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The fight against tooth decay gets help with a new smart material


When patients go to the dentist to fill a cavity, they're trying to solve a problem -- not create a new one. But many dental patients get some bad news: bacteria can dig under their tooth-colored fillings and cause new cavities, called recurrent caries. U of T researchers designed a novel solution: a filling material with tiny particles containing antimicrobial drugs, designed to stop bacteria in its tracks.



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Dentists encouraged to play their part on World Cancer Day ... and beyond


World Cancer Day, which takes place on 4 February every year, is a global rallying cry for people everywhere to pledge, take action, and make a difference in the fight against cancer.


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ADA members recognised in Australia Day Honours List


Seven ADA members (including one posthumously) were recognised as part of the 2018 Australia Day Honours List for their considerable services to dentistry and to the health and wellbeing of the wider Australian community.


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TPP Agreement Supports Medical Devices Trade


For the dental industry and the medical devices sector more broadly, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement will improve the information available to importers and exporters and reduce unnecessary delays in approvals, improving standard-setting.


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Tooth decay crisis: Dentists plead with parents to reduce children's sugar intake


Dentists are pleading with parents to cut the amount of sugar in their children's lunch boxes, as figures show NSW is in the grips of a child tooth decay crisis.


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Patient exposure to X-rays depends on how dentists are paid


Dentists' calculation of the benefits vs the risks of X-rays is being distorted by financial incentives.


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The tigress who came in from the wild because she needed a dentist


An exhausted Siberian tigress - one of only 500 still living in the wild - came out of the wild in Khabarovsk region and lay down on the porch of a house in the village Solontsovy, blocking the door.


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