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Best Practices for Stopping the Spread of Infections in Dental Settings

Today’s dental practices need environmental infection prevention strategies that can address a range of...

Prostituting Prosthodontics: Use or Abuse of Dentistry?

The mouth is the beginning of the gastro-intestinal tract. Developmentally, the oral hard-tissue and...

Every Practice Needs an Infection Control Coordinator

Effective infection control is an essential responsibility of every healthcare provider. Yet as dental...

Implant Practice Tips

The Importance of an Effective Oral Hygiene Regimen Using a Sonicare Toothbrush and AirFloss...

Learning From Biofilms: An Overview, History, and the Lessons They Provide for the Dental Team

Dental professionals can learn lessons from biofilms. Biofilms are both resilient and adaptive. They...

Get Your Hygiene Patients “Off the Fence”!

Dental caries and periodontal disease are transmittable bacterial infections of the teeth and gums.1,2...

Report Finds Disposable Bib Holders Eliminate Risk of Bacterial Transmission While Disinfecting Bib Chains Only Minimizes Transmission

OXNARD, CALIF. – AUG. 28, 2013 – A recent report authored by John A....

Treatment of and Improvised Explosive Device Blast Injury

INTRODUCTION As Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom enter their eighth and...

Bacteria on Dental Bib Holders

Researchers at the University of Witten/Herdecke in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, released a clinical study...

Whatever it Takes to Save a Tooth

Dr. Gordon Wilson of Phoenix, AZ received the Orkos Award for demonstrated professional excellence...