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Oklahoma and Oregon Dental Boards to Require Education Minimums for Dental Implant Surgery

Dentistry Today

In the face of growing public complaints over flawed dental implant surgeries, the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry and the Oregon Board of Dentistry are instituting rule changes for minimal levels of education related to dental implant surgery (not restorative implant prosthetic placement).

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Bone Replacement Protocol Successfully Treats Children With Jaw Tumors

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

A study published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery reports that a procedure consisting of removing a tumor from a patient’s jaw, followed by immediate jaw reconstruction using viable bone from the patient’s leg, can treat mandibular tumors with few complications in children. .