The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread adoption of videoconferencing tools in many industries, and dentistry is no exception. A new study has found that, for triage purposes and initial consultations, teledentistry has a relatively high acceptance rate among dentists and patients alike. The study was led by an interdisciplinary team of periodontists and […]

A team led by University of Washington researchers has identified and classified how different people respond to the accumulation of dental plaque. Their work, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), sheds new light on why some people may be more prone to serious conditions that lead to tooth […]

Peri-implantitis, a condition where tissue and bone around dental implants becomes infected, besets roughly one-quarter of dental implant patients, and currently there’s no reliable way to assess how patients will respond to treatment of this condition.

A new study’s findings dispel the misconception that patients and providers are at high risk of catching Covid-19 at the dentist’s office.