Until the 1960s, calculus was considered a primary etiologic factor in periodontal disease. The writings of Waerhaug and others emphasized the complete removal of supragingival and subgingival deposits as an important tenant of treatment.
Research from New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry and Weill Cornell Medicine suggests older adults with pathogenic gingival bacteria are more likely than study controls to have a key biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease in their…
A team of researchers from Ohio State University has appliedto the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization for its proprietary COVID-19 breath-based test.
The ability to create crowns and other restorations in-office and reduce dependence on dental laboratories has many dentists considering adding in-office milling to their practice offerings.
The concept of a restorative and preventive lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel and whitens teeth may be closer to becoming a reality if clinical trials led by a team of University of Washington (UW) researchers yield positive results.
A team from the University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry is investigating the use of dental pulp mesenchymal stem cells as a regenerative therapy for cranioplasties.
Younger dental patients may be taking medications that could affect their long-term oral health, according to a study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry.