The recent $2,500 grant ULM received from Entergy is the sixth grant the university has received from the energy company, according to ULM.edu.

  According to data provided to CNBC by Sikka Software, emergency dental visits shot-up 64 percent across the country based on average of dental visits on March 18 versus a full one-month average.  

  The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, along with the University of Pittsburgh, discovered the severity of tooth decay correlated with mutations in the hair keratin 75 after analyzing intra-oral records and genetic information of 706 adults and 386 children, according to International Business Times.  

Hu-Friedy introduced the new IMS Infinity Series Cassettes that aims to provide effective instrument processing and infection control.

  A 2014 audit from California Department of Health Care Services titled "Weaknesses in its Medi-Cal Dental Program Limit Children's Access to Dental Care" found that "Health Care Services' information shortcomings and ineffective actions are putting child beneficiaries at higher risk of dental disease," according to the report, submitted by Elaine M. Howlie, CPA and state auditor.  

  As drug-resistant infections kill hundreds and thousands across the globe, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Dental Medicine propose bacteriophages to fight enteroccus faecalis, a drug-resistant pathogen often recovered after infections associated with root canal treatments, according to Sci-Tech Today.  

24 Hour Dental Care understands dental pain can happen any time of day.  

  The Cigna Foundation's grant of $103,000 dollars to Healthy Smiles Mobile Dental Foundation aims to help provide oral supplies for a mobile dental van.  

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company will begin a yearlong partnership with The Hispanic Dental Association intending to encourage Hispanics to pursue a career in dentistry.  

Aspen Dental has opened a new office in St. Clair, Pa., according to a Republican Herald report.

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:DentalPlans, a dental and health savings marketplace, has launched its new Dental Information Center.

3M has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against German dental firm Dental Direkt GmbH, according to a StarTribune report.

Sarah Winter, DMD, has joined Hornbrook Center for Dentistry in La Mesa, California.

Delta Dental Foundation has awarded Kent County (Mich.) South Clinic a $66,000 grant to support the growth of the clinic's dental services, according to a mlive report.

A new CDC report has found that untreated dental decay in preschool aged children is on the decline, according to a report by The New York Times.

Here are five recent news updates on dental device and practice management companies.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the North Carolina licensing board in a case focused on what providers are allowed to offer teeth whitening services. The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners and American Dental Association have spoken out against the decision, according to a Dr. Bicuspid report.

The new dental practice Coast Dental Moreno Valley has opened in California. 

Mountainside Family Dental in Portland, Ore., has launched Compass, a direct membership benefit plan designed to serve as an alternative to dental insurance.