March 2006 - Baltic Dental expands its cosmetic dentistry program with new laser whitening technology. With the addition of laser whitening, Baltic Dental joins a select group of Latvian dentists using this advanced and highly effective teeth whitening treatment. The technology involves the use of a translucent bleaching gel and laser light to activate bleaching crystals and penetrate the teeth enamel. This creates a lightening effect on the teeth with improvement of up to 9 tones. The treatment can take as little as 45 minutes.

December 2005 - Heart disease associated with oral health – a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, for the first time, an association between coronary heart disease and oral health in women. Recent results have also shown that serological factors, might provide insight into the reported epidemiological association between periodontitis and cardiovascular disease. A possible mechanism behind the reported association could be the release of bacteria, bacterial products or pro-inflammatory cytokines from the periodontal lesions into the blood stream.