Crest® Oral-B® continues to recognize Registered Dental Hygienists who go above and beyond the call of duty every day with the second annual ‘Pros in the Profession’ awards program. The awards distributed through this program acknowledge the essential role of dental hygienists and the important part they play in their patients’ lives. In fact, many [...]
A paper in the Journal of Dental Research by dentist Chester Douglass and colleagues, “An Assessment of Bone Fluoride and Osteosarcoma,” (7/28/11) claims to show no association between fluoride bone levels and osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. However, Douglass’ study has serious scientific flaws and is incapable of disproving a previous study (Bassin et [...]
For years, dentists have told patients to avoid foods that can harm their oral health. However, researchers are also looking at how including beneficial foods and beverages can improve your teeth and gums. Experts from Western Dental Services, Inc., suggest including the following foods in your diet to help maintain your smile’s health and beauty. [...]
Research has shown that playing a musical instrument can help nourish, cultivate, and increase intelligence in children, but playing a used instrument also can pose a potentially dangerous health risk. Used woodwind and brass instruments were found to be heavily contaminated with a variety of bacteria and fungi, many of which are associated with minor [...]
Tom’s of Maine announced today the five winning mobile dental clinics of its 2011 Dental Health for All™ (DHFA) program. Determined by public vote, these 501(c)3 non-profit clinics in good standing will split $100,000 to grow and support mobile programs that offer critical, easy-to-access dental care in local communities. This year’s DHFA program focused solely [...]
“Both low-coherence light and ultrashort laser pulses can be used to measure internal structure in biological systems. An optical signal that is transmitted through or reflected from a biological tissue will contain time-of-flight information, which in turn yields spatial information about tissue microstructure.” So began Huang et al. 20 years ago in the journal Science [...]
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM), an oral health campaign designed to educate children and their parents about the importance of good oral health. Developing proper oral health habits at an early age will last a lifetime and significantly improve a child’s overall heath. Tooth decay affects more than one quarter of children [...]
Crest® and Oral-B® are giving mouths of Americans a makeover! Inspired by startling statistics on the state of America’s oral health, Crest and Oral-B have started a cross-country crusade, the “4X Cleaner Crusade,” to educate people on how they can achieve better oral health, including four times better plaque reduction with regular use of the [...]
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the authority on children’s oral health, announced today the creation of their Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center. The goal of the Center is to inform and advance research and policy analysis that will promote optimal oral health care for children. Through the AAPD, the Center will [...]
The American Dental Association today commended Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) leadership in bringing about the Senate’s unanimous vote to relieve dentists and other small employers from a law that would require filing of IRS 1099 forms for any exchange of goods or services valued at $600 or more in a year. The requirement is a [...]