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Curious about adopting more technology into your dental practice? Dental Products Reports' experts explain 10 tips and tricks you need to know.

Today’s intraoral scanners allow clinicians to improve their data and information, eliminate poor impressions, and best of all, help deliver great restorations to patients in a quicker, more comfortable fashion. Take a close look at the intramural scanner systems on the following pages and make sure to look into finding a system that can help you and your patients take advantange of this great technology

One way to boost your nest egg in retirement is to move to a smaller home. However, downsizing alone isn't always a financial boon.

The $2 million in funding is designed for the unmet oral health needs of patients with HIV/AIDS.

'Tis the season of candy, candy and more candy-much to dental professionals' dismay. Here are the worst-of-the-worst treats for dental health.

'Tis the season of candy, candy and more candy-much to dental professionals' dismay. Here are the worst-of-the-worst treats for dental health.

It’s obvious to any observer that technology has drastically impacted the way dentists practice-and the way they work with the dental team and specialists and how they interact with patients. we asked professionals from around the country: how is technology really changing dentistry? Here’s what they told us.

Hu-Friedy, a global leader in the manufacturing of dental instruments and products, today announced the addition of the Sickle Scaler designs to its line of EverEdge 2.0 hand instruments designed to help clinicians achieve the best clinical outcomes. Leveraging decades of instrument making experience, Hu-Friedy developed EverEdge 2.0 using a proprietary heat treatment process and enhanced finishing techniques.

There's a reason homeowners are required to undergo financial counseling prior to taking out a reverse mortgage -- they're confusing. This primer will help you get a handle on the scenario.

If you one day plan to sell your dental practice, don't wait until the last minute to plan for it. Here's why.

With Halloween right around the corner, we want to hear your tales of the scariest, weirdest, grossest, most bizarre things you’ve have seen in the dental industry. What’s the craziest story that’s come out of your workplace? The disgusting thing that still makes your shiver when you think about it? The most absurd moment in your career? We want to hear it all.

Dental practice transitions many times include a seller who wants to discontinue working as a dentist and a buyer who feels that he or she can dramatically improve the bottom line of the retiring dentist.

DPR Spoke to Dr. Jason Goodchild, DMD, about how to provide excellent patient care and run a successful practice.

Tra' Chambers explores how he used Dentsply Sirona digital equipment and software to create a beautiful immediate load denture.

NextDent has introduced the LC 3DPrint Box, a light box specifically designed for 3D printed solutions.

Extended mercury exposure can be particularly dangerous to a one’s health-and a new study has found that the danger is greatly exacerbated in patients with eight or more dental fillings.

With year-end approaching it is time for dentists to think about making equipment and technology purchases if they want to expense (depreciate) those assets on their 2016 tax return. While the rules for depreciating equipment have changed dramatically, one thing remains constant. Equipment must be “placed into service” before any depreciation may be taken.

Ultradent Products recently launched the newest member of its world-renowned VALO® curing light family, the VALO Grand curing light. The VALO Grand curing light reportedly features all the benefits of the award-winning VALO light, but with a larger head size and 50% bigger lens-measuring 12 mm.

This patient case illustrates how a general dentist is required to have an excellent understanding of dental materials because there are many different indications for adhesive dentistry. In the past, it was necessary to carry multiple bonding agents to account for not only the different surfaces being bonded, but the different materials being used. Universal bonding agents, such as VOCO's Futurabond U, can be used in a great many different circumstances. But not all can satisfy each of the clinical indications described above, and the patient in this case is like many other patients we see on a daily basis.

Reverse mortgages aren't right for everyone, but they're a concept some soon-to-be retirees might want to consider.

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Here's our weekly look at the top dentistry-related news from around the web.

The apparent fraud discovered at Wells Fargo should be instructive to everyone who uses financial services.

While dental amalgam has been the most popular dental filling material for a century and a half, new research is introducing an exciting alternative that could actually help repair teeth damaged by caries.

Glidewell Laboratories has announced a new line of bone grafting products, to be sold under the umbrella of Newport Biologics.

In order to become a dental hygienist there are many steps you must take. One of these many steps is completing dental hygiene school, which takes a lot of hard work, sweat and tears. If you want to stay on top, you should follow these top five survival tips for dental hygiene school.

Should your staff understand your practice’s financials? The short answer is yes. How can your team appreciate the effects of their actions unless they do?

Public health authorities now say as many as 22 children might have have contracted an infection after undergoing procedures earlier this year at a California dental clinic.