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'A man has got to know his limitations.'
That is the famous line uttered by Clint Eastwood in the closing scene of the 1973 film “Magnum Force.” It is a line that has become so memorable largely because it can be relevant in so many possible situations and circumstances; and ...

When dental amalgam is shipped to a lab, it is shipped as a hazardous material.

When dental amalgam is handled in a lab, it is handled as a hazardous material.

When dental amalgam is stored in a lab, it is stored as a hazardous material.

When dental amalgam is dispo ...

For more than a century, amalgam mercury has been used in dental fillings.
For most of that time, fillings with amalgam mercury were considered the most reliable and efficient fillings available. They were the backbone of the dental industry.
In recent years, however, many questions have b ...

Let’s face it: we all want to look good.
To be considered attractive by others is an innate desire in all human beings.
Society’s reverence for esthetics saturates the media and the entertainment industry. It is responsible for the popularity of fashion magazines, candid papara ...

The death of Deamonte Driver should serve as a wakeup call to our entire nation.
Deamonte, a 12-year-old boy from Prince George’s County, Maryland, died last February from severe complications resulting from an infected tooth.

Though belonging to a low income family unit that c ...

For more than 150 years, dental fillings were virtually guaranteed to be strong, sturdy, efficient, long-lasting, and safe. The reason: they were amalgam.
But then came The Fear.

From the time of its inception, The Fear spread like wildfire, eventually reaching all corners of the glo ...

'A man has got to know his limitations.'
That is the famous line uttered by Clint Eastwood in the closing scene of the 1973 film “Magnum Force.” It is a line that has become so memorable largely because it can be relevant in so many possible situations and circumstances; and in re ...

In general society, there are many issues that are frequently the subject of much heated controversy and debate – i.e.: religion, politics, etc.

In the dental world, an equivalent issue is overdentures.

There are two common methods for performing an implant overdenture: a ...

Like so many other industries in the US today, the dental industry has fallen under the spell of – or perhaps, one might better say, fallen victim to – the lure of outsourcing.

Outsourcing is the practice by which a corporation relocates the facilities that produce its goods a ...