The New Brunswick Dental Society will not be following the lead of doctors in the province and require dentists to have COVID-19 vaccinations. While endorsing vaccinations, the group is not making them a condition of a licence, said executive director Paul Blanchard. He said the society believes that patients are adequately protected by safety protocols … Read more
Dentists’ leaders have said mandatory jabs for healthcare staff will have a “calamitous” impact on dental services in England, as a survey revealed that one in 10 dentists have not been double-vaccinated. MPs voted this week to approve regulations requiring NHS and social care staff to be vaccinated by April next year. All frontline health and care … Read more
Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, today announced the appointment of Cherée H. Johnson as SVP, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary. She will also become a member of the Executive Leadership Team and report directly to Don Casey, Chief Executive Officer. Cherée H. Johnson will join Dentsply … Read more
TikTok users are taping their mouths shut before bed and say the practice, called mouth taping, leads to higher quality sleep and better oral health. Researchers have only studied mouth taping on small groups of people with sleep apnea and asthma. One study showed mouth taping could be beneficial for people with sleep apnea, while another found it ineffective for people … Read more
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine announced Dec. 10 that it named Stefan Ruhl, D.D.S., as interim dean, effective Jan. 6. A professor and associate chair of the school’s department of oral biology, Dr. Ruhl is a renowned scholar and researcher. He was among the first researchers to catalog the human salivary proteome, … Read more
Must Love Kids, a Vancouver pediatric dental practice, pledges to contribute $2400 per year to Clark County Food Bank and challenges other area dental practices and children’s healthcare providers to contribute to The Food Bridge, a fundraising campaign aimed to raise $20,000 in monetary donations to Clark County Food Bank. Proper nutrition has been linked to … Read more
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine has received a nearly $735,000 grant from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation to increase the delivery of critical dental treatment to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Western New York, as well as to help grow the oral health care workforce prepared to treat this … Read more
To become healthy and successful adults, children need to persist on tasks that they might not necessarily consider easy or fun, like studying, exercising, or brushing one’s teeth. Throughout childhood, persistence behavior changes daily, but the factors that shape this variability in persistence are understudied. A new study published in Child Development by researchers at the … Read more
Tooth decay is a common and unfortunate problem for many of us, but two University of Otago studies show it is also an issue for other primates, as well as our fossil relatives and ancestors. Dr Ian Towle, the former Sir Thomas Sidey Postdoctoral Fellow in Otago’s Faculty of Dentistry, says cavities are often considered to … Read more
More than 200 people trying to sue a Halifax-area pediatric dentist for misconduct shouldn’t worry that Dr. Errol Gaum is going through bankruptcy and already has a judgment against him in California for $1,696,477, says the lawyer heading the proposed class action. Gaum’s proposal to creditors is now being opposed by his largest unsecured creditor, Zion … Read more
A Halifax dentist will be heading back into the kitchen on Sunday intent of becoming Canada’s best holiday baker. Dr. Sachin Seth may fill cavities but the Dalhousie University faculty member also knows how to craft a sweet baked good. Not only did the periodontist professor appear in 2018 on the CBC series The Great Canadian Baking Show but he … Read more
In response to a global shortage of respiratory PPE for healthcare and industrial frontline workers … Dentec became part of a revolution to reinvent the reusable respirator. Dentec Safety is proud to announce that they have been awarded a portion of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for … Read more
Dentsply Sirona’s intraoral Primescan and Omnicam scanners now integrate directly with 3Shape’s lab software, delivering better workflows and patient outcomes. Dentsply Sirona and 3Shape have taken the next step according to their agreement and now provide a seamless and secure integration of Dentsply Sirona’s Connect Case Center with 3Shape’s Dental System software. Dentists using Primescan … Read more
On December 9th, children visiting Kids Dental Place in Huntington Park will have a new friend – Robin the Robot! Designed for children by scientists, engineers, and pediatric psychologists, Robin is the first of its kind emotionally intelligent robot that provides social and emotional support for children undergoing medical treatments in pediatric settings. Robin operates with AI … Read more
A former Windsor resident has helped shape an innovative collaboration with St. Clair College that will assist foreign-trained dentists in establishing themselves in Canada. Marwan Al Rayes, a graduate of Forster Secondary and University of Windsor, is now a practicing dentist in Milton and the co-founder of a dental training institute known as Prep Doctors. The … Read more
A 38-year-old male patient complaining of difficulty breathing through one of his nostrils for several years was found to have an ectopic tooth growing in his nose. In their paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine physicians Sagar Khanna and Michael Turner describe how the tooth was identified and what they did to fix … Read more
Dentists may never catch up with the backlog of patients waiting for check-ups, a leading dentist has warned. Dr Russell Gidney said around 6,000 of his patients had not been given a routine check-up in the past year because of Covid restrictions. NHS Wales figures show courses of dental treatment dropped by over three quarters … Read more
Successful biofilm management is the key for oral prevention and prophylaxis. It requires modern methods, innovative technologies and a systematic protocol to guarantee an efficient treatment. The Guided Biofilm Therapy Summit (virtual edition) provides a platform to learn more about successful biofilm management. Interact with renowned speakers via live chats, discover the latest scientific findings, … Read more
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak in Wuhan, China, was first reported on December 31st, 2019. These initial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases caused by SARS-CoV-2 were linked to an animal wet market. Similarities between SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses suggest that bats may be natural hosts and potential reservoirs for this virus, … Read more
It was an unseasonably cold night on March 9th, 2005 that included a light dusting of snow on UBC Point Grey campus. Through large picture windows facing Wesbrook Mall, ceremonial shot glasses filled with Finnish vodka were raised and a toast lead by Mr. Heikki Kyöstilä, Founder, Owner, and President of Planmeca, celebrating the opening … Read more