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Dental News
Latest survey on European dental trade now available
LEIPZIG, Germany: The latest edition of a comprehensive report on the European dental industry is now available for purchase through Dental Tribune ...
COVAX fails to deliver—what went wrong, and can the scheme get back on track?
GENEVA, Switzerland: The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative provided a glimmer of hope during the first months of the pandemic. For many ...
Europe’s clear aligner market heats up as Impress opens new production facility
BARCELONA, Spain: Orthodontics company Impress has opened an automated clear aligner production facility that uses HP industrial 3D-printing technology. The...
Millions of Americans denied dental coverage as Biden drops most Medicare changes
NEW YORK, U.S.: A proposal to expand Medicare could have provided millions of older Americans with free access to dental treatment, had President Joe ...
Understand the fundamentals of artificial intelligence in dentistry
BERLIN, Germany: Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently trending in dentistry, and key opinion leader and AI expert Dr Kyle Stanley says that the ...
King’s launches student society for sustainable dentistry
LONDON, UK: All industries are implicated in the need to reduce carbon emissions, and dentistry is no exception. A new student society at King’s College ...
Tobacco harm reduction core element of periodontal therapy, says head doctor
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany: Experts are calling for the integration of tobacco harm reduction (THR) strategies into dental care. Prof. Dirk Ziebolz, head ...
Second Opinion, please: AI-assisted dental radiology tool approved for Australia and New Zealand
LOS ANGELES, US: Health regulators in New Zealand and Australia have provided market authorisation for Second Opinion, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool ...
Back with a bang—Dentistry Show London set to return in 2022 after successful staging
LONDON, UK: The Dentistry Show London aims to present a hybrid expo and educational programme that is suited to the entire treatment team, and it has come ...
Dental clinic in the cloud: Toothfairy app receives £3 million funding boost
LONDON, UK: According to Western folklore, children with a wiggly primary tooth can look forward to a visit from the tooth fairy, making an otherwise ...
Interview: “Our service meets all of the needs that arise in the dental clinic and laboratory”
Intra-oral scanners and 3D printers were two of the biggest topics in the halls of this year’s International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne in Germany in ...
The good, the bad and the unproven: Study examines consumer oral care tools
BUFFALO, New York, U.S.: Does using an interdental brush help to prevent periodontal disease, and will taking dietary supplements or probiotics actually ...
Dentists’ earnings slumped in 2020
CHICAGO, U.S.: New research from the American Dental Association (ADA) Health Policy Institute (HPI) shows that the average net earnings of general ...
Promote your practice as a syringe-free practice
Milestone Scientific offers basically one single product in the dental field: the STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System. The instrument replaces a syringe for ...
3D printing: “We like to maximise output and quality at an affordable price”
3D printing has been a major topic at IDS 2021. Based in Budapest in Hungary, VOXELTEK develops and manufactures technology for dental laboratories and ...
3D printing in dentistry: Fraunhofer bringing future technologies into the present
DRESDEN, Germany: A project by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft aims to harness the transformative potential of additive manufacturing in the medical field. The ...
Amann Girrbach’s new digital workflows offer total ecosystem
COLOGNE, Germany: Amann Girrbach says that going digital in dentistry is now more important than ever. At IDS 2021, the company is exhibiting its latest ...
Interview: “At the forefront of the digital dentistry revolution”
Align Technology kick-started digital innovation in dentistry back in 1997 when it created a digital solution to an old analogue problem—moving teeth. At ...
Align Technology exhibits end-to-end solutions in orthodontics and restorative dentistry
COLOGNE, Germany: Align Technology’s interactive booth at IDS 2021 represents the company’s largest-ever presence at the show. The company has ...
Align Technology showcases digital portfolio
COLOGNE, Germany: At IDS 2021, Align Technology will be showcasing the Align Digital Platform, including the most recent innovations from its digital ...
COVID-19 surges among vaccinated health care workers
SAN DIEGO, U.S.: Administrative data from University of California San Diego Health (UCSDH) shows that, between June and July, a rapid increase occurred in ...
Clinics struggling to find dental hygienists, assistants
CHICAGO, U.S.: As they recover from the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. dental offices are being prevented from seeing more patients by ...
Fighting SARS-CoV-2 with mouthwashes—study adds to evidence of efficacy
BADALONA, Spain: Mouthwashes that contain cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) have been found to reduce by at least one thousand times the infectivity of ...
Worrisome level of vaccine hesitancy found among dental students
BRNO, Czech Republic: A study of the attitudes of dental students around the world towards COVID-19 vaccines found that 22.5% were hesitant and 13.9% ...
Maternal postnatal depression influences children’s toothbrushing—study
SENDAI, Japan: Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have found that maternal mental health may play a significant role in instilling early ...
COVID-19 and the dental market: The pandemic continues to bite
LEIPZIG, Germany: Sales at major dental companies climbed in the second quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2020, during which the ...
Literature favours air purifiers as COVID-19 transmission risk mitigant
LEIPZIG, Germany: The pandemic has been a trying time for dentists, particularly for owner-dentists who must make decisions that may influence the safety of...
Gunman killed by police after injuring three workers at SmileDirectClub plant
NASHVILLE, Tenn., U.S.: A shooting at SmileDirectClub’s Nashville manufacturing facility was carried out by an active employee and resulted in three ...
ADA not backing compulsory COVID-19 jabs
CHICAGO, U.S.: The American Dental Association (ADA) says that dentists should be vaccinated against COVID-19 but has stopped short of backing compulsory ...
Thinking of joining a DSO? Owning practice building can complicate sale
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., U.S.: For dentists who own the property on which their dental practice is located, the property is typically their second-most ...