Earlier this year, it was announced that N Movina Wu from National Cheng Kung University won first place at the Global Clinical Case Contest (GCCC) 2023-2024 with her case involving a fractured upper right central incisor. The Dentsply Sirona GCCC is a worldwide competition for dental students to present clinically challenging restorations using Dentsply Sirona products. … Read more
Next Gen of the Month is a monthly Q&A with a dental student or new dentist where we ask them about their experiences and accomplishments thus far in their dentistry journey. This month we are featuring Mony Madlol, the 2028 Class President at Schulich, who hopes to continue contributing to the well-being of underserved populations and being … Read more
Next Gen of the Month is a monthly Q&A with a dental student or new dentist where we ask them about their experiences and accomplishments thus far in their dentistry journey. This month we are featuring Emma Wilson, Dental Student Society President, University of Toronto 2024-2025. Why did you decide to pursue dentistry? I was always a … Read more
Next Gen of the Month is a monthly Q&A with a dental student or new dentist where we ask them about their experiences and accomplishments thus far in their dentistry journey. This month we are featuring Rachel Wengle, a dental student at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry who has gained a large following on social media … Read more
Retired dentist, Dr. James Vasallo, shares his best advice for new dentist graduates. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
My journey into dentistry was far from conventional. Compared to other undergraduate students who remained dedicated to their pursuit of well-defined career goals, I found myself unsure of the path I wanted to take. As I entered the final year of my HBSc Chemistry degree, I decided to pursue a master’s in Speech-Language Pathology, a … Read more
Next Gen of the Month is a monthly Q&A with a dental student or new dentist where we ask them about their experiences and accomplishments thus far in their dentistry journey. Why did you decide to pursue dentistry? I found my way into dentistry from a place of need – I was a four-year-old child … Read more
Canada’s largest and fastest growing network of dental practices, announced a $1 million gift to drive innovation in digital dentistry at McGill University’s Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences. A core tenet of dentalcorp is investing in the next generation of clinicians and leveraging its resources to further the profession of dentistry. The … Read more
Evan Loeb, a Métis student who recently graduated from the University of Winnipeg (U of W) with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, is finding ways to improve oral health in Indigenous communities. Loeb has been involved in the Métis and Indigenous community for four years now. While he was in U of W, he … Read more
dentalcorp, Canada’s largest and leading network of dental clinics, has announced the winners of its inaugural national scholarship program that supports the next generation of oral healthcare professionals. The dentalcorp Academic Excellence Award, the first of its kind in Canada, awards its recipients in their final year of study in dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental … Read more
For the very first time the International Special Clinic Solutions (ISCS) team at Dentsply Sirona brought to life a major project at a Swiss university. The university dental clinics, the school dental clinic and public dental clinic of the University Center for Dentistry in Basel (UZB) have been brought together in the new building, allowing … Read more
Aliah Haghighat had just finished prepping her patient’s tooth before a restoration and was about to get the lead doctor to inspect her work, when her patient tells her something shocking. “Her water broke,” said Ms. Haghighat, a fourth year dental student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. “I’ve never seen that before. The nearest … Read more
Imagine you or a family member received a letter from your dentist indicating that, due to an oversight on the practice’s part, you should be tested for bloodborne diseases, such as HIV or Hepatitis C. Now, imagine if the letter was from a practice you owned or worked in. In July 2017, Public Health Ontario … Read more
Up for discussion in part 7 of our Data Driven Dentistry roundtable is how to make sure dental students are working with new technologies. *Between February and March 2018, RKI, a third party independent research house, conducted a 10-minute online survey of active, practicing non-hospital affiliated dentists and dental specialists on behalf of Oral Health. … Read more
A student at the Career Development Institute College in Edmonton says she’s worried she may have to pay a $20,000 tuition a second time after a head injury caused her to miss classes. Abby Carrothers started the dental assisting program in March, and was set to graduate the 11-month program by next February. But when she missed classes due to a … Read more
The state of California is paying off $10.5 million in student loans for 40 dentists who agree to ensure that 30 percent of their patient caseload is made up of Medi-Cal patients – among the state’s poorest and frailest residents. “Dentists with significant student loan debt may find it more difficult financially to commit to care for … Read more
Dentists burdened by high student loan debt may soon get some relief. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 843 that – among other things – revives a defunct loan repayment program for dentists who see low-income patients. “This is a way that we can provide care in those communities that are underserved, be able to reach … Read more