“There does not appear to be a grave danger of being exposed to COVID-19 in dental settings, particularly as the pandemic is decelerating.” This is what the ADA told the White House Office of Management and Budget during a June 1 meeting discussing the potential impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s draft COVID-19 Emergency Temporary … Read more
In honor of Pride Month, dentists seeking to learn how to be a stronger LGBTQ+ ally in their practice are invited to a virtual open forum organized by the ADA’s New Dentist Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The forum, Amplifying Voices: An Open Forum on LGBTQ+ Community and the Dental Profession, is scheduled for June … Read more
Developing solutions that increase patient safety and enable excellent clinical outcomes is a major priority for Dentsply Sirona. As a pioneer in infection prevention, the company is now offering pre-sterilized Vortex Blue Rotary files. This is in addition to the already pre-sterile ProTaper Gold, WaveOne Gold and TruNatomy files. The new pre-sterilized blisters are available … Read more
A team of scientists say they have developed an experimental lozenge, kind of like a breath mint, that could regrow your tooth enamel and strengthen your teeth. Researchers from the University of Washington are preparing to launch clinical trials to test out the lozenges, which are coated with genetically-engineered protein building blocks that are expected … Read more
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
Dental care professionals are thought to be at enhanced risk of occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, but robust data to support this is lacking. The study “COVID-19: Seroprevalence and Vaccine Responses in UK Dental Care Professionals,” published in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), provides a longitudinal analysis of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, including early analysis … 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
The 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA74) is being held this year from 24 May to 1 June 2021. As a non-state actor in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), FDI ensures oral health is included when ministers debate global health priorities, action plans and targets. On the fourth day of WHA74, … Read more