About 23,000 Hamilton kids missed dental screening during the pandemic that needs to be caught up this school year. Despite COVID still taking up significant resources, public health has started to bring back more programs that were put on hold for two-and-a-half years. Kids are…
Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT) accounts for amazing success enjoyed by dental clinicians around the world. They may come from different regions and cultures but they all speak the same language: The GBT language. EMS stands for Electro Medical Systems, the…
A church basement was transformed into a make-shift dentist’s office on Saturday, as dental hygienists are raising awareness about the services they can provide, increasing access to oral care. The Gift from the Heart event was a charity tooth cleaning…
As the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel is not an easy material for engineers to mimic, but doing so could mean big things in materials science and regenerative medicine. Researchers are now reporting a breakthrough in this area,…
Planning hurdles, construction cost overruns and COVID-19 curveballs to top it all off. More than five years since plans for the dental clinic for low-income Londoners got underway, and about 18 months since it quietly opened, the Wright Clinic has…
A recent study from Indiana University School of Dentistry and Regenstrief Institute presents and validates a new brief screening tool to measure patient-reported symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD). The TMD-7 is the most recent screening tool co-developed by Regenstrief Institute…
Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein is rotting in jail — and so are his teeth. Weinstein says the situation has gotten so bad that it is a dental “emergency” and he needs to get his teeth fixed by a private…
Little is known about why people living with HIV have a much higher rate of oral human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) than the general population. And it’s not only those with advanced untreated HIV infection, known…
Columbia Dentoform, by DENTALEZ®, is excited to announce the launch of Surgio, a new surgical manikin that will change the landscape of dental education. As part of DENTALEZ’s renewed focus on applying innovation to solve everyday dentistry challenges, we created…
Marking the first anniversary of its sustainability strategy ‘BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter World’, Dentsply Sirona launches its Sustainability Educational Curriculum to help dentists make their own practices more sustainable. Sustainability in dentistry is now a key challenge for…
A rainbow has arrived – no more fallow time! For years, dentistry has weathered the pandemic storm (“Hurricane”) of shut-down, isolation, cabin fever, new normal and re-build. It experienced waves of shock, fear, worry, paralysis, confusion, conflict, loss and change.…
A look into my music room will always find equipment from Roland – a trusted leader in the music industry – that manufactures keyboards, amplifiers, synthesizers and other precision music technology. I’m thrilled to report that Roland’s sister company, Roland…
Dental practices can use the tools as a guide to make their work more environmentally sustainable and by tracking progress they can achieve recognition awards for their efforts. FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) today launched a Toolkit for Sustainable Dentistry,…
The Ontario Dental Association is raising concerns about the early details that have emerged about the proposed federal dental care program, even as it supports the overall goal of funding dental work for millions of Canadians. “Right now, it’s not a dental plan,” said…
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is raising awareness of a systematic review indicating a wide variety of common activities significantly accelerates the release of mercury from amalgam dental fillings. The results of the study—published in the Journal of…
Families with young children are entitled to checks worth up to $650 per child under an interim version of the Liberal government’s new dental care plan, which it agreed to implement under a parliamentary agreement with the NDP. Two sources…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce new measures to tackle inflation, including details of a plan for dental care for low-income families, a one-time benefit for low-income renters and a temporary boost to the GST credit — all part of a plan…
TempStars, North America’s largest and most respected dental temping and hiring service, announced that since its founding it has helped dental offices create more than $22 million in revenue. Along the way, the company has partnered with more than 6,000…
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Dr. Ramez Salti discusses when you may come across broken root tips and how to manage them. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to…
Ministers will introduce legislation as soon as parliament returns on Monday to tackle the NHS’s worsening staffing crisis by making it easier for overseas nurses and dentists to work in the UK. The move is part of a drive by…
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