Sirona is the global market and technology leader of the dental industry, and its YouTube channel is one of the most important social media platforms in the dental industry, with over 500 videos and more than 1 million views. Consistently providing top quality content offers subscribers more added value. Bensheim/Salzburg, YouTube is one of the … Read more
Anaida Deti, owner and CEO of DentalX, and registered dental hygienist, explains why it’s so important for adolescents to maintain proper dental hygiene and offers easy tips to having a smile worth showing off TORONTO, ON—teenagers take great pride in their appearance, but they seem to miscalculate the work it entails to maintain a healthy … Read more
Two-Day Event at NYU’s Kimmel Center Is Underwritten by an Education Grant From the Henry Schein Cares Foundation NEW YORK, Many of the world’s foremost experts on oral cancer will gather together to explore ways to reduce the disease’s global impact at the Global Oral Cancer Forum, a first-of-its-kind event scheduled for March 4-5 at … Read more
Company Named to FORTUNE’S List for 15th Consecutive Year MELVILLE, N.Y., Henry Schein, Inc., the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, announced today that it has been ranked #1 in the Wholesalers: Health Care industry on the FORTUNE® “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for … Read more
The Dental Marketing Conference aims to teach dentists techniques and strategies for growing their dentistry businesses. Dental schools give little attention to the business side of dentistry. The day-long seminar is designed to fill gaps in the business educations of enterprising dentists in Toronto and across Canada. Dentistry business experts and consultants at the conference … Read more
Avinent Canada recently conducted the first in a series of Implant Surgical Mentorship programs with Dr. Fred Li in Truro Nova Scotia. Attended by 11 clinicians from across the Maritimes, this three day program began with didactic presentations and equipment demonstrations, followed by hands-on surgery with multiple live patients. As Dr. Lyn Fitzpatrick stated after … Read more
Thousands of events nationwide help children improve their dental health CHICAGO, February 5, 2016 marked the kickoff of the ADA Foundation’s annual Give Kids A Smile program, which provides hundreds of thousands of children in need with free oral health education, screening, prevention and treatment services from thousands of volunteer dentists, dental team members, and … Read more
MELVILLE, N.Y., Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority ownership interest in Dental Cremer S.A., a distributor of dental supplies and equipment in Brazil. Headquartered in … Read more
Highest Incidence Found in New Mexico, Hawaii: New Data Emphasizes Need for Oral Health Literacy, Access to Care in Largely Affected Regions The study, entitled “Predicting Periodontitis at State and Local Levels in the United States,” also indicates high prevalence among southeastern and southwestern states, including areas along the Mississippi Delta, the U.S.-Mexico border, and … Read more
The 2016 Pacific Dental Conference will once again be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre from March 17th-19th. The Pacific Dental Conference is one of the largest dental conferences in North America, offering a varied and contemporary selection of continuing education programs. With over 150 open sessions and hands-on courses and over 300 exhibiting companies … Read more
Digital radiography can improve our ability as clinicians to treat patients effectively, quickly and in a manner that leads to treatment allowing for less pain and recall. This article describes digital radiography techniques, which help with diagnosis for all aspects of dentistry and implant treatment planning. It describes procedures, which merge the use of CEREC, … Read more
Introduction Local anesthesia forms the backbone of pain control techniques in dentistry. Local anesthetics represent the safest (when used properly) and most effective drugs for the prevention and management of perioperative and post-operative pain. The first known injection of a local anesthetic (1885) was an inferior alveolar nerve block administered by the famed medical surgeon … Read more
Performing minimal oral (enteral) conscious sedation on a healthy adult patient with a benzodiazepine is a safe, cost-effective way to treat certain patients with dental anxiety. Go through the ten statements below with the intent of determining whether each presented statement is fact or fiction. NOTE: While many of the answers below make reference to … Read more
The term “creative destruction” was coined by Joseph Schumpeter in 1942.1 Schumpeter was an economist who was commenting on how capitalism evolves. Creative destruction in its original form refers to industrial mutations that revolutionize economic structures from within, creating a new structure. Put another way, it is the free market’s way of delivering progress.2 This … Read more
Dental professionals across the country-and around the globe- can now attend the largest dental meeting in digital dentistry annually. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sirona Dental, Inc., the company that pioneered digital dentistry and the leading manufacturer of dental technology, announced in early November the introduction of SIROWORLD. SIROWORLD is an annual event in which thousands of doctors … Read more
We have to register for a lot of things in Canada. We’re at the point where if we are asked to register for anything else, there is a good possibility that we will object. Take the recent debates about long-gun registration and long-form censuses as examples. The need for various professions and disciplines to be … Read more
A team from the University of Illinois, College of Dentistry found that compounds in black tea were capable of killing or suppressing growth of cavity-causing bacteria like Lactobacillus and Streptococcus mutans in plaque, thus drinking tea may aid in preventing gum disease and prohibit cavities from developing. Black tea also affects the bacterial enzyme glucosyltranferase, … Read more
The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (CDHA) joins our US counterpart, The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), in expressing extreme disappointment in ABC Studios and The Bachelor for its recent unprofessional and inaccurate description of the dental hygiene profession in social media posts. The amount of hard work and dedication it takes to become a dental … Read more
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association would like to express its extreme disappointment in ABC Studios and The Bachelor for its recent unprofessional and inaccurate description of the dental hygiene profession in United States. Dental hygienists are required to graduate from comprehensive and demanding accredited educational programs in order to earn their academic degrees and as … Read more
MADISON, Wis., A recent survey of dental professionals conducted by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) reveals that cosmetic procedures continue to bring life to dental practices. The AACD has conducted the biennial State of the Cosmetic Dentistry Industry Survey over the last 11 years, and the data collected is used to determine the … Read more