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Dentist's Advantage joins Hispanic Dental Association corporate roundtable Dentist's Advantage to offer HDA members professional liability insurance....	Pankey-trained dentists to host Annapolis free clinic Program was slated to provide basic dental services to the underserved in the Annapolis area....
Congressman Mike Simpson awarded honorary AGD membership Simpson is one of two dentists in Congress....	Heartland Dental Care announces private equity investment Investment made by Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC....
Handpiece Experts signs distribution agreement Handpiece Experts signs distribution agreement with Meisinger USA for complete line of premium-quality burs....	Xlear moves to environmentally friendly four-day work week Company adopts shorter work week in response to rising fuel and energy prices...
Nobel Biocare introduces senior advisor to CEO Company announces the appointment of William J. Ryan as senior advisor to Domenico Scala....	LED Dental conducts oral cancer symposium in Prague Event attended by key opinion leaders from the European dental community....
PreViser appoints director of medical technology Diagnostics company seeks to branch out from periodontics into medical capabilities....	Institute for Oral Health announces third annual conference "Oral Health in Aging America" set for Sept. 9-10 in Chicago, Ill....
Dentist convicted of Medicaid fraud tells a cautionary tale for all doctors Dental Economics Senior Editor Penny Anderson talks with Dr. Roy Shelburne of Pennington Gap, Va., in a DE onl...	Psychological, social issues associated with tooth loss Expert shares ways to cope with the impact of losing teeth....
Milestone Scientific adds three new dental distributors Benco Dental, Burkhart Dental, Inc. and Goetze Dental have joined Milestone's domestic distribution network....	3M Foundation awards grant for Twin Cities program National Children's Oral Health Foundation to receive a $297,000 grant to pilot innovative health strategies f...
AADC elects 2008-09 officers Tom Limoli Jr. named affiliate liaison....	American Dental Association debuts new OralLongevity Web Site Refreshed site features new content, updated design for older adult's oral health care....
Academy celebrates 15 years of dental laser education worldwide For 15 years, the Academy of Laser Dentistry has been educating dental practitioners worldwide on the proficie...	OSAP announces new board Lori Paulson will serve as chair of OSAP's Board of Directors for the 2008-09 fiscal year....
Program assists with frivolous malpractice lawsuits Dental Justice from Medical Justice help defend dentists in today's growingly litigious legal climate....	Sesame Communications helps remove barriers to dental technology integrations Development site launched so companies can generate their own extractor code, receive a set of APIs, source co...
Dentist sentenced to two years in prison Roy Shelburne, a Lee County, Va., dentist, has been sentenced to two years in prison for three felony convict...	Course offered on efficiently equilibrating natural dentition Dawson Academy to present a three-day hands-on course to dentists on how to evaluate efficiently equilibrating...
Community water fluoridation reaches nearly 70 percent of U.S. population Study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the proportion of the U.S. population receiving f...	BISCO Institute's 14th Annual Adhesion Seminar set for Maui Seminar, slated for Jan. 26 to 30, 2009, will offer dental professionals the opportunity to learn from leaders...
ADIA sets sights on Chicago Implant education for the whole team slated for late August in the Windy City...	Study: Viral complementation allows HIV-1 replication without integration New York University College of Dentistry AIDS research team uncovers a mechanism that enables some 99 percent ...
Society of American Indian Dentists annual conference meets in Phoenix SAID's goal is to mentor pre- and dental American Indian dental students, encouraging them about practicing in...	Septodont, NDC sign warehouse distribution agreement Pact will offer the Septodont product portfolio to NDC's 45 dental distributors in the American Dental Coopera...
Handpiece Experts announces four new mobile handpiece repair dealers Mobile dealers provide onsite service and repair for dentists through the use of an onsite service center....	OSAP contest winners announced Contest was designed to promote infection control and safety by inviting dental professionals to create attent...