HU FRIEDY, WGN NEWS and DENTAL PARTNERS HELP CHICAGO AREA KIDS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL WITH HEALTHIER SMILES CHICAGO, IL – Hu Friedy and several of their dental community friends will be joining the fun at the 8th Annual WGN

“TRAIN THE TRAINER” WORKSHOP ON INFECTION CONTROLANNAPOLIS, MD  The United States Air Force and the Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures (OSAP) will hold their 2010 Federal Dental Services Infection Control Training Course from…

Dental Hygiene Job Market and Employment Survey ResultsResults have been compiled from the 2009 Dental Hygiene Job Market and Employment Survey, administered by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association. Highlights from the survey follow…

Questions and Controversy Rise over ‘Tooth Worms’New, micro images of worm like structures uncovered inside a dissected molar have  researchers puzzling over their true nature. Studies by University of Maryland Dental School researchers…

Oral Sex Drives Rise in Throat CancerDental hygienists may already be taking notice of a steep rise in the number of patients being diagnosed with throat cancer. The phenomenon is largely the result of a 20 year evolution in sexual

Replacement for Oral Mucosa Takes Shape in LaboratoryDental and tissue engineering researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have harnessed the pluripotency of…

  American Dental Association Statement Food and Drug Administration Action on Dental AmalgamWASHINGTON, July 28, 2009—The American Dental Association (ADA) agrees with the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision not…

Research group headed by Takashi Tsuji demonstrates in regenerating bioengineered “fully functional organ (tooth)”Substantial advance in the development of next generation “organ replacement regenerative therapies”Announced in online…

TePe Implant Care™ will be introduced at AAP in Boston Worldwide over five million implants are placed every yearLong term success for implants depends on how well they are taken care of. With proper home care and professional maintenance,…

FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic CigarettesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such…