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Researchers Call for a Better Protective Eye Safety Standard

Eye safety is essential to dentistry. But the combination of most eyewear and dental...

$2.1 Million Grant to Support Regenerative Research

Imagine using stem cells to regenerate a tooth root with nerve endings and a...

Monitors Ensure Instruments Are Clean

Clean instruments are essential to patient safety, so dentists rely on their washer-disinfectors and...

FDA Approves Laser for Osseous Tissue Procedures

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Convergent Dental’s 9.3-mm Solea carbon-dioxide laser to perform...

Do Men’s and Women’s Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?

“Because the heart is the body’s number-one consumer of fat, when it starts using...

Test Could Catch Kidney Damage Sooner

Existing methods of determining kidney function, such as measuring serum creatinine and urine output,...

Ability to Chew Could Impact Dementia Risk

Chewing could help keep dementia away. New research from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden...

Dental Plaque Bacteria May Cause Blood Clots

Oral bacteria that enter the bloodstream may cause major blood clots, and possibly even...

Some Oral Bacteria Pave Way for Others

Some bacteria may make people susceptible to many others. Fusobacterium nucleatum enables other bacteria,...

Rules Banning Dentists with HIV to be Changed

Dentists and doctors with HIV will be allowed to practice their craft. There are...