As digital imaging gradually supplants film, new ways of fine-tuning and improving the technology are surfacing. Dental artifacts can impact the effectiveness of positron emission tomography and ...

AI algorithms have demonstrated a sensitivity of approximately 91% in detecting early dental caries, compared to 84% for ...

At some point in a dentist's career, the purchase or sale of a practice will become an issue to be considered. To enable the owner-dentist to become more savvy when dealing with other dentists, ...

Used dental burs may be contaminated with potentially pathogenic micro-organisms. Autoclaving alone fails to completely decontaminate burs. Manual cleaning is not as effective as other methods of ...

How can 3D-printing technology be used to improve dental restorations? This is what a recent study published in Ceramics International hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a novel ...

Dr Maureen Toal, a seasoned dentist with over 25 years of hands-on experience and hundreds of hours of continuing education, has created the “Toal Method,” a groundbreaking three-day course aimed at ...

Squid ink could one day make getting checked for gum disease at the dentist less tedious and even painless. By combining squid ink with light and ultrasound, a team led by engineers has developed a ...