As the focus shifts from oral health month (April) to a new membership year and a first-ever virtual conference, the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) continues to foster meaningful partnerships with dental industry. CDHA recognizes how important these partnerships are to the success of its mission: advancing the dental hygiene profession and promoting the importance … Read more
Dentsply Sirona today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Propel Orthodontics, including the VPro device and the Fastrack Mobile App. Propel Orthodontics is a leading innovator, manufacturer, and worldwide seller of orthodontic devices. Propel Orthodontics offers in-office and at-home orthodontic solutions to dentists and their patients. The acquisition is an … Read more
Sowingo, the largest cloud-based dental eCommerce and inventory management company in Canada, has partnered with the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) to provide its registered members with free Panbio™ COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests courtesy of the Ontario Together Fund (OTF). The $50 million Ontario Together Fund supports manufacturing and innovation that helps combat COVID-19 and provides … Read more
Sowingo, the largest cloud-based dental eCommerce and inventory management company in Canada, has partnered with the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) to offer its registered members N95 3M™ AURA™ masks at no cost provided by the Ontario Government. The Ontario Government made a five-year commitment to purchase a significant annual quantity of domestically-produced NIOSH-certified N95 3M™ AURA™ Healthcare Particulate … Read more
The Provincial government’s Stay-at-Home order is no longer in effect. It is expected that Ontario will move into step one of the Provincial Roadmap to Reopen the week of June 14, 2021. While the situation with COVID-19 is improving, dentists must continue to adhere to the enhanced precautions outlined in the College’s COVID-19: Managing infection … Read more
Newly released iTero Workflow 2.0 software features include faster scanning, improved visualization, and enhanced patient communication tools that help increase practice efficiency, support better clinical diagnosis, and drive patient engagement for treatment acceptance. Available in Q3’21 on the iTero Element 5D imaging system*, a new auto-upload feature will streamline Invisalign case submissions by enabling intraoral … Read more
Align Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGN) a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign system of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, announced the award of ten research grants under the company’s eleventh Annual Research Award Program. The global interest in research … Read more
While the intake for a new dental patient might be a simple process for some, for many transgender patients, the lack of options for gender or pronouns can be an isolating experience. This is one of the concerns the Faculty of Dentistry’s Dental Pride Alliance is aiming to address. “One of our goals is to … Read more
A recent tax court victory for the Davis Dentistry Professional Corporation case has paved the way for dentists and orthodontists to qualify for HST refunds. This doesn’t mean everyone will be getting cheques from CRA, but those offices which have a significant orthodontic component and/or an in-house lab/CEREC/E4D may be able to get some money … Read more
Watch the European Inventor Award ceremony online on Thursday, 17 June 2021 at 19:00 CEST Event broadcast at inventoraward.org will showcase the stories of remarkable scientists and innovators in an all-new format The public is invited to vote online for their favorite inventor to win the Popular Prize; poll open now at popular-prize.epo.org Winners of the Award in all … Read more
Funding and Products Will Support Patient Care and Continuing Education Programs NYU College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) has received major funding and in-kind support from BioHorizons Implant Systems, Inc. to make dental implants more accessible for patients in need and enhance the College’s continuing education programs. BioHorizons, part of Henry Schein, Inc., is a leading … Read more
A Mississauga dental clinic is now accepting cryptocurrency as an alternative payment method. Southdown Dental is has announced it will be the first Canadian dental clinic to offer its patients the ability to pay with cryptocurrency for their dental needs. “There is a growing positive sentiment towards cryptocurrency and an increased use of it in … Read more
A new clinic at Fanshawe College will give low-income Londoners another option for affordable dental care, with a checkup and cleaning going for $40. The Fanshawe clinic, which opened Thursday, is a teaching lab for the school’s dental hygiene and dental assistant students. “It’s an amazing feeling” to help Londoners who can’t afford care because … Read more
Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, announced today that it entered into a partnership with 3Shape, a developer and manufacturer of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The first step of this partnership focuses on a facilitated collaboration between 3Shape’s intraoral scanner 3Shape TRIOS and … Read more
COURSE DESCRIPTION When we, as dental professionals, incorporate easy, evidence-based, and systematic approaches to our workflow and appointment times, we become more engaged in our practice, and our patients/clients become more engaged in their oral self-care. Discover tried and tested methods for client-centered care – what is new, what we should revisit, and what the … Read more
Earlier this month, the Province announced that high-risk health care workers are eligible to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a shortened interval. The list of high-risk health care workers can be found here. This list includes the highest health care workers in the very high risk category outlined in COVID-19: Guidance for Prioritizing … Read more
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. (“dentalcorp” or the “Company”), Canada’s leading network of dental practices, announced today the closing of its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 50,000,000 subordinate voting shares of the Company (“Subordinate Voting Shares”) at a price of $14.00 per share, for total gross proceeds of $700,000,000.00. The Company also announced the closing of its concurrent private placement to certain … Read more
Clinical Research Dental, the distribution partner for many of Dentistry’s leading brands in Canada, announces the appointment of Lawrence Marmai to the Company’s executive team in the newly-created role of Vice President, Sales and Business Development. Mr. Marmai’s responsibilities will encompass sales and customer service team leadership, with a focus on accelerating Clinical Research Dental’s … Read more
Patient saliva was found not to be the major source of the microbes in aerosols generated during dental procedures, according to Ohio State University researchers, who analyzed the genetic makeup of the organisms detected in aerosols. The findings, published May 12 in the Journal of Dental Research, is the latest study to demonstrate that visiting the … Read more
Graham Rosenberg, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. (“dentalcorp” or the “Company”) (TSX: DNTL), and his team joined Robert Peterman, Vice President, Global Business Development, TMX Group to celebrate the Company’s new listing on Toronto Stock Exchange and open the market. About dentalcorp dentalcorp is Canada’s largest network of dental practices, committed to … Read more