The makers of the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance dental implant face a growing number of lawsuits over claims the device can ruin adults' teeth, causing permanent damage.
The FDA warns that dental amalgam made of mercury or metal alloys could release gases which can cause adverse health effects for pregnant women, the unborn, and others.
A new study warns that dentists regularly overprescribe antibiotics for non-existent infection risks.
A new EPA rule will require dentists to separate mercury from fillings from wastewater before it leaves their offices, in order to prevent mercury water contamination.
Americans with eight or more dental fillings may have elevated levels of mercury in their blood, which could cause health problems, according to the findings of a new study.
3M faces class action lawsuits from dentists who say it sold defective Lava Ultimate dental crowns which had a high failure rate and seek to have their cases consolidated for…
Researchers indicate that dental X-rays may be linked to an increased risk of a potentially debilitating form of brain cancer.
Researchers in Maryland have confirmed that excessive use of zinc-based denture adhesive cream may cause neurological damage and other problems from zinc poisoning.
The fourth Fosamax trial in the United States is set to begin this week in New Jersey state court, involving a lawsuit filed by a Florida woman who alleges that…
About $200,000 in dental products made by Rite-Dent Manufacturing Corp. were seized by U.S. Marshals after federal regulators determined that they were unsafe for public use.
