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…

Innovations in medicine and technology continue to push the bounds of what’s possible in therapeutic procedures. In a recent example, surgeons at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle rebuilt a patient’s upper jaw and hard palate…

Assessing patients’ caries risk is key to developing effective, personalized prevention and treatment plans, according to University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry researchers. They recently published a study,…

August 4, 2016 (ATLANTA, GA) — The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), a growing community of clinicians, educators, policy makers, consultants and industry representatives who advocate for the Safest Dental Visit™ has…

July 12, 2016 - St. Renatus LLC, a privately held company based in Fort Collins, Colorado, is pleased to announce it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval on June 29, 2016 for its first product, a new dental anesthetic,…

Finding the right dose of anesthesia during oral surgery can be challenging, especially when the amount needed for each patient varies. In a new study, “Female Patients Require a Higher Propofol Infusion Rate for Sedation,” published in…