the DPR Editorial Team

This year was a great one for dental resources, including webinars, e-books, videos, how-to guides and more. With the end of the year approaching, we've compiled a list of the top five webinars of 2015.

The year is winding down, but 2015 brought us some great homecare products. Now, we're taking a look back at the top homecare products of the past year.

The end of the year is rapidly approaching, so it's time to take a look back at 2015 and the top practice management stories that graced DentalProductsReport.com.

The year is winding down, but 2015 brought us some great homecare products. Now, we're taking a look back at the top homecare products of the past year.

As the end of the year nears, we take a look back at the 10 most-viewed articles on the Dental Products Report website in 2015.

We've compiled this list of chairside products that got the most page views on DentalProductsReport.com in 2015, signifying that they were interesting-and important-to our readers.

The end of the year is getting close, but 2015 was a great one that brought us some terrific products. Now, we're taking a look back at the top products featured on Dental Products Report over the past year.

The new relationship will help Modern Hygienist to reach a new audience while allowing Kara RDH to continually expand her presence and role as a hygiene thought leader.

This year was a great one for dental resources, including how-to articles, webinars, videos, e-books and more. With the end of the year approaching, we've compiled a list of the top e-books of 2015.

This year was a great one for dental resources, including how-to articles, webinars, videos, e-books and more. With the end of the year approaching, we've compiled a list of the top e-books of 2015.

Don’t get me wrong, we love our profession and our patients, but if we can’t make light of our daily experiences, we may poke our eyes out with a sickle scaler! So here are the best dental memes of 2015.

During the recent American Dental Association meeting in Washington, D.C., Teresa Duncan, the insurance editor for Dental Products Report, took a few moments to reflect on some of the most frequently asked questions she gets during her lectures around the nation.

Now in its sixth year of recognizing exceptional women in the dental industry, Dental Products Report is thrilled to present the Top 25 Women in Dentistry for 2015.

It may not be the piece of technology that comes to mind the quickest, but it’s one that makes your practice hum and keeps your profitability (as well as billing, appointments, reminders, and so much more) front and center in the mind of the dentist and dental team.

In short comments, you can tell the world what you think about everything from politics to the gross things best friends do together (yes, that’s an actual category on the site).

On a recent Google Hangout, Anastasia Turchetta, RDH, chatted with Jen Post, RDH, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, about how fluoride varnish and the impact it can have on patients. “We have a great vehicle to deliver fluoride now in fluoride varnish,” Post said. “It’s painted on teeth and sets up in the saliva.”

On a recent Google Hangout, Anastasia Turchetta, RDH, chatted with Jen Post, RDH, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, about how fluoride varnish and the impact it can have on patients.

Being a dental hygienist can sometimes be a thankless job. You’re doing your best to improve your patient’s oral health … but they don’t always see it that way. They see you as the person with the sharp pointy thing who makes their gums bleed. Sigh. It’s a tough gig.

This much is clear: Laser dentistry is here to stay. And according to many observers, that’s a very good thing-lasers have enabled dentists to do new kinds of procedures and improve the healing time and efficiency of current procedures.

We recently sat down with New Jersey’s Dr. John Graeber and talked with him about his experience with CariVu from DEXIS. 

When it comes to ROI, there are few technology stories more compelling than digital radiography.When it comes to ROI, there are few technology stories more compelling than digital radiography.

Dental implants are big business. It won't shock anyone to hear that-but did you know 69 percent of adults ages 35-44 have lost at least one tooth? It's true! And that's a lot of clients who might be interested in implants in the future.

i-CAT™ a brand of the KaVo Kerr Group, exhibited at the recent 2015 AAO Annual Session at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Unique to this meeting, and as part of the company’s “Their Story” campaign launched in November 2014, i-CAT introduced the latest “Their Story” featuring Dr. Sean Carlson and his patient, Natalie. 

These are the products helping to achieve exceptional results, while keeping young patients in the dental chair as little as possible.

For many of us, we’re pretty partial to where we live and work. We think it’s a great place with a lot of great features. Maybe you love that you’re close to the mountains or ocean. Maybe you love the big-city vibe or the small-town feel. Maybe you think this is the best place to raise a family or the best place to be single and free. Maybe, just maybe, it’s the place where you were born and raised and you can’t imagine living anywhere else.

We recently asked 101 dental practices around the country about whitening. We wanted to know if it was offered and what were some of the obstacles to patients accepting it.

A recent report by the Scheduling Institute revealed that dental practices are losing money and business simply because of the way the phone was being answered in the practice.

Another IDS (International Dental Show) has come to an end. DPR and DLP sent editors to check out the latest products launches and industry news-we saw everything from a gold-painted Porsche to a dancing robot.

Dental Products Report sat down with Implant Direct President Tom Stratton to discuss the company’s offerings, emerging products and plans for the future.