Following completion of her pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, Gail Rohlfing, MS, DDS, began a 30-year career providing dental care to children in Greensboro and…

A group of parents in Buffalo, New York, has filed a class action lawsuit in state Supreme Court to ensure fluoride is added back to community water supplies after an 8-year hiatus. Buffalo stopped fluoridating its water in 2015, citing…

The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health has funded $2.7 million in grants to foster more equity in the provision of dental care. A national nonprofit focused on creating a more accessible, equitable, and integrated oral health system,…

Cindy Cho — who practiced dentistry as Cindy Kang, DDS — was killed during a mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on May 6, along with her husband Kyu and their 3-year-old son James. The couple’s 6-year-old son William survived…

Completing dental school is a Herculean effort and many students suffer due to overwhelming feelings of stress and anxiety. A new study from the University of Eastern Finland has found that playing background music reduced dental…

Engineers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles have created FaceBase, a system to collect and manage data related to birth defects involving the face and skull. The online portal is available to all interested dental,…

A report from the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine shows that close communication between dental and medical providers improves health outcomes and reduces barriers to care. As noted in the study, “Medical-Dental…

Momen Wahidi, MD, a pulmonologist in Durham, North Carolina, was charged with removing a dental drill bit from a patient’s lung after it was accidentally inhaled. The 2-cm drill bit was inhaled during a common dental procedure — the…

According to an American Dental Association Clinical Evaluators Panel Report, the adoption of 3D printing in dental practices is quite low (17%), but among those who have adopted the technology, satisfaction is high. The report is based…

Despite advances in the biocompatibility and esthetics of modern restorative materials, direct composites do not always bond well to the surrounding tooth structure.