McCarthy said her health problems started with a failed ceramic dental implant, which led to both her real and prosthetic teeth falling out. Eventually, her dentist chipped away at her jawbone and ...

While dental service organizations (DSO) Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services maintained their stronghold as the top three largest DSOs in the U.S., respectively, they ...

DrBicuspid's 2024 list of top 10 dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. include Heartland Dental and MB2 Dental.

Consolidation within any industry follows a predictable trajectory, and the dental sector is no exception. Drawing from Harvard Business Review's research on consolidation curves, we can ascertain ...

Teeth stains are commonly associated with poor oral hygiene and habits like smoking tobacco. Plaque accumulation can lead to the yellowing of teeth, while tobacco use often results in dark stains.

Periodontal treatment has changed as time has allowed us to learn new facts about the disease and the best types of treatment. Different autogenous and non-autogenous grafting materials are now used ...

Some conditions can make people reluctant to show their smiles, such as tooth discoloration, missing teeth, and gingival hyperplasia, an overgrowth of the gums. Gingival hyperplasia affects not only ...

"Both severe periodontitis and edentulism are highly prevalent globally, imposing a significant burden on individuals and societies," wrote the authors, led by Gustavo Nascimento of the Duke-NUS ...

Differing state laws, regulations, and scopes of practices have worsened the ongoing shortage of dental assistants, readying dentistry for the development of a U.S. model framework to change the ...

Diagnostic testing in the dental practice is a continually evolving process. Keeping up with the changes helps us all prepare to help our patients toward optimum health. My article on documenting CDT ...

U.S. dentistry may be amid a silent decline due to many factors, including the commercialization of healthcare, rising student debt, and professional burnout. The perspective was published on July 3 ...

In this episode, Kevin Henry and Kelly Tanner, PhD, RDH, discuss the evolving role of dental assistants, particularly in light of the introduction of oral preventive assistants and coronal scaling.