Is Your Dental Website Easily Found on the Internet?

Three out of ten dentists say that it’s not easy for patients to find their dental website on the Internet, this survey found. On the other hand, 22% say it’s easy for new and current patients to find them online. In addition, 48% of dentists say they’d like to improve their dental website search engine results […]

Can mid-level dentist practitioners give the same quality of dental care as a dentist? This question is being raised in the Northwest where a Washington state dental practitioner bill passed through the Senate Health Committee.  The Senate version of this legislation moves out of committee and can potentially be considered by the full Senate. If […]

Stronger, prettier dentures? New ceramic materials for dental bridges? Chemists in Germany believe they have made a breakthrough in creating a better ceramic. Glass chemist Prof. Dr. Christian Rüssel of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) and his colleagues of the Otto-Schott-Institute for Glass Chemistry were successful in producing a new nanocrystalline glass ceramic, which may […]

Do more people need access to dental insurance? Uninsured Americans are turning to emergency rooms nationwide to manage the pain from dental problems, according to a 2010 Health Resources and Services Administration report. The same report reveals that dental emergencies make up between 1.3 percent and 2.7 percent of all ER visits. USAToday reports the […]

Dentists, you never know what you may catch while fishing. In the video below you will witness a dog swimming the Gulf of Mexico to be rescued by a fishing kayaker. The kayaker (just so happens) to be filming his fishing trip, which captures the moment. The kayaker uses a ShamWow to dry the dog […]