Thanks to mushrooming private dental colleges in India, more dental graduates are being created than there is demand for, as the metros, smaller cities and towns are already saturated. As for rural areas, oral healthcare is not an area of great concern yet. The dental education sector in India provides training at the under-graduate, post-graduate … Read more
A receptionist at the Giggles dental clinic in south Guelph answered the phone Wednesday: “How may I make you smile today?” But the table has turned: the dental profession’s government body put a happy face on staff by announcing it was allowing the clinic to retain its unusual name. “The name’s been approved by the … Read more
New policy to transform dental health for children, says Helen O’Callaghan. The Irish oral health landscape is set to be transformed following the publication of National Oral Health Policy Smile Agus Sláinte. The new policy provides free oral healthcare to all children, from birth to 16 years of age, as well as adults holding medical cards. … Read more
KaVo Kerr is pleased to announce the launch of KaVo Care™, a unique service program designed to make handpiece repairs faster and easier. KaVo Care™ offers an online portal, kavocare.com, where customers will find flat-fee pricing based on the device they wish to service. From there they can submit and track the status of their repair order. To … Read more
A tissue bank has been made operational at the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences to provide bone and tissue grafts to different streams of medical sciences. This is the country’s only such facility in a dental institute and one of the few in the country to employ gamma irradiation for terminal sterilization. A team of doctors from the institute had … Read more
Dental care and oral hygiene largely remains an undiscussed topic, with few people aware of the risks associated with poor dental hygiene. The National Oral Health Care Programme, which falls under the care of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), stated that despite the fact that several dental diseases have been burdening the country … Read more
Budget vetoes by Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy eliminated Medicaid dental coverage for adults — a $27 million cut that is having an impact. KTUU reports that Michael Shelden had plans to get dentures after having all his teeth pulled following years of dental pain. The plan fell through after the governor’s veto and the station … Read more
DMG today announced that it is now accepting pre-orders for its LuxaCrown️ semi-permanent crown and bridge material. The revolutionary new product will start shipping to customers in September. Pre-order LuxaCrown now! LuxaCrown creates long-lasting crowns directly chairside, which saves time and money for both the patient and the practice. The easy-to-make semi-permanent composite crown is … Read more
IDEM 2020 (International Dental Exhibition and Meeting) Singapore will open its doors in 10 months. The event is widely considered to be one of the premier dental industry trade shows and conferences for the fast-growing Asian Market. Very early sign-ups by North American dental manufacturers for IDEM Singapore 2020 indicate higher than ever interest from … Read more
Stocked on the shelves of Western New York pharmacies is a bottle of dry mouth spray Lubricity, a product developed and manufactured locally by You First Services, Inc. with the support of the University at Buffalo Center for Dental Studies. Through the partnership, the UB Center for Dental Studies verified the effectiveness of Lubricity through … Read more
Dr. Terryl Propper, a Nashville endodontist, likes to quote the first and only female prime minister of India, Indira Ghandi: “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those that take the credit. There is less competition in the first group.” Doing the work has led Dr. Propper to be elected, … Read more
Scientists are calling for radical reform of dental care, tighter regulation of the sugar industry and greater transparency around conflict of interests in dental research to tackle the high and rising toll of oral disease such as mouth cancers. In a challenge to the global health community, a series in the Lancet medical journal argues that 3.5 … Read more
Colgate and YouTube star Ryan of Ryan’s World have joined forces with Pocket.watch on a new collection of oral care products for children. The collection, designed by Ryan in conjunction with the oral care company, consists of a powered toothbrush, toothpaste and mouthwash. “We are so thrilled to be welcoming Ryan into the Colgate family … Read more
A woman has filed a complaint with the Montreal police ethics committee after she says she was threatened with arrest and a criminal charge over a disagreement concerning dental fees. “I felt that being a single mother on social assistance was a factor in how I was treated,” said Leveesa Lessey. “If I were white, … Read more
Dental professionals looking for the right job can turn to the ADA CareerCenter, the Association’s official online job board, which unveiled July 17 its upgraded website in an effort to improve user experience and personalization of jobs searches. The online job board features a new personalization dashboard, which provides a more user-friendly experience for jobseekers … Read more
The end of the academic year signals report card time for millions of households across America. Likewise, parents recently assigned grades to the status of their kids’ oral health as a part of the Children’s Oral Health Survey. Few parents (21%) nationwide would give their kids an excellent bill of oral health. Views of their … Read more
DMG today announced the launch of its DMG-Connect microsite, the latest clinician-focused initiative by the innovative dental materials manufacturer that is rapidly establishing itself as a go-to informational resource for dental professionals. DMG stands apart as a dental products manufacturer by offering not only dental materials, but informational materials that enable dentists to better attract … Read more
The unannounced removal of all Taiwanese dental schools by the Malaysian Dental Council (MDC) has left graduates and current students in the lurch, and the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) wants an explanation. SUPP education bureau chairman Ding Kuong Hiing said this was unfair to the dental graduates because this non-recognition meant they could not … Read more
Dr. Ehiedu Osemiha, a dentist in the Nigerian Air Force, who left Nigeria with his wife and son for Canada in 2014 has qualified to practice Dentistry in Canada. Prior to his emmigration from Nigeria, Osemiha survived a Boko Haram attack while serving in the Nigerian Air Force. Osemiha, who first graduated in dentistry in … Read more
An Oakbank-area man accused of performing unauthorized dental procedures on horses is facing a lifetime ban against practising veterinary medicine in Manitoba. The Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association is seeking a permanent injunction against Kelvin Brent Asham, whom the organization accuses of diagnosing diseases and injuries in horses, treating the animals, and in one instance, administering a … Read more