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The GentleWave® System by Sonendo® Nominated for 2021 Prix Galien USA Best Medical Technology Award

by Sonendo®

Committee of Distinguished Scientific Leaders to Name Winners on October 28, 2021 Sonendo®, Inc., a leading dental technology company has announced that its GentleWave® System has been nominated as a 2021 Prix Galien USA Award finalist for this year’s “Best Medical Technology” award. This year’s ceremony is Prix Galien’s 50th, marking half a century of recognizing excellence in biopharmaceutical … Read more

Speed Up Your CAD/CAM Practice: Ivoclar Vivadent Presents New Open Combination Furnace for Quick Crystallizing, Sintering, and Characterizing

by Ivoclar Vivadent

For more than 40 years, Ivoclar Vivadent has been presenting continuous innovations in the field of dental furnaces with its Programat® series. Now, the success story continues with the introduction of the all new Programat CS6. The new open combination furnace can crystallize, sinter, characterize and glaze all-ceramic restorations faster than ever before with unsurpassed … Read more

Software Enhancements Support a Higher Level of Performance of Primescan and CEREC Primemill

by Dentsply Sirona

Dentsply Sirona is announcing its latest upgrade for both Connect and CEREC Software, giving users new functionalities and even better performance[1]. Patient communication is improved with a new visualization step in the model phase. The upgrade can also contribute an improvement for the benefit of Primescan users. New firmware makes the intraoral scanner twice as … Read more

NIH Awards $2.3M Grant to ADA Science & Research Institute, in Collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, to Study Oral Mucosa

by American Dental Association

The American Dental Association Science & Research Institute (ADASRI), together with the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, will examine the mechanisms that maintain and disrupt the barrier function of oral tissues in the presence of periodontal disease, commonly known as gum disease, as well as peri-implantitis, which is the inflammation of gum tissues … Read more

First COVID-19 Vaccine Granted Full FDA Approval

by ADA

The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 23 granted full approval for the first vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19. The vaccine, previously referred to as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, will be marketed as Comirnaty, “for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older,” according to an FDA news release. The … Read more

Increases to Eligibility Limits Give More Seniors a Reason to Smile

by Kawartha Lakes This Week

More seniors in the Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland areas are now eligible to access free dental care, thanks to recently announced new income limits. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is promoting new income limits that increase eligibility for the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program (OSDCP). The publicly-funded program covers the cost of … Read more

The Tooth Fairy Continues to Instill Good Oral Health Habits in Children

by Delta Dental Plans Association

This National Tooth Fairy Day, Delta Dental reminds families and caregivers of the role the Tooth Fairy can play in teaching children about oral health. While 72% of parents surveyed said they struggle with getting their child to brush their teeth, one in three parents agreed that Tooth Fairy visits are a positive way to … Read more

SNIWWOC is Launching a Free Mobile Dental Hygiene Clinic for Low-Income BIPOC Women and Their Children

by Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour

The Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour (SNIWWOC), in collaboration with Khalsa Aid Canada and Wheely Clean, is breaking down financial barriers to oral healthcare. Always focussed on holistic healthcare program delivery for racialized women, SNIWWOC strives to meet the needs of their community in many ways, from free mental health counseling, … Read more

Henry Schein Announces New $1 Billion Credit Facility

by Henry Schein, Inc.

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners, today announced that it has amended its revolving credit facility, including an increase in the maximum borrowing amount from $750 million to $1 billion, and an extension of the facility through August 2026. JP … Read more

Celebrating the Next Generation of Dental Professionals: Dentsply Sirona and the AADR Honor Student Researchers with the 2021 SCADA Awards

by Dentsply Sirona

Dentsply Sirona and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) congratulate the winners of the 2021 Student Competition for Advancing Dental Research and its Application Awards (SCADA) program. Dental students participated in the virtual competition and awards ceremony as part of this year’s IADR/AADR/CADR General Session & Exhibition. The 62nd annual SCADA student research competition … Read more

Erania Brackett Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Dentsply Sirona

by Dentsply Sirona

Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, has appointed Erania Brackett Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) as of August 16, 2021. She is based at the Company’s headquarters in Charlotte, NC. “On behalf of the entire management team, I am excited to welcome Erania to the Dentsply Sirona … Read more

RevenueWell Launches New Phone System Specifically Designed for Dental Practices

by RevenueWell 

System delivers advanced features and intuitive interface to connect voice, text, email, fax and video, all tied to the existing practice phone number  RevenueWell announced the release of RevenueWell Phone, a proprietary new VoIP phone and text messaging system designed for dental practices. A powerful addition to the company’s existing suite of advanced patient relationship … Read more

Dentistry Researcher Shows Effects of Teeth-Whitening Exposure on Dental Cells Viability

by Rachel Boutet, University of Toronto

A study led by U of T Dentistry associate professor Laurent Bozec has shown a breakthrough in understanding the effects of teeth-whitening exposure on dental cells viability. The Faculty’s distinguished professor Boris Hinz was also a contributor to the research. The study, which was recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, aimed to assess the dental cell damage caused by the … Read more

ASC Finds Inventor of Dental Drill Defrauded Investors

by James Langton, Advisor's Edge

The promise of a quieter dental drill may have lured investors, but the pitch was ultimately a fraud, an Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) panel has ruled. An ASC hearing panel issued a decision, which concluded that New Wave Innovations Ltd. (NWI), its founder, Allan Robert Magneson, and a numbered company he controlled defrauded investors ostensibly … Read more

Victoria Dental Clinic Offers Recycling to Keep Toothbrushes Out of Landfill

by Victoria News

Residents can recycle old toothbrushes with ease thanks to a Victoria dental clinic. Viva Dental provides a drop-off spot for oral care products to be recycled through a partnership between TerraCycle and P&G, the company that makes Crest and Oral B. Craig Siemens, dentist and owner of Vivia, said toothbrushes are made up of multiple … Read more

Doctors and Dentists Awarded 3% Pay Rise in Scotland

by BBC

The Scottish government said the award was in recognition of efforts made during the pandemic and made them “the best paid in the UK”. The pay rise will be backdated to 1 April 2021. The BMA said it was a missed opportunity to address years of erosion of doctors’ pay and did “virtually nothing” to … Read more

Dental Students in England Offered £10,000 to Switch University

by The Guardian

Students who have won a place on an oversubscribed dentistry degree in England are being offered £10,000 to transfer to a different university with places available. But universities warn cash incentives won’t relieve the pressure on many dental courses. Like medicine, dental schools have been hit by the double whammy of a huge increase in … Read more

123Dentist Awards 15K in Scholarships to CDI College Dental Graduates

by CDI College

123Dentist – a community dentist network – presented a number of completion scholarships to CDI College graduates from the Dental Assisting and Dental Receptionist programs during an awards luncheon on August 9, 2021. $15,000 worth of scholarships were awarded to twelve CDI College graduates from Burnaby and Surrey campuses. “We are tremendously proud to partner with and support the growth of CDI College … Read more