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Emergency Robert Hainer

ERs felt the pinch of pandemic dental office closures

March 14, 2025

Bills Coins R Mackay

What the tooth fairy is shelling out for lost teeth

March 3, 2025

Save the Date! FREE Webinar on March 31!

Save the Date! FREE Webinar on March 31!

March 17, 2025

United States Map

Are you living among those states with the best dental health?

February 10, 2025

ERs felt the pinch of pandemic dental office closures

Dental practice closures during COVID-19 led to a rise in emergency room (ER) visits for dental problems in children, according to researchers from the New York University College of Dentistry.

March 14, 2025

Emergency Robert Hainer

What the tooth fairy is shelling out for lost teeth

By Melissa Busch

For the second consecutive year, the average value of a single lost tooth in the U.S. in 2025 plummeted by 14%, according to a poll.

March 3, 2025

Bills Coins R Mackay

This may help cut early tooth decay in kids

By Melissa Busch

This method may be a protective factor against early childhood caries, according to a new study.

February 19, 2025

Are you living among those states with the best dental health?

By Melissa Busch

These U.S. states were ranked with the best and worst oral health, according to a new analysis.

February 10, 2025

United States Map

5 dentists give their take on fluoride's future and its impact on dentistry

With fluoride in the headlines, we asked five dentists how they believe potential changes in fluoridated water could impact dentistry and their dental practices.

February 7, 2025

Fluoride Magnifying Glass Siniehina

Surprising factors that may cause more caries in kids

Factors including sex, unhealthy lifestyles, and problematic internet use may significantly increase the risk of caries in pediatric patients, according to research recently published in BMC Oral Health.

February 4, 2025

Girl Mouth Mirror

Opinion: It's time to reevaluate the fluoride conversation

By Dr. Mark Burhenne

Dental patients who are informed about the risks of fluoride may look for alternative treatments, pushing cosmetic dentistry to evolve, writes Dr. Mark Burhenne.

January 24, 2025

Burhenne Mark 400

Not enough dentists follow guidelines to address caries

By Melissa Busch

U.S. pediatric dentists use pharmacological approaches like silver diamine fluoride to address early caries but rarely adopt other strategies like minimally invasive dentistry.

January 20, 2025

Boy Dentist Father

Wake up. Teething may not disrupt sleep.

By Melissa Busch

Despite parents reporting that odontiasis affected their children's slumber, video showed teething may not increase sleep loss or cause fragmented sleep in infants, according to a new study.

January 10, 2025

Baby Biting Erllre

Want to make kids less stressed at the dentist? Get changed.

Dentists wearing child-friendly attire may lower children's anxiety during their first dental injection, fostering a positive patient-doctor relationship. This study was recently published in Scientific Reports.

January 2, 2025

Girl Dentist Green Optix

ADHA takes stand on fluoridation

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) has released a statement supporting community water fluoridation.

December 26, 2024

Girl Drinking Water Kaganskaya115

Topical fluoride may reduce radiation caries

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Topical fluoride may effectively reduce radiation caries in patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy, according to a systematic review recently published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice.

November 12, 2024

Fluoride Mouth Guard

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