Bacterial in nature, Peri-implant disease is one of the most significant risks associated with implant failure rates. The disease is identified as either peri-implant muscositis, which affects up to 80% of implant patients or peri-implantitis, which affects 25% of patients. In the October 2018... CONTINUE READING
The oral cancer epidemic This year, oral cancer will strike nearly 50,000 Americans, half of whom will die within five years. Its mortality rate has remained stubbornly high -- so why isn't the disease higher on public radar? Jerilyn Forsythe tackles the topic for Incisal Edge dental lifestyle... CONTINUE READING
"Put on your natural extensions fuchsia gloves and start taking photos!" is the challenge issued by Benco Dental. Now through October 31, dental practices have a chance to win fuchsia Nitrile Plus #bencogloves for an entire year, from the nation's largest privately owned dental distributor With... CONTINUE READING
Free oral cancer screenings will be offered by second-year Luzerne County Community College dental hygiene students and faculty April 16 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Francis S. and Mary Gill Carrozza, R.N. Health Sciences Center, 3 E. Main St., Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, according... CONTINUE READING