Light at the end of the ONJ tunnel?
A drug used for osteoporosis may help people who have lost bone in their jaws, according to two studies in the New England Journal...
Dental surgery riskier than you thought
A new article from the journal Annals of Internal Medicine has found that an individual who undergoes dental surgery has a higher risk of...
Victoria cheapest for dental, dearest for everything else
Research group CANSTAR CANNEX has released a survey of health insurance funds comparing each state, and has found Victoria is the most expensive state...
MP attacks dentists for “restraint of trade”
Federal Liberal MP Dr Dennis Jensen attacked both the ADA and the AMA in parliament on Monday, saying both organisations ran a "monopolistic chop...
US FDA cracks down on mouthwash
The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has warned three companies to stop making unproven claims on mouth rinses. At the end of...
Midline diastemata in fashion
Gaptoothed women are in vogue. Gaptoothed models were all over last week's runways at Paris Fashion Week. Instead of fixing their teeth, some of...
Don’t white overnight
As if further evidence was needed that tooth whitening shouldn't be available over-the-counter, a small study published in this month's issue of the Journal...
Amalgam in the news again
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it intends to propose a rule to reduce mercury waste from dental offices-in other words, to...
AHPRA issues alert
A few days ago AHPRA issued an alert about an organisation called The Medical Register of Australia. In the release (which is also on...
CSU expands through rural NSW
As part of the ongoing growth of Charles Sturt University's new dental school, In about a fortnight staff from a public dental clinic in...
Genetic link for tooth decay
New research suggests that variations within an individual's taste pathway genes can impact their risk of dental decay. Previous studies have considered the influence...
Why sportsmen should see the dentist
In what could be a lesson for any league fan on the cost of avoiding the dentist, St George Illawarra tough guy Neville Costigan...











