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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (Jan. 6, 2011)—ASTM Committee D11 on Rubber is developing a standard for dental dams, rectangular sheets of latex used to isolate specific teeth during dental procedures.