Dr. Tom Giacobbi has an important message that impacts your dental practice's bottom line. It has to do with your inactive patients and asking them if they will return to your practice or if not, what ...

A Coralville, IA, dentist charged with repeatedly performing expensive, unnecessary dental procedures on patients will retain his license, subject to two years of disciplinary probation. In March 2025 ...

A dentist who gained celebrity status for his views on nutrition and dental health before becoming addicted to methamphetamines was shot to death on March 3 by police in Australia after he allegedly ...

This case report examines the steps taken to repair leaking amalgam. A 30-year-old man presented to the dental practice with a chief complaint of a sensitive tooth on the upper left posterior. Upon ...

"Both severe periodontitis and edentulism are highly prevalent globally, imposing a significant burden on individuals and societies," wrote the authors, led by Gustavo Nascimento of the Duke-NUS ...

Consolidation within any industry follows a predictable trajectory, and the dental sector is no exception. Drawing from Harvard Business Review's research on consolidation curves, we can ascertain ...

The list of the top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. looks a lot like our list from 2022, with Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services holding on ...

An expert panel convened by the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs developed the guidelines, which significantly expand the ADA’s 2012 radiography guidelines. They provide direction as to when each ...

DrBicuspid's 2024 list of top 10 dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. include Heartland Dental and MB2 Dental.

The body on the floor? Profitability. The suspect? $100-an-hour hygiene wages. But the wage didn't kill your margins. Your model did. Across the country, practice owners are staring at hygiene payroll ...

Oral cancer screening is now integral to a patient's routine follow-up, as well as new patient evaluations. Spurred by the rise in oral cancer cases, this examination must be performed more frequently ...

Lalla, intrigued by the findings, investigated past research and indeed found prior studies reporting lower salivary flow in women in other populations and age groups, supporting that women have a ...