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 ...

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 ...

Hydrologist Mark Hanna stood on the North Broadway Bridge recently and gazed out on an industrial vista of treated urban runoff flowing down the Los Angeles River channel between graffiti-marred ...

When an inflatable rubber dam installed in the Russian River at Del Rio Woods broke free and floated downstream, it carried with it dashed hopes for an alternative to potentially harmful gravel dams.

The water agency’s inflation of its rubber dam on the lower Russian River anticipates increased water use as the weather warms. The dam creates a pool from which the agency draws water into the ...

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, as the weather heats up for summer, water officials are getting ready for peak demand for hydration. A giant rubber dam on the Russian River is being ...

FORESTVILLE (BCN) -- With a major storm expected to hit the Bay Area Sunday, a rubber dam in the Russian River near Forestville will be deflated Saturday to prevent damage to the dam from high river ...