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With Halloween right around the corner, we want to hear your tales of the scariest, weirdest, grossest, most bizarre things you’ve have seen in the dental industry. What’s the craziest story that’s come out of your workplace? The disgusting thing that still makes your shiver when you think about it? The most absurd moment in your career? We want to hear it all.

Dental practice transitions many times include a seller who wants to discontinue working as a dentist and a buyer who feels that he or she can dramatically improve the bottom line of the retiring dentist.

DPR Spoke to Dr. Jason Goodchild, DMD, about how to provide excellent patient care and run a successful practice.

Tra' Chambers explores how he used Dentsply Sirona digital equipment and software to create a beautiful immediate load denture.

NextDent has introduced the LC 3DPrint Box, a light box specifically designed for 3D printed solutions.

Extended mercury exposure can be particularly dangerous to a one’s health-and a new study has found that the danger is greatly exacerbated in patients with eight or more dental fillings.

With year-end approaching it is time for dentists to think about making equipment and technology purchases if they want to expense (depreciate) those assets on their 2016 tax return. While the rules for depreciating equipment have changed dramatically, one thing remains constant. Equipment must be “placed into service” before any depreciation may be taken.

Ultradent Products recently launched the newest member of its world-renowned VALO® curing light family, the VALO Grand curing light. The VALO Grand curing light reportedly features all the benefits of the award-winning VALO light, but with a larger head size and 50% bigger lens-measuring 12 mm.

This patient case illustrates how a general dentist is required to have an excellent understanding of dental materials because there are many different indications for adhesive dentistry. In the past, it was necessary to carry multiple bonding agents to account for not only the different surfaces being bonded, but the different materials being used. Universal bonding agents, such as VOCO's Futurabond U, can be used in a great many different circumstances. But not all can satisfy each of the clinical indications described above, and the patient in this case is like many other patients we see on a daily basis.

Reverse mortgages aren't right for everyone, but they're a concept some soon-to-be retirees might want to consider.

These five stories were the most popular on DMD last week.

Here's our weekly look at the top dentistry-related news from around the web.

The apparent fraud discovered at Wells Fargo should be instructive to everyone who uses financial services.

While dental amalgam has been the most popular dental filling material for a century and a half, new research is introducing an exciting alternative that could actually help repair teeth damaged by caries.

Glidewell Laboratories has announced a new line of bone grafting products, to be sold under the umbrella of Newport Biologics.

In order to become a dental hygienist there are many steps you must take. One of these many steps is completing dental hygiene school, which takes a lot of hard work, sweat and tears. If you want to stay on top, you should follow these top five survival tips for dental hygiene school.

Should your staff understand your practice’s financials? The short answer is yes. How can your team appreciate the effects of their actions unless they do?

Public health authorities now say as many as 22 children might have have contracted an infection after undergoing procedures earlier this year at a California dental clinic.

Many dentists like the idea of managing their own money. It's certainly do-able. Here are some tips if you decide to go it alone.

One of the hot topics at this year's American Dental Association meeting will be sedation dentistry. One prominent dental health expert is hoping to educate members on the issue ahead of the meeting.

A response to the recent article that stated flossing did not help gum health.

Running an efficient dental practice is a complex job. Using dental practice management software that does not streamline the various daily aspects of your practices only adds further to that challenge.

The ADA Foundation and 3M today announced that 3M will donate 3,000 introductory sealant kits to the ADA Foundation for use during the 2017 Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) program. The donation, which has an estimated fair market value of $250,000, will help Give Kids A Smile volunteers place more than 400,000 sealants on underserved kids’ teeth in 2017.

Every dentist in every office across the country has faced a difficult patient situation at one point, and while it may be awkward or even uncomfortable to face, it falls on the dentist – as the top clinician, the business owner and the CEO of the practice – to try and resolve the situation as peacefully and positively as possible.

Budgeting sounds simple -- and it is -- but only if you follow key rules.

A successful Phase 3 trial suggests dentists may soon be able to use a nasal spray instead of a syringe when numbing patients for procedures.

Bringing on an associate can be a great step for your practice-if you go about it correctly.

Learning to use job descriptions and performance reviews effectively can make for a more successful dental practice.