Q. I want to say thank you for all the time and effort you have put in to educate myself and my friends when it comes to dentistry and questions we patients might have. Along the way I have read a few ...

There is no ‘wrong way’ of placing rubber dam; if it works for you and your dentist, your way is great! The following examples are clinical scenarios that work for me, bearing in mind I am an ...

As I travel around the U.S., I'm amazed at the marked difference in rubber dam usage in dental practices. Some dentists and team members love rubber dams, while others feel very uncomfortable using ...

Less than half of general dentists always use rubber dental dams during root canal therapy, according to a new study. The finding is concerning because dental dam use increases patient safety and ...

PHOENIX—Yulex Corp. said it has joined with Four D Rubber to use guayule rubber latex for dental dams, a first for the material. The plant-based, latex allergy-friendly rubber produced by Yulex is ...

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—ASTM Committee D11 on Rubber is developing a standard for dental dams, rectangular sheets of latex used to isolate specific teeth during dental procedures. Testing laboratories, ...

Q. I want to say thank you for all the time and effort you have put in to educate myself and my friends when it comes to dentistry and questions we patients might have. Along the way I have read a few ...