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A dentist who pleaded guilty to attacking and strangling a woman until she lost consciousness has been sentenced.
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Oral-Systemic Link
Gum disease may be linked to serious eye condition
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Cornstalks, city fines lead dentist to lose Halloween spirit
October 26, 2026
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What 1 hour of screen time may mean for a toddler's teeth
October 26, 2026
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Nearly 1 in 5 practices pays 4% or more to accept credit cards
October 19, 2026
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Do’s and don’ts for adding a new service
October 26, 2026
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29-year-old asymptomatic woman with a lesion on her left mandible
A 29-year-old woman was referred to the oral surgeon by her family dentist because of a “lesion” on her left mandible.
6.5-year-old girl with mandibular swelling and a mobile primary molar
60-year-old woman with an incidental posterior maxillary lesion
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The Grammetry full-arch scan body system from Roe Dental.
Dentures
Roe Dental Laboratory launches digital overdenture workflow
Pediatrics
What 1 hour of screen time may mean for a toddler's teeth
Orofacial Pain
This treatment may hit the right chord for 3rd-molar surgery
Smile Design
Why I keep saying yes: One dentist's story of a patient, a risk, and a tray of fruit
Prosthodontics
DentKits, Dentistry.One partner on dentist-reviewed at-home dentures
A male patient has his eyes examined by an opthomologist.
Oral-Systemic Link
Gum disease may be linked to serious eye condition
Hygiene Tools
Brush and add 1 more thing: A simple dental home care approach that sticks
Scope of Practice
W.Va. coalition seeks HPV vaccine authority for dental providers
Dental Hygiene
1 in 5 dentists waited 6-plus months to fill hygienist roles: ADA
Hygiene Tools
Kettenbach adds Profisil Free to its preventive portfolio
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Implants
Dentsply Sirona hosts 2026 MIS Education Forum
AI
Overjet launches Ivy, an AI insurance coordinator for treatment cost estimates
3D Printing
SprintRay unveils Foundation scanner and Nano Series
Imaging & CAD/CAM
Opinion: Before you beta test that new dental technology, read the fine print
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1 in 5 dentists waited 6-plus months to fill hygienist roles: ADA
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