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Straumann and Sirona Partner on Prosthetics

Dental practices will be able to produce individualized implant prosthetics chairside using Straumann Variobases...

Cardiovascular Disease Linked to Unfinished Root Canals

Root canal treatments (RCTs), though necessary, can be painful, complicated, and expensive. Whether it’s...

Restorations Don’t Always Reduce Caries Risk

When a caries lesion appears on one tooth, the risk for developing caries in...

Hybrid Ceramic Outperforms Feldspar in Implants

Many one-piece zirconia implants work with feldspar ceramic. But a new polymer infiltrated hybrid...

CDA Offers Advice on Virtual Dental Home Participation

To reach underserved populations, virtual dental homes (VDHs) connect dentists electronically to trained, remote...

Back Pain Affects 70% of Dentists

For many dentists, pain is part of the job. In fact, 70% of the...

Tooth Wear Soars Among Chinese Teenagers

Adolescents aren’t known for oral hygiene. According to the National Institute of Dental and...

Startup Gets $1.5 Million to Develop New Cancer Treatment

The National Cancer Institute has awarded SuviCa Inc. approximately $1.5 million to continue work...

Chlorhexidine Gel Fights Peri-Implant Mucositis

Implants may restore smiles. But the potential for infection in the form of peri-implant...

Iowa Fluoride Study Gets NIDCR Grant

The National Institute of Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has given a 2-year, $2.3 mllion grant...