On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 2:00 PM ET, OSAP will host a webinar on Patient Safety. The webinar will be available at no charge and will offer one hour of CE credit. The speaker will be OSAP Board Member Hudson Garrett PhD, MSN, MPH,…

Los Angeles, CA – October 4, 2016 — Edge Endo CEO Dr. Charles Goodis is featured on the award-winning, global TV show, Worldwide Business with kathy ireland®. The segment’s topic is the introduction of superior endodontic supplies at…

In an effort to improve access to care among underserved children and adolescents, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is providing a $100,000 grant to the American Dental Education Association’s Minority Dental Faculty Development and…

New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry and Univision Communications, a leading media company serving Hispanic Americans, have formed a partnership to promote oral health among this patient demographic. Under the arrangement, the…

Preliminary research from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) has uncovered a way for primary care providers to promote oral health during the well baby visit by assessing risk factors common to many oral and systemic…

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in Philadelphia have developed a novel approach to removing pathogenic biofilm in the oral cavity. While most approaches have relied on traditional antimicrobials, the Penn team used…

As our Fall For Smiles campaign continues, OHA gears up to take action on the Hill with Advocacy Week (September 11-16, 2016), a major policy awareness effort within the campaign, focused on the oral health of families. While the Fall For…

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) has designated September as Dental Infection Control Awareness Month to support dental practitioners in communicating to patients the critical role infection control plays in…

Researchers at the University of Iceland have developed a promising new formulation for the topical treatment of oral mucosal conditions. Their study, “Development of Drugs for Local Treatment of Oral Conditions,” was presented at the…

While implant therapy enjoys a high rate of success, the risk of failure — most often due to peri-implant disease — remains. For this reason, researchers from the University of Leeds School of Dentistry in England are researching ways…