The body on the floor? Profitability. The suspect? $100-an-hour hygiene wages. But the wage didn't kill your margins. Your model did. Across the country, practice owners are staring at hygiene payroll ...

A Texas dentist accused of feeding drugs and alcohol to a female high school student and sexually assaulting her multiple times in 2025 was arrested on new charges, according to a story published on ...

Forward Science has promoted Ellen Myers, RDH, from executive director of clinical affairs and strategic markets to vice president of clinical affairs. In the role, Myers will continue leading the ...

A former orthodontist in Michigan who shuttered his practices in 2023 after he was arrested for child pornography has been sentenced to 60 years in prison, according to a press release dated February ...

Despite expanding its coverage of dental procedures for Medicare beneficiaries with certain medical treatments, many clinicians don’t participate in the program. Dental experts told DrBicuspid what ...

In this podcast episode, DrBicuspid.com Editor-in-Chief Kevin Henry speaks with Dr. Kelly Daly about how pervasive dental fear and anxiety are among patients. Daly, a research scientist and clinical ...

"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 ...

The list of the top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. looks a lot like our list from 2022, with Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services holding on ...

Oral cancer screening is now integral to a patient's routine follow-up, as well as new patient evaluations. Spurred by the rise in oral cancer cases, this examination must be performed more frequently ...

Lalla, intrigued by the findings, investigated past research and indeed found prior studies reporting lower salivary flow in women in other populations and age groups, supporting that women have a ...

Recently, states in the U.S. made a new unlicensed dental auxiliary designation and instituted other changes that affect dental assistants, according to the Dental Assisting National Board's (DANB) ...

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) released a white paper highlighting how self-regulation may help dental hygienists improve public care and access to oral health services. Currently, ...