Ultradent Products, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-tech dental materials, is donating 12,000 disposable face masks to University of Utah Health.

Parsa Zadeh, DDS, MAGD, FICOI—a Beverly Hills dentist specializing in implant and reconstructive dentistry for more than 30 years—shares his thoughts on how dental practices can treat patients safely. I was practicing dentistry…

American Dental Association (ADA) President Chad P. Gehani has assembled an advisory task force to oversee the ADA's development of tools for dentists as they bounce back from the effects of practice restrictions and closures caused by the…

The first at-home saliva test for COVID-19 received emergency authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration on May 8. The test, produced by RUCDR Infinite Biologics out of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey,…

New smart mouthguard technology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore has been licensed by University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) alumnus Michael Wright, DDS, MS, for use by his new startup, WrightGuard Innovation Corp. The…

In a letter sent on May 6, the American Dental Association (ADA) requested additional guidance from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding the safe reopening of dental practices. Addressed to CDC…

Innovation at the University of Louisville (UofL) involving multiple departments has led to a promising solution for the shortage of swabs in COVID-19 test kits.

A new strain of the novel coronavirus—which initially appeared in February in Europe—is now the dominant source of infections, according to research from the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The scientists note the new strain may be more…

Art meets with three members of the Academy of Dental CPAs: Mark Rosen, BJ Kaucher and Bob Gray in today’s episode of The Art of Dental Finance and Management podcast. The panel discusses strategies for dentists to use SBA loan funds…

As many states begin to allow the reopening of dental practices for elective procedures, the provision of dental care will look significantly different. Most notably, oral health professionals will be donning more extensive personal…