A group of parents in Buffalo, New York, has filed a class action lawsuit in state Supreme Court to ensure fluoride is added back to community water supplies after an 8-year hiatus. Buffalo stopped fluoridating its water in 2015, citing a…

Scam artists are posing as members of the California State Dental Board to swindle unsuspecting dentists. They call dental practices noting that the dentist’s license has been suspended due to suspicious drug prescribing practices and then…

In 2022, a Snohomish County, Washington dentist extracted several teeth from an 86-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient’s breathing stopped mid-procedure and emergency medical personnel were not called by…

CareQuest Institute for Oral Health — a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring all Americans have access to oral healthcare — recently published a report “Dental Danger: Home Remedies to Avoid When Awaiting Care.” As more than half of…

While rare, these lesions require a dual approach to treatment.

While attending dental school may be the dream of many, it is notoriously difficult to get in. Insider Monkey — a finance website that tracks hedge funds — recently released a list of the dental schools that offer the highest acceptance…

Kansas City University in Joplin, Missouri, is dealing with the region’s shortage of dental providers by opening a new dental school. The Harry M. Cornell Dental Education Center — a $65 million teaching facility — will help increase the…

Incarcerated individuals in the Deschutes County Jail in Bend, Oregon, will now receive dental care due to a partnership with a mobile dental bus. Medical Teams International will visit the correctional facility once per month providing…

On Friday evening at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD, FSCDH, was honored with the Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award. A professor and assistant dean for research…

When Mskelebogile graduated from high school in South Africa, her grades and test scores were not high enough to put her on the track to medical school. With an ever-present passion for healthcare and helping others, the young woman instead…