Kansas City University in Joplin, Missouri, is dealing with the region’s shortage of dental providers by opening a new dental school. The Harry M. Cornell Dental Education Center — a $65 million teaching facility — will help increase the…

Incarcerated individuals in the Deschutes County Jail in Bend, Oregon, will now receive dental care due to a partnership with a mobile dental bus. Medical Teams International will visit the correctional facility once per month providing…

On Friday evening at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD, FSCDH, was honored with the Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award. A professor and assistant dean for research…

When Mskelebogile graduated from high school in South Africa, her grades and test scores were not high enough to put her on the track to medical school. With an ever-present passion for healthcare and helping others, the young woman instead…

The Tribal health clinics in Polson and St. Ignatius, Montana, also provide the area’s residents with dental care. When the clinics added a pediatric dentist, David Burke, DMD, MPH, to their dental team, he moved the focus away from…

While forensic bite analysis makes a frequent appearance in legal drama TV shows, scientific research supporting its efficacy is scant. A study published in the Journal of the California Dental Association found that 26 people were…

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) — a modality that uses medications (photosensitizing agents) in addition to light to kill bacteria — was found to improve periodontal health among those with necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a type of…

In a study of 1,675 patients, researchers found that those who brushed their teeth before bed had a decreased risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event than those who brushed their teeth only in the morning or not at all. The study was…

Baseball typically conjures up warm summer evenings and the smell of hot dogs cooking, as opposed to dental care, but the Milwaukee Brewers flipped the switch on June 27 when they hosted a free dental clinic at American Family Field. The…

A Kentucky dentist was found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death in federal court. The dentist prescribed serious opioid medications to patients following routine…