In a study of 15 outpatient facilities, researchers from the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Health Department found significant variances in following accepted protocols for hand hygiene and safe injection practices.

As legislatures throughout the nation ponder ways to rein in prescriptions for opioid painkillers, Maine has become the third state — after Massachusetts and Washington — to cap the daily strength of opioid prescriptions.

Virologists from the University of Leuven in Belgium have discovered that an experimental antiviral drug for treating hepatitis C may be effective in arresting or slowing the development of the Zika virus.

Registration is open for the American Academy of Periodontology’s 102nd Annual Meeting (perio.org), scheduled Sept. 10–13 in San Diego.

The United States can end the transmission of hepatitis B and C and prevent further sickness and death from the diseases — but it will take considerable resources and a long-term commitment, according to a report from the National Academies…

My barber was a prisoner in Germany during World War II. Known simply as EB, he still cuts hair six days a week — as he has since being discharged from the Army in 1946.

Screening in oral health care settings can help save the lives of patients with suicidal thoughts.

Successful periodontal treatment depends on a clinician’s ability to identify, monitor and manage complex risk factors.

Clinicians can help improve the oral and systemic health of this patient population by promoting preventive measures and healthy behaviors.

Although the evidence supporting their efficacy for periodontics and implantology is mixed, lasers are increasingly being used in these therapies.