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What's the right amount of open time in a schedule? How can you make sure patients aren't making your schedule look like Swiss cheese? We asked the founder of Inspired Hygiene for her thoughts.

A data breach in the dental industry isn’t just nerve-wracking – it’s also expensive and can potentially shut a practice down. The bad news is nearly every company will experience a data breach of some kind during the life of their company.

A data breach in the dental industry isn’t just nerve-wracking – it’s also expensive and can potentially shut a practice down. The bad news is nearly every company will experience a data breach of some kind during the life of their company.

Would you like more from your dental career? Do you anticipate that your knowledge, skills and experience, if shared, could help other dental professionals and teams reach their goals? Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a speaker or consultant in dentistry?

Would you like more from your dental career? Do you anticipate that your knowledge, skills and experience, if shared, could help other dental professionals and teams reach their goals? Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a speaker or consultant in dentistry?

KaVo Kerr Group has centralized its global imaging campaign development to its Wooddale, Ill., office effective immediately.

Like it or not, dentistry is a business. And while making the bottom line add up is critical, so, too is ensuring patients have the kind of experience that keeps them coming back.

Sikka Software, a leading innovator in business intelligence software for health care and small business communities, and the American Dental Association (ADA) announced all ADA members are eligible to receive a free, six-month trial of the new ADA Benefit Plan Analyzer (ADA BPA).

Vibrant, energetic and fitness-conscious, Sandy Wexler, a pediatric nurse who appeared to be in perfect health, was shocked to learn during her routine dental check up that she had a large suspicious lump on the right side of her neck. Sandy had not noticed anything different about her neck until that moment and thought it must be simply a swollen lymph node due to a subclinical infection of some kind. She assumed a course of antibiotics would easily remedy the situation.

This November, Pelton & Crane™ employees delivered 74 teaching dolls, coloring books, crayons and other employee donations to the Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, N.C.

As a well-known and accomplished dental hygienist, Kara Vavrosky often gets asked for advice. Here, Vavrosky shares five more interesting questions she's ben asked, along with her answers.

As a well-known and accomplished dental hygienist, Kara Vavrosky often gets asked for advice. Here are some of the most interesting questions she's been asked recently, and her answers.

There have been many changes in the dental industry throughout the years.

Finding and retaining top teams is one of the most difficult challenges any dental practice owner faces.

As we ease into 2016, it's a good time to mark your calendar for periodic check-ups and financial milestones.

Dental assistants, hygienists, and technicians have been around for decades, but the terms used to categorize them and the regulations limiting what they can and can't do vary greatly by state.

As the old expression goes, the only constant is change. As I type this, the days are getting longer and the holiday season is receding into life’s rearview mirror. Such is the way things go.

KOMET's 4562ST expert set was compiled in close cooperation with six renowned experts from dental clinics and practices to simplify and systemize the precise shaping of cavities prior to receiving ceramic inlays and partial crowns.

Dentists have a wide range of geographic freedom. So where's the best place to live and work?

These five stories were DMD's most popular over the past week.

An Oregon dentist is among the women vying for 'The Bachelor's heart in the latest rendition of the ABC reality TV show. That story tops this week's DMD Check-Up. Also making the list: A look back at historic dental ads and a look forward to the future of fillings.

Lares Research has introduced a new ProStyle line of highspeed handpieces.

The PacEndo™ Pre-Filled Endodontic irrigation kit is said to provides safety and convenience to achieve the best outcome in root canal cleaning.

Is it possible that our patients would be better served if we observed characteristics we assess on a daily basis through a fresh, clear lens? With the beginning of the New Year, we can achieve this one goal as a team of dental professionals.

I started practicing dentistry in 1975 just about the time that light curing of restorations was being introduced.

Anyone who reads the headlines would think travel to Mexico unsafe and unwise. A recent trip to Mexico City proves otherwise.

Periodontal disease has been linked to a host of medical problems, but now researchers say there’s another risk to be added to the list: breast cancer. Recent research discovered that postmenopausal women with periodontal disease are more likely to develop the cancer than those without the oral health condition.

CAD/CAM software opens new doors for labs of all sizes.

The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners confirmed at its November meeting that dentists and dental hygienists in the state of Nevada who possess the necessary skills and training can now administer botulinum toxin (BOTOX®/Xeomin®) and dermal fillers.

Water fluoridation has become controversial in some communities, but the US Surgeon General says the practice is one of the nation's great public health successes.