The Canary System Launches the Canary Cloud

Quantum Dental Technologies, the manufacturer of The Canary System, has released The Canary Cloud, which is designed to enable dentists and patients to make the most of their Canary experience. The Canary System, with its unique crystal structure diagnostics, allows oral health providers to detect, track and monitor tooth decay and cracks in teeth. The … Read more

AGD Creates International Membership Category

The Academy of General Dentistry is pleased to announce the creation of a new international membership category beginning October 2014. The new category is in response to the many requests the AGD receives from dentists around the world who share in AGD’s values, goals and mission. These forward thinking dentists, who are committed to continuing … Read more

Use ‘hollow-head’ toothbrush? Junk it now!

Solid-head power toothbrushes retain less bacteria compared to hollow-head toothbrushes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry, who found up to 3,000 times the bacterial growth on hollow-head toothbrushes The results of the study are published in the August issue of the Journal of Dental … Read more

Dubai: Sirona presents the CAD/CAM conference “CEREC Desert Fest 2014”

The latest findings in digital dentistry, live demonstrations, and an exciting social program: The dental manufacturer Sirona and the Centre For Advanced Professional Practices (CAPP) invite you to the “CEREC Desert Fest” conference. The event held in Dubai from September 12–13 is aimed at potential CAD/CAM users and experienced CEREC users. In front of breathtaking … Read more

American Academy of Periodontology Welcomes Dental Community, Media to 100th Annual Meeting

Dental Publications and Professionals Invited to San Francisco for the Latest on Gum Health The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) will hold its 100th Annual Meeting Sept. 19-22, 2014, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. A number of sessions pertinent to the dental media and industry will highlight advancements in the specialty, including hotbed … Read more

Warning to parents on high acidity drinks

Dental researchers at the University of Adelaide are warning parents of the dangers of soft drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks and other drinks high in acidity, which form part of a “triple-threat” of permanent damage to young people’s teeth. For the first time, researchers have been able to demonstrate that lifelong damage is caused by … Read more

77th Annual Winter Clinic

The 77th Annual Winter Clinic will take place on Friday, November 14, 2014 at an all-new venue, The Toronto Sheraton Centre in the heart of downtown Toronto. The Winter Clinic is the largest one-day dental convention in North America, where dental professionals come to learn from over 30 world-class speakers and network with colleagues in … Read more

Strategies to help the teenage patient achieve greater success with oral hygiene

We were all teenagers at one time: stubborn, dramatic, self-absorbed, “all-knowing,” etc. Teenage patients in a dental practice can be some of the hardest to work with. They typically have poor oral hygiene, may be in full orthodontics, and can be generally resistant to being told what to do. Though each teenager and situation is … Read more

What does the high cost of dental school mean for the profession?

The cost of higher education has increased exponentially in recent years. Students graduating with a bachelor’s degree can expect to take on an average of $25,000 in student loan debt each year, and the numbers get much higher when you consider the cost of medical or dental school. Approximately 90% of all dental students use … Read more

IDS 2015

The International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne, Germany is the world’s leading trade fair for the dental sector. IDS presents the entire range of products available on the international dental market, bringing together all relevant target groups from the worldwide dental sector. Taking place March 10th-March 14th, 2015 (the first day is reserved for specialized … Read more

EIOH Expands International Partnerships

EIOH recently hosted visitors from Saudi Arabia’s Dammam University (from left: EIOH AEGD Chair Dr. Hans Malmstrom, Dammam Associate Dean Dr. Sulaiman Alagl, EIOH Director Dr. Eli Eliav, and Dammam Dean Dr. Fahad Al-Harbi Eastman Institute for Oral Health is expanding its global impact through new partnerships with Universities in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to … Read more

What’s the best way to brush teeth? Even dentists and dental associations don’t agree

Advice on how we should brush our teeth from dental associations and toothpaste companies is ‘unacceptably inconsistent’, finds new UCL research. The study, published in the British Dental Journal, looked at the brushing advice given by dental associations across ten countries, toothpaste and toothbrush companies and in dental textbooks. They found a wide range of … Read more

Imperial Capital and Optrust Partner with Dental Corporation

Imperial Capital Group of Toronto, together with its partner OPTrust Private Markets Group (“OPTrust”), is pleased to announce that it has completed a $121 million investment in Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings Inc. (“Dental Corp” or the “Company”). Based in Toronto, Dental Corp is the largest group of dental practices in Canada with approximately 90 … Read more

Continuing Dental Education Improves Dental Offices And Services

Recognized as a leader in Dental Sleep Medicine and TMD in Atlanta, GA, Dr. Mayoor Patel emphasizes the importance of continuing education for dentists and their team members. As a dentist, it is important to remain on the cutting edge of dental advancements through continuing education courses and lectures. This is the same for a … Read more

Young lawyers bite into dental market

How do you bite into a saturated market? You talk to dentists. At least that’s the strategy two business lawyers are using to carve out a niche in the crowded Ontario legal market. Michael Carabash and David Mayzel are not the two lawyers in Ontario who exclusively serve the legal business needs of dentists. It … Read more

IADR meets for General Session in Cape Town

The General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 25 to 28 June, featured 20 keynote sessions (7 on dental materials), 22 symposia and 21 research papers, as well as three lectures in IADR’s Distinguished Lecture Series. For more on the IADR General Session in Cape Town, … Read more