services Marko Vujicic, Ph.D., appointed Managing Vice President, Health Policy Resource Center CHICAGO – The…

Tissue Regeneration the Spotlight of BU Research Celebration (Boston) – Regenerative medicine offers hope to people who lose tissue and organ function to disease and injury. Dr. Matthew P. Hoffman looks for ways to regrow damaged adult…

Novel Mechanism for Control of Gene Expression Revealed (Boston) ­ Dr. David Levin, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Professor of Microbiology at Boston…

University of Maryland Dental School Warns of Potential Zinc Hazards for Patients Dentists need to take a closer look at potential hazards of exposing patients to zinc, a common ingredient of many dental products, according to a report by…

Leading Health Groups Launch National Campaign for Tobacco Free Baseball Major League Baseball Must Finally Protect Players and Kids WASHINGTON, DC – With spring training for the 2011 baseball season underway,  10 major medical and…

  DENTAL HYGIENISTS CAN HELP FIGHT ZINC TOXICITY Dental patients who wear poor fitting dentures may be tempted to use dental adhesives to keep the prosthesis in place. Doing so, however, can jeopardize that patient’s systemic health,…

PROTEIN PROMISES LESS SURGERY FOR IMPLANT CASES Making dental implant therapy work requires a balanced approach of skills among the dental team, including the efforts of a dental hygienist to ward off bacteria induced inflammation that can…

NOVAMIN WILL DEBUT IN CONSUMER MARKET A product designed to protect sensitive teeth and used or dispensed by oral health care professionals will become available over the counter for the first time in the United States as part of a

MIGRAINE DRUG POSES AN ORAL CLEFT RISK Dental hygienists should keep an eye on medical histories for an important red flag that may emerge in the records of female patients in their childbearing years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration