Clinical Update

Human Papillomavirus Oral Lesions Can be Identified at Dental Checkups

Human papillomavirus, also known as HPV, is a group of viruses that includes more...

More Dentist Anesthesiologists Needed to Subside Patient Fears

A retrospective study in Anesthesia Progress examines the important relationship between dentist anesthesiologists and...

Vitamin B12 Effective Canker Sore Therapy

A team of physicians at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has discovered that a...

Transmissible Herpes Virus Particles in Dental Abscesses

A new study is the first published report on the detection of herpes virus...

Slower Heart Rate May Mean Longer Life

Your heart rate changes from minute to minute, depending on such factors as whether...

Flossing, Periodontal Diesase, and Caries

New York University (NYU) researchers published a study in the Journal of Periodontology on...

A New Twist on Surgical Guides

Surgical guides have long been used to help dentists record implant locations and angulations...

Using Sickle Scalers Subgingivally

Dental hygiene schools have taught students to use sickle scalers to removal large, tenacious...

Protein Receptor Opens the Gated Pores

If you are among the millions who go to the movies, chances are you’ve...

Tooth Loss and Baby Boomers

The definition of young has been moving up at the same rate as the...