ATLANTA, Georgia – On National HIV Testing Day at events across the United States, thousands of Americans will obtain a potentially life-extending piece of information: their HIV test result. Whether they test positive or negative, all of them will be taking an important step in protecting their health and the health of their loved ones and advance our nation’s fight against the spread of HIV.

WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA) Foundation, which is largely supported by individual member dentists of the WDA, recently awarded $8,000 in scholarships to 16 dental hygiene students enrolled in state technical colleges who have demonstrated academic achievement and financial need.

TAVISTOCK SQUARE, London-- Men are 12 times more likely than women to sustain severe human bite injuries for which surgery may be necessary, according to a study published in the July issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal.

BRISTOL, Tennessee – The 16,000-member Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA), will hold their national meeting June 20-24, 2007 in Orlando, Fl focusing this year on the responsibilities of being a Christian.

NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey – For some time now, evidence has been growing that there are associations between one’s oral health and certain deadly diseases and conditions like diabetes, heart disease, low birth weight babies and even pancreatic cancer. Now, a recent study* out of the University of Texas is pointing to protein levels in the saliva having the potential to assist in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care of breast cancer, the second leading cause of death among American women, according to the American Cancer Society.

ROCHESTER, New York – The Center for Oral Biology within the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry has been awarded $4 million to expand its renowned training program for oral biologists and dentist-scientists. New, cross-disciplinary training programs will focus on the basic mechanisms that underlie oral diseases to help students prepare for careers within academia, government and industry.

TIBURON, California – The average dentist logs about 75 hours of dental continuing education annually, far more than needed to meet state requirements. In a recent dental survey conducted by TheWealthyDentist.com, dentists were asked how many hours of formal continuing education they log per year. Though the most common response was 50 hours a year, a remarkable number of dentists reported 150 or more hours a year.

WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin – Four Wisconsin communities received awards for their public water fluoridation efforts on May 1 during the National Oral Health Conference in Denver.

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York – Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRO), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-technology dental equipment, introduced new software upgrades to its ORTHOPHOS XG Plus digital pan/ceph imaging system. With this announcement, Sirona builds on its award-winning ORTHOPHOS technology to offer practitioners even greater functionality and efficiency in the areas of patient positioning and stabilization, diagnostics, radiation management, and workflow.

CHICAGO, Illinois – American Dental Association (ADA) Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs William Prentice joined Rep. Elijah Cummings in Baltimore today to announce the ADA’s support for “Deamonte’s Law,” legislation that will help end the silent epidemic of untreated dental disease among the nation’s disadvantaged children.