Pertussis Rates Skyrocket Nationwide As of mid July, 18,000 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) had been reported nationwide—the highest number since 1959, according to Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the National Center for…

Dental Composite Material May Affect Children's Behavior The effects of resin based composite material on children's psychosocial health were investigated in a study published in the July issue of Pediatrics. Resin based restorative…

Cell Phones May Be Culprits in Cross Contamination Health care workers' cell phones may harbor infectious organisms, providing an opportunity for microbial transmission between health care staff, patients, and the community at large,…

Seaweed Enzyme May Be an Effective Plaque Fighter An enzyme isolated from a marine bacterium, Bacillus licheniformis, found on the surface of seaweed, may help fight dental plaque. The findings, made by a group of dentists and scientists…

Vella® Bubble Gum Fluoride Varnish Feels and Tastes Better, So It Will Stay on Longer Vella 5% sodium fluoride varnish with Xylitol is now available in Bubble Gum flavor Vella is ideal for hypersensitivity and, because it goes on…

ADEA Awarded Grant to Increase Diversity Among Dental Faculty WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) A new $200,000 grant has been awarded to the American Dental Education Association Minority Dental Faculty Development (ADEA MDFD)…

Dental Quality Alliance Seeking Proposals for Study CHICAGO, July 31, 2012 – The Dental Quality Alliance (DQA) is seeking project proposals from researchers in order to validate performance measures on pediatric oral health. The projects…

Online Streaming Periodontal Instrumentation Videos By Anna Pattison, RDH, MS This new series of live television demonstrations is designed to teach periodontal instrumentation with detailed lessons on grasps, positions, fulcrums and…

Selective Use of Cone Beam Computed Tomography Offers Advanced Point of Care Imaging CHICAGO, July 30, 2012 –In the August issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association, the American Dental Association's (ADA) Council on…

ADA Honors AIDS Researcher with 2012 Gold Medal Award CHICAGO, July 27, 2012 – The American Dental Association (ADA) recently named Dr. John S. Greenspan as the recipient of the 2012 ADA Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research