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Dr. Robert A. Faiella, President-Elect for the American Dental Association, provides his take on why community outreach matters, even for dentists who feel the need to be more focused on internal matters. For the full interview, see below.

This SoundCloud playlist features audio throughout our race-day coverage, including clips with the kids, a piece on patient education and the volunteer response to NASCAR diver Greg Biffle's arrival.  

When it comes to events like this, it is products that make it possible.

In addition to other live video interviews coming straight from the Richmond International Speedway, Thais Carter interviewed the Richmond Tooth Fairy earlier today about ways to prevent dental anxiety and fear in children and how to create excitement about good oral hygiene habits.

Give Kids A Smile, an annual one-day volunteer initiative to provide preventive and restorative services to children from low-income families.  

Dental Products Report, the No. 1 product magazine in the dental industry, is continuing to expand its coverage of industry events. The editorial team’s efforts to draw attention to not only good products, but products in the service of good, takes them to Richmond, Virginia on Friday, April 27 for a special 10th anniversary of the Give Kids a Smile program.

No one wants to be involved in a dispute that disrupts the normal flow of business to the dental practice. Disputes harm dentists financially and emotionally and cause turmoil within the practice among employees, owners and patients.

In today's world of candy and sugary soft drinks children aged five and under are in special need of dental care and oral health education.

Achaeological geneticist Christina Warinner is a researcher at the University of Zurich and has discovered a thrilling new tool that will shed light on the history of diseases dating back to ancient hominids. That new tool is fossilized dental plaque.

No one likes the look of wrinkles or sagging skin especially when they mar the look of a smile that has been newly improved by teeth whitening, veneers, implants or other dental procedures.

While high tech options continue to evolve and offer us ways to simplify our personal lives, transferring those same advantages into the dental office just makes sense.

The right furniture for your dental laboratory is essential. It requires a big investment on the part of the lab owner or manager, but it can pay off big in terms of improved workflows and efficiency, opportunity for additional growth, and even in happier and healthier employees. That’s why it is important to allow plenty of planning and research before making such significant lab furniture investments.

Featured on Dental Products Report’s March cover, Store-A-Tooth is Provia Laboratories’ primary product offering. The simplest way to explain the product is that it gives families a second chance.

Dentrix G5 includes a number of new features, none bigger than the one that makes it an “open platform” that encourages software developers (including the three highlighted below) to write applications for the practice management system to share data with the new Dentrix database.

Laser sintering system manufacturer Phenix Systems today issued a formal statement in response to the recent announcement that laser sintering rival EOS was filing a patent infringement lawsuit against the French company that recently began selling its products in the United States.

Dr. Stephen Gordon was never that interested in doing root canals. He’s always been fascinated by the latest and greatest in technology, and root canals didn’t really fit. But that all changed two years ago at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting. He sat in on Dr.

Tips that all dental practices should use to set clear financial arrangements and expectations for their dental patients.

Many advancements have occurred in dental implantology in the past several decades. Perhaps one of the most significant developments that provides the dental patient with the greatest benefit is the hybrid implant. The hybrid implant is a small diameter implant that offers full prosthetic versatility. It has been proven to provide long-term success in a myriad of clinical cases. One of its advantages is providing implant anchorage in cases of minimal bone width.

Each week we post a run-down of the most insightful comments we receive from our readers. We hope to highlight some of our best recent content in case you missed it. Cfishburne: I found this to be Very Interesting, have ordered a copy of the book, and WILL BE READING IT. Thank you, Coty Fishburne DDS In response to "A reading list for the evolving dental team" April 3, 2012

I come here not to mourn the computer mouse ahead of its passing, but to celebrate it’s wondrous life and accomplishments, because surely we are nearing the end of the usefulness of this once ubiquitous device.

Lisa Holzkopf was always indecisive when it came to making major changes to her smile. She had what she describes as “smaller than normal front teeth.” They had to be shaven down after she chipped her front tooth on the edge of a swimming pool during her high school years, and one tooth slightly overlapped the other one. When she first talked to Dr.

Do you have a legal question regarding your dental practice? Dental Products Report Legal Analyst Michael Sacopulos addresses reader questions.

In this new series, The Same Day Smile Makeover, the goal will be to share how recent advances in dental technology can help your patients have a more self-confident smile in one easy visit. 

Medidenta is pleased to announce that it will be moving to the Las Vegas strip effective July 2nd, 2012.

A positive trend occurring within dentistry is the adoption of “green” or environmentally-friendly strategies. These strategies include the selection and use of products that are biodegradable and have less toxic byproducts, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Planmeca's ProMax Mid 3D Imaging System provides comprehensive imaging.

The bluephase style is an ergonomic, powerful, cordless LED curing light. As part of the bluephase family, this newest addition comes with all of the features, power and efficiency bluephase curing lights are known for in a new slim, lightweight and balanced design.

The latest in dental-industry corporate alliances brings together two of the major players in the expanding 3D printing market as Stratasys, Inc. and Objet Ltd. today announced their merger plans.

While the small U.S. market for non-precious, laser sintered substructures seems to be gaining a bit of steam, it seems like two companies behind the systems capable of producing these additively manufactured parts may be headed for court.

Dr. Fresh®, Inc., maker of the best-selling FireFly® toothbrush, announced that it has entered a new licensing agreement as the exclusive U.S. manufacturer and marketer of Angry Birds® branded oral care products. Angry Birds fever has captivated a broad swath of consumers across all generations, and Dr. Fresh is the first to leverage the brand’s appeal in an innovative oral care line.