CHICAGO (June 19, 2017) — The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) will hold its 103rd Annual Meeting September 9–12, 2017, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. All dental professionals—including…

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is inviting clinicians to donate an item or service to its charity auction, which takes place June 23 during OSAP’s 2017 Dental Infection Control Conference in Atlanta.…

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) has announced the retirement of Executive Director Therese Long, MBA, CAE, effective June 30. Long, who has held the role for more than two decades, will continue to serve as…

This June, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding parents and caregivers to keep medication out of sight and out of reach of young children through its Up and Away Campaign. As part of National…

Baltimore, Md.—The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has granted worldwide, exclusive licensing rights for a new vaccine technology to Serenta Biotechnology, a Gaithersburg, Maryland-based startup. The license is based on…

Researchers from New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) are investigating the protein calcium carbonate (CaCO3), found inside the spicules of a sea urchin embryo, to understand how these proteins create seashells,…

KaVo Kerr has announced that it will host its third annual Dental 3D University (3DU), featuring imaging solutions from KaVo, Instrumentarium and Gendex. 3DU offers dental professionals an educational environment dedicated to Cone Beam 3D…

Colgate-Palmolive and the American Dental Association (ADA) have announced their continued collaboration in support of Colgate's annual Oral Health Month via this year’s “Share More Time, Share More Smiles” campaign. Now through June…

After adjusting for risk factors, research presented at The International Liver Congress 2017 in Amsterdam demonstrates that severe periodontitis strongly predicts high mortality in patients with cirrhosis. “Periodontitis may act as a…

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia have found a possible new therapy for periodontitis involving a treatment the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…