A professor at the Rutgers University School of Dental Medicine has developed a toothbrush with suction designed to prevent people from swallowing toothpaste, which can damage tooth enamel and lead to ...

Dentists are among the leading prescribers of narcotics for moderate to severe acute pain following dental procedures. While short-term opioid prescriptions may not significantly harm the patient, ...

Professionals who once were licensed but who no longer are. Examples include dental professionals who have moved states or countries and never became credentialed again but are still practicing, or ...

Keeping your team allows for a steady increase in practice production. Furthermore, staff longevity is the best strategy to avoid all the factors of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training.

In a pivotal development this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved neffy (epinephrine nasal spray) in August 2024 for emergency use in type 1 allergic reactions, such as anaphylaxis.

In Part 1 of the trending technologies for 2025 article, we explored technology and patients' reception of newer ways to do dentistry and to see better results specific to their needs. In Part 2, we ...

So what do you do when patients sit in the chair and refuse any kind of anesthetic during their dental procedure? While it is a rarity, it does happen, as was illustrated in a recent DrBicuspid.com ...

UPDATE: Stephen Baird has been found dead, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. More to come here on DrBicuspid.com. The ex-CEO of a dental imaging system firm who allegedly defrauded ...

Oral care products containing fluoride-free hydroxyapatite, a natural form of calcium, may effectively reduce dental caries, according to a systematic review published in the Journal of Dentistry.

The sleep aid supplement melatonin may have a protective role in oral health, potentially aiding in managing periodontitis, oral cancers, and more. The correspondence was published recently in the ...

Ex-2024 U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling the cavity-fighter fluoride a disease-causing "industrial waste" that the Donald Trump administration will remove from public ...

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 ...