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Combine Dental and Medical Procedures to Limit Anesthesia Exposure

Children who require both dental and non-dental medical procedures should have them completed during...

Amalgam Fillings May Raise Mercury Levels in the Body

Surface restorations comprising dental amalgam—a mixture of mercury, silver, tin, and other metals—significantly contribute...

Dental Students Risk Hearing Problems Due to Noise Exposure

Students in dental school have plenty of challenges, from long hours of study to...

How Do You Treat a Patient with HIV? The Same as Everyone Else

More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with an HIV...

Inorganic Mercury Exposure Damages Cells

Research from the University of Georgia has found that inorganic mercury, previously thought to...

OSHA Proposes Changes to Beryllium Regulations

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed dramatic changes to its...