When more than 2000 dental professionals gathered at the iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York for the Nobel Biocare Global Symposium 2016, the focus was on the future: innovations in dentistry, as well as innovations in symposiums.

Individuals with periodontal disease face an increased risk of developing lung cancer, according to a study published online in the Journal of Periodontology.

In concert with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Annual Session, the fourth annual Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children’s Dental Home Day event was held in May to help underserved children in San Antonio.

An initiative led by Dentsply Sirona aims to increase access to root canal treatment in developing countries.

Canadian researchers have raised concerns that carcinogenic cobalt left behind by tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co) burs might be leaching into pulp, endangering patients

In mid-June, the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended 2017 funding for S. 3040 (Blunt, R-MO), the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017.

Concerned that out-of-pocket costs are preventing patients from seeking care, dental advocates are urging the U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee to increase the annual Flexible Spending Account cap.

In a move advocated by organized dentistry, the U.S Food and Drug Administration has approved a rule extending its authority to e-cigarettes, along with all tobacco products, including cigars and hookah and pipe tobacco.

A simple, two-stage injection technique can reduce pain and ease fear of local injections.

Authors who reviewed more than 10 years’ worth of reports have concluded that transmission of blood-borne pathogens is rare in dental settings — but not rare enough.