In 2025, dental hygienists in states like Alaska and Arkansas are earning more than the average household, highlighting the profession's growing financial appeal.

Despite some dental hygiene programs dropping root planing from the clinical curriculum, embedded calculus continues to hinder periodontal healing. Tactilely smooth roots, achieved through root planing, remain key to long-term periodontal…

Delta Dental’s 2025 State of America’s Oral Health and Wellness Report shows that Americans value their oral health, but still miss key connections between the mouth and the body. Dental anxiety and misunderstandings about oral health’s…

Surgical navigation technology now lets clinicians drill with unprecedented accuracy, tracking depth and angulation to the tenth of a millimeter. Real-time visual cues and color-coded depth indicators help oral health professionals stay…

The global periodontology awards celebrate the groundbreaking work of scientific researchers on the link between oral health and systemic health

Dentists can now instantly access patients’ current medical conditions and medications with a new app. It may help streamline care, reduce risk, and boost treatment success in the dental operatory.

The initiative hopes to keep dental professionals continually informed with real-time, evidence-based clinical guidelines. This living guideline model ensures faster integration of new research into clinical practice, advancing oral and…

Advanced digital workflows are transforming implant dentistry with precise, restoratively driven treatment planning. By merging CBCT scans with intraoral scans and using dynamic navigation systems, clinicians gain unmatched control and…

Dentists in private practice are bombarded with not only their local dental supply representative visiting on a regular basis, but dozens dental supply vendors standing in line at the practice entrance. These vendors most often want to sell…

Florida is now the second state in the U.S. to ban water fluoridation, igniting a nationwide clash between government mandates and personal choice. While health authorities warn of dental consequences, state leaders say forced fluoridation…