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Questionnaire Measures Diabetes Risk in the Dental Office

The reciprocal relationship between diabetes and oral health has led many experts to call...

Ultradent Offers Opalescence Toothpaste Online

Consumers in the United States now can purchase Opalescence Whitening Toothpaste directly from Ultradent...

Single Anesthesia Dose Poses No Cognitive Danger to Children

A single exposure to general anesthesia poses no cognitive risk to healthy children under...

Stegosaurus Had a Stronger Bite Than Its Herbivorous Brethren

The stegosaurus roamed the earth 150 million years ago, eating ferns and horsetails to...

Surgeons Rebuild Jaw and Palate in a Single-Day Procedure

Surgeons at the University of Washington (UW) used 3-D computerized design and implant-bone integration...

Associations Salute Dental Technicians This June

It’s time to show the staff at your lab some love, as June is...

Gutta-Percha Replacement Could Regenerate Dental Pulp

Many of today’s endodontists use gutta-percha to seal completed root canals. But one researcher...

Researchers Identify Markers That Predict Sjögren’s Syndrome

Sjögren’s syndrome affects nearly 4 million Americans. In addition to dry mouth, its negative...

Pot Smokers Have More Gum Disease

A long-term study of approximately 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to the age of...

Imaging Reveals Structure Behind Dentin’s Durability

Dentin is one of the toughest materials in the human body. Using synchrotron radiation,...