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Defining elderly is a sticky wicket. Elderly can carry the connotation of feeble and dependent. The old adjective dates back hundreds of years and from an even older noun, elder. It can be traced...

Nature designed a very good system. Specialized tissue protects every opening in the human body from bacteria.

The oral cavity is truly unique. It is the only place in the body that the the...

Having a system in place to assess implant health for every clinician in the practice will give the office the consistency needed to help not only treat implant issues but to prevent any problems...

Every year in the United States at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and approximately 23,000 people die as a result.¹ Dentists prescribed 10% of the...

Using pre-procedural rinses can be advantageous in two ways. When using handpieces or ultrasonic scalers a rinse can help decrease the bacteria in the aerosolized saliva that is released into the...

In 2017 the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) met and developed updates to the 1999 classification of periodontal diseases and conditions....