A dentist in Missouri who entered a no-contest plea in relation to a 2023 fatal hit-and-run case was sentenced on November 19 to one year of probation, avoiding any jail time, according to multiple ...

What if there were a way to provide your patients with a permanent-looking bonded provisional that looks, feels, and functions just like the final prosthetic? In the latest "Weekly Bytes" video from ...

Oral cancer screening is now integral to a patient's routine follow-up, as well as new patient evaluations. Spurred by the rise in oral cancer cases, this examination must be performed more frequently ...

While dental service organizations (DSO) Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services maintained their stronghold as the top three largest DSOs in the U.S., respectively, they ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to predict the risk of early childhood caries for individual teeth, according to a ...

Dental service organization (DSO) Oral Surgery Partners (OSP) has raised over $400 million to invest in infrastructure and pursue acquisitions and partnerships. OSP, backed by Sheridan Capital ...

In what is believed to be the first reported case of its kind, a drug used to manage high blood pressure caused a 45-year-old man to develop a toothache after each dose. The case report was recently ...

Medications play a critical role in treating a plethora of health conditions, but they aren't without their drawbacks. One significant oral health issue influenced by medication is bruxism -- a ...

Differing state laws, regulations, and scopes of practices have worsened the ongoing shortage of dental assistants, readying dentistry for the development of a U.S. model framework to change the ...

“Once perio maintenance, always perio maintenance” is a perpetual coding myth that the CDT Current Dental Terminology Coding Companion (Page 184) dispelled in 2023. Even so, controversy continues to ...

A former employee accused of stealing $29,000 from the dental service organization (DSO) practice in Georgia where she worked was arrested, according to a story published on August 12 by Access WDUN.

Periodontal treatment has changed as time has allowed us to learn new facts about the disease and the best types of treatment. Different autogenous and non-autogenous grafting materials are now used ...