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The Missouri Dental Hygienists’ Association is challenging a proposed rule that would allow permitted dental assistants to perform supragingival scaling and periodontal charting, arguing that the Dental Board exceeded its authority.

After supporting the journal’s editorial vision for the past 3 years, Adam E. Saltz, DMD, MS, MPH, will join the ADA Board of Directors as first district trustee and chair of the New Dentist Committee.

A new documentary revisits the extreme transformations of 'The Swan' and reveals how aggressive cosmetic dentistry left some contestants with lasting oral health problems.

The new recommendations emphasize the role of dental visits as the key to reducing oral cancer deaths, which number more than 8,300 every year in the United States.

The Respecting Fluoride for Kids Act would require insurers, including Medi-Cal, to cover fluoride varnish for children and young adults through age 21 without a copay.

After three decades in private practice, Rostyslav Stepanenko, DMD, is returning to Ukraine to volunteer his dental skills caring for the nation’s military veterans.

A nearly $2 million NIH grant aims to help dentists bring vital pulp therapy into everyday practice through hands-on training, case-based learning, and evidence-based treatment guidelines.

From periodontal charting and radiographic analysis to practice management and surgical planning, artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful clinical aid while leaving the final judgment in the clinician’s hands.

Jonathan E. Burke, DMD, a New Jersey oral and maxillofacial surgeon, will oversee the nation’s leading dental research institute and its $520 million research portfolio.