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Practice Trends
Dental students may embrace AI
Dental students, including those in two specialties, are not only open to artificial intelligence (AI) but optimistic about it, reports a study published in BMC Medical Education.
July 9, 2025
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Periodontics
Gum disease may be an independent risk factor for stroke
A study in the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice reveals a tie between periodontal disease and increased stroke risk, but controlling dental biofilm may help.
July 8, 2025
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AI
AI may detect early childhood caries in individual teeth
University of Hong Kong researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of predicting the risk of early childhood caries for individual teeth.
July 7, 2025
The research team, led by Professor Shi Huang (left). The AI system achieved a 93% accuracy rate in predicting caries that would develop two months later.
Fluoride
What’s stopping kids from getting fluoride at well visits?
Primary care clinicians contend with certain hurdles when it comes to applying a topical fluoride varnish, reports a study published in JDR Clinical & Translational Research.
July 3, 2025
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Pediatrics
What may make kids more prone to traumatic dental injuries
A Dental Traumatology study suggests that preschoolers with delayed motor development and obesity may be more prone to falls that result in traumatic dental injuries.
July 2, 2025
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Implants
Peeing our way to more dental implant material
University of California, Irvine researchers have devised a system transforming human urine into hydroxyapatite, a material used in dental implants, with promising larger environmental implications.
July 1, 2025
Teeth Magnifying Glass
Nutrition
High iron levels may be linked to gum disease
A recently published study in the Journal of Periodontology links higher iron levels to more severe, widespread gum disease, highlighting a new risk factor even after adjusting for other risk factors.
July 1, 2025
Iron
Cardiovascular
Can heart disease be seen on dental CBCTs? A study is in the works.
Stony Brook University researchers have received a grant to study whether routine dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans help detect early signs of heart disease.
July 1, 2025
Heart Damage
Imaging & CAD/CAM
This may offer a less invasive way to screen for gum disease
A noninvasive ultrasound technique promises a more reliable and comfortable way to screen for gum disease -- no manual probing required -- according to an American Chemical Society press release.
June 27, 2025
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Implants
How common are peri-implant diseases?
Over half of dental implant patients may develop peri-implant diseases within a decade, according to a recent Journal of Periodontology study.
June 26, 2025
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Legal Issues
$22M lawsuit claims dental visit led to 4-year-old’s brain damage
A family has filed a $22 million medical negligence lawsuit against a dental practice in Oregon, claiming that a routine dental procedure left their 4-year-old with brain damage.
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Clinical tip: Your checklist for dental implants and CBCT
By Kevin Henry
Are you using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging correctly when planning dental implants? This clinical tip, courtesy of CDOCS, explains how CBCT can benefit you and your patients even more.
August 13, 2025
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Dentist, stylist fight over deceased bigamist husband’s millions
By Melissa Busch
A dentist and a beautician who married the same man five years apart in Las Vegas are battling over his multimillion-dollar estate.
August 12, 2025
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Blow, smack, pop your way to improved oral health. Maybe?
By Ava Barros
Chewing xylitol gum may help supplement toothbrushing by reducing plaque and decreasing the risk of caries-associated Streptococcus mutans, according to a review published in BMC Oral Health.
August 12, 2025
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Podcast: Dr. Matt Bynum on relationships, organized dentistry, and the next generation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dr. Matt Bynum joins the show to discuss the evolution of dentistry, the challenges faced by new dentists, and the importance of mentorship and building relationships in the field.
August 12, 2025
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Dentist, wife jailed for stealing designer goods at airport
By Melissa Busch
A dentist and his engineer wife, arrested for reportedly shoplifting more than $750 in designer items at airport shops, were sentenced to jail.
August 11, 2025
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Dentists, health workers thinking, planning, attempting suicide
By Melissa Busch
In the past year, healthcare workers, including dentists, in the U.S. reported thinking, planning, or attempting to end their lives, according to a new study.
August 11, 2025
Doctor Stress Mask
Probiotics, diet changes may improve gum disease
By Ava Barros
Combining conventional care with probiotics and an anti-inflammatory diet may significantly improve gum disease, a new study in BMC Oral Health finds.
August 11, 2025
Probiotics Diary
Do’s and don’ts for reactivating patients
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Struggling with inactive patients? Dr. Roger P. Levin shares techniques to motivate them to return and keep your schedule full.
August 11, 2025
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Practice agrees to pay to end religious discrimination inquiry
By Melissa Busch
A dental practice accused of refusing to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs has agreed to pay to settle the allegations.
August 8, 2025
Handshake Legal Settlement Viktor
Rise of oral preventive assistant has new group advocating for RDHs
By Tracee Dahm
Born out of urgency and conviction, according to its founder, here's what the Oral Health Awareness Project is and what it's doing to help dental hygienists.
August 8, 2025
Lisandra Maisonet, RDH, and Tracee Dahm, RDH
Dr. Tom Giacobbi on building the pediatric portion of your dental practice
By Kevin Henry
Dr. Tom Giacobbi continues his Just a Minute, Doc series by sharing tips on winning over children and their parents for your dental practice.
August 8, 2025
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Appeals court rules dentist must pay $11M malpractice verdict
By Melissa Busch
An appellate court has upheld a jury verdict requiring a dentist to pay $11.5 million for allegedly not evaluating a patient’s tongue sore that ended up being cancerous.
August 7, 2025
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