One of the disciplines that is not taught in dental school and rarely taught in dental continuing education is customer service. Almost every dentist would agree that customer service is important, if ...

Before digging into to enjoy Thanksgiving's bounty of food on one of the most indulgent holidays of the year, you should know which items affect oral health for better or worse. DrBicuspid made it ...

A man in England who was left with permanent nerve damage after a dental needle broke in his mouth while he was getting anesthesia was awarded a settlement of 17,000 pounds ($21,279 U.S.), according ...

Continuing education (CE) is an essential part of dentistry that should be viewed as enhancing both the clinical and the business sides of the practice. Strategizing a CE plan each year allows ...

"Now in this case, you can see that we're doing tooth #19, and we did all of our checks in the beginning. We planned a 9-mm implant. And then when we got to the surgery day, we still couldn't get it ...

Infection prevention and control involve important tasks that we know we need to do, but often, we are squeezing them in between patients in a rush to stay on time. Our brains are on autopilot as we ...

Resveratrol, an antioxidant, may help prevent cavities by altering enamel's protective layer and reducing acid production from cavity-causing bacteria. This study was published in the Journal of ...

During the recent Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) meeting in Napa, CA, I had the chance to sit down with several key opinion leaders in dentistry to get their opinions on what dentists and dental team ...

A dental clinic manager was sentenced for his role in a $6 million bribery scheme in which marketers were paid to refer Medicaid-insured children to the Texas dental practice where he was employed, ...

Integrating dental hygienists (DHs) and dental therapists (DTs) into healthcare teams may benefit dental teams, healthcare systems, and patients. This review study was recently published in the ...

Editor's note: Election Day is almost here, and the results that will be announced on November 5 are a source of stress for many Americans. With that in mind, we asked one prosthodontist for the ...

Patients who received periodontal management for two years before the onset of type 2 diabetes had better health than those who didn't receive care. The study was published on November 18 in the ...