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Introducing Mint™, the world's first portable breath quality and hydration level detection product. 

Almost 11,000 Australian patients have been warned that they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis and other blood-borne diseases due to appalling hygiene negligence in Sydney dental clinics.

The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) is set to hold its 101st Annual Meeting from November 14-17, 2015, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. 

In the May 2015 issue of Dental Products Report, we featured a fun, informative cover story on dental implants. Part of the feature allowed you to "Test your dental implant IQ" as Renee Knight's article included important questions you should be aware of and then we had a number of implant experts answer the questions. 

Estelite® Sigma Quick  from Tokuyama is the hero of this technique.

Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

Amann Girrbach has announced a distribution partnership agreement with Benco Dental, the large dental supply distribution company in Pennsylvania that serves more than 35,000 dental professionals.

Engineered to provide optimal access paired with superior canal preparation, Komet USA’s line of endodontic instruments ensures successful root-canal treatment for cases ranging from simple, single-canal procedures to more complex, multiple-canal therapy.

As hygienists, we are pretty particular about our tools. At my hygiene recare visits, I need technology that is beneficial to patient care, easy to use and portable.

Consistent with 3M’s strategy to increase customer relevance, the company has announced the formation of 3M Oral Care, combining the former 3M ESPE Dental and 3M Unitek Orthodontics into a single new division, led by James D. Ingebrand, vice president and general manager, effective immediately.

Here's advice Brad Creger, one of the 2015 Best Financial Advisers for Dentists, offers you:   "A great financial adviser is worth his or her weight in gold. Take your time to find one you can work with."   "Everyone should seek a 'financial' second opinion every few years. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

In all our years of fanatically watching Shark Week, we’ve learned a few things: Don’t go swimming at dusk; avoid inserting body parts into a shark’s mouth; we’ll probably need a bigger boat, and, perhaps most interestingly, that a shark can endlessly replace its teeth-which could have major implications for human dental health.

In this short but sweet webinar, Dr. Josh Barkhordar, DDS, takes you through all the benefits of upgrading your practice to digital radiography from better communication, high ROI, patient acceptance and more. Find out why you should make the digital switch. 

As we cross the midway point of the year, now is an excellent time for a dental practice to examine its fee structure and see what needs to be updated and improved, said Teresa Duncan, DPR’s insurance editor and a noted practice management consultant.

Using composite resin, this case illustrates an efficient, reliable intraoral repair of fractured porcelain. These elements of esthetic dentistry can be very frustrating for both patient and practitioner especially in the case of an anterior tooth, yet most of these inherent problems with porcelain can be immediately and predictably repaired chairside with the use of composite resin.

Like all dentists, Veasey B. Cullen, Jr., DMD, is well aware that most patients are afraid of injections. That’s why this longtime periodontist with practices in York and Hanover, Pa., loves using Oraqix topical anesthetic gel from DENTSPLY Pharmaceutical.

Christopher C. Linscott, DDS, has some straight-forward advice for any dentists considering starting a new office: Live within your means.

The NOMAD Pro 2 is probably the best new dental product on the market today.

First, let me come clean: I am celebrating 30 years in dentistry this year and although I may refer to myself as a “dental dinosaur,” I’m not calling my fellow dental friends old. But, let’s face it: if we think about the treatment modalities, materials and technology we have today in dentistry, you may agree with my analogy.

Of all the HIPAA rules and regulations, having a contingency plan is easily the most critical. In dentistry, we use various terms like data backup, disaster recovery and practice continuity, but they all mean the same thing: you need to have a solid backup of your critical practice data.

As part of its ongoing commitment to women in dentistry, KaVo Kerr Group recently helped sponsor the Lucy Hobbs Project 3rd Annual Celebration. A number of KaVo Kerr Group associates - representing Pelton & Crane, KaVo, and KaVo Kerr Group Imaging - participated in the Baltimore event.

From where stains originate to how products interact with teeth, you’ll learn everything you need to know about whitening in your practice.

What happens when the greatest minds in the dental consulting industry get together? The answer is an amazing weekend of brainstorming and sharing about the current and future states of the dental industry.

Dental Lab Products looks at the hourly and annual salary numbers for dental lab technicians in the United States.

Whether the millions of people who sit in a dentists’ chair each year know it or not, dental technicians are a key part of the workflow that gets restorations into their mouths.

A recent study by researchers at the Indiana University – Purdue University Department of Health Policy and Management found that access to health care – in particular dentists and pharmacists – increases the availability and subsequent abuse of prescription opioids.

You can't afford to let your hiring decisions rest on a leap of faith. Employing a dishonest or unfit individual, especially one who has access to patients' health information, is a prescription for a legal and financial nightmare.

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.