Dentistry News

A year ago, Eric Nunnally was working in his father's laboratory. Today, he's a student at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, wearing scrubs, dissecting a human body and learning to drill a cavity prep.

National dentistry chains are growing, and they're hiring on all levels. The economic outlook may be grim, but people always need to get their teeth fixed.

Two weeks ago, 33-year-old Heather Stone was raking leaves to raise enough money for her first trip to a dentist in 12 years.

In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in treatment and immediately removing from practice anyone who relapses.

The rules will require nurses, dentists and other health workers in state-run recovery programs to take at least 104 drug tests in their first year -- more than double any current requirement.

Some might find it tough to have a profession that strikes fear in many people's hearts.

Bridge Community Health Clinic and Northcentral Technical College have formed a collaboration that will allow the clinic to serve dental patients at NTC's David R. Obey Center for Health Sciences.

Quark Inc. is moving into the business of producing small companies' marketing materials and print-job ordering with a free online product it unveiled Thursday.

Patterson Companies Inc. F2Q10 Earnings Call November 19, 2009; 10:00 am ET Executives James Wiltz - President & Chief Executive Officer Steve Armstrong - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Analysts Larry Marsh - Barclays Capital Robert Willoughby - Banc of America/Merrill Lynch John Kreger - William Blair Derek Leckow - Barrington ...

Marathon Oil [S: mro] said Thursday it expects 2009 production growth of 6% over the year-ago period.

With the price of gold through the roof, some people in the northeast Missouri town of Hannibal are literally putting their money where their mouth is.

A father-of-five died after ignoring a dentist's advice to go to hospital to get treatment for a tooth infection.

New information shows that gum disease is clearly related to cancer and heart disease according to reliable research and that gum disease represents a public health concern.

If you were to run into me at one of the New York gatherings to which I am occasionally invited, you might think that I was born into the cocktail class.

Dr. Thomas Stewart, a Navy captain and dentistry veteran of more than 30 years, has been elected president of the California Dental Association.

IT'S A DEAL - Dr. John Conklin closes the deal of turning over his dental practice to Dr.

The dad of a boy who accused Michael Jackson of abusing him has committed suicide.

Dr. Arron McWilliams has been awarded a $100,000 educational loan repayment grant through the Fulfilling Iowa's Need for Dentists project, which recruits dentists to rural communities and underserved Iowa counties by helping them with their education debt.

The unnecessarily complex contracts for dental access funding make them risky and inappropriate for dental practice, despite some changes made by the Department of Health , the BDA's General Dental Practice Committee has said today.

A Thompson man set to have all his upper teeth removed claims he awoke from surgery to find dentists didn't stop there and extracted all his lower teeth as well.

PATIENTS in Crowland and the Deepings face a 50-mile round trip for specialist dental care after being told they are no longer welcome in Peterborough.