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3Shape appoints Dr Rune Fisker as external executive adviser to CEO

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: 3Shape has announced a leadership transition that honours one of its most influential innovators. After 25 years at the forefront of ...

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LightSpun raises US$13 million as dental AI continues to expand

BOSTON, US: Dental artificial intelligence (AI) startup LightSpun has secured US$13 million (€11 million*) in new funding, positioning the company at ...

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SprintRay acquires EnvisionTEC dental product portfolio

LOS ANGELES, US: SprintRay, the global leader in dental 3D printing, has announced the acquisition of the EnvisionTEC/ETEC (formerly part of Desktop Health)...

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UK dentists back energy drink ban for under-16s

LONDON, England: The UK government has launched a 12-week consultation proposing a ban on sales of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s. This ...

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Microplastics in dentistry: An invisible threat to patients and practitioners

WASHINGTON, US: Covering everything, including composite fillings and disposable suction tips, plastics are woven into all aspects of modern dental care. ...

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AI and the future of dentistry: Remaking Australia’s oral healthcare landscape

BRISBANE, Australia: Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a transformative force in Australian dentistry, and a new national review has mapped how ...

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Osstem Implant announces participation in FDIWDC25

SEOUL, South Korea: Osstem Implant, a global leader in dental solutions, is announcing its participation in the upcoming FDI World Dental Congress ...

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“Patients currently view AI favourably—as a tool that assists rather than replaces the clinical practitioner”

In June, Dental Tribune International reported on an incisive study that explored the perspectives of dental patients on the ever-increasing role played by ...

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Trust AI, the ChatGPT for dentists, raises US$6 million in seed funding

SAN FRANCISCO, US: The migration of myriad dental services on to the cloud is one of the major dimensions of transformation occurring in dentistry. A key ...

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Hair-derived keratin toothpaste: A natural enamel repair revolution

LONDON, England: A pioneering study from King’s College London has revealed that keratin—sourced from human hair or wool—can form a crystalline ...

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How Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill will reshape dentistry

CHICAGO, US: As one of President Donald Trump’s proudest accomplishments, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), enacted in July 2025, is a sweeping ...

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Survey exposes systemic failings behind burn-out in dental teams

DUNDEE, Scotland: A landmark UK study has found that stress and burn-out across the dental workforce stem largely from systemic issues, particularly within ...

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Study reveals major gaps in public understanding of dental team and urgent care access

CARDIFF, Wales: A new qualitative study has found that many dental patients in Wales remain unclear about the different roles within National Health Service...

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UK government unveils plan to combat festering dental crisis

LONDON, England: The current state of public health dentistry in the UK is, without question, lamentable. Plagued by financial, personnel and regulatory ...

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Alarming oral health crisis among youth in secure residential care

JÖNKÖPING, Sweden: When young people are placed in care, child welfare services, healthcare authorities and institutional care providers assume ...

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Live surgery demonstrations the way forward in continuing implantology education, study finds

GUANGZHOU, China: While live surgery demonstrations have been a popular and effective educational tool across all facets of the medical field for decades, ...

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Mobile app for at-home dental screening exhibits both benefits and shortcomings

CARDIFF, Wales: As humanity continues to lean into artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies for all manner of basic life challenges, the realm ...

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Poor oral health increases severity of peritonsillar and deep neck space infections, study finds

ORADEA, Romania: Ongoing research continues to illuminate the plethora of ways in which oral and systemic health influence each other. While odontogenic ...

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New data links regular dental visits to better health and well-being across all-income levels

WASHINGTON, US: While the links between oral and systemic health are well established and widely discussed in the dental literature, the broader ...

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Why fewer young dentists own practices—and why that might be changing

CHICAGO, US: Fewer young dentists are buying practices early in their careers—but that does not mean they are abandoning the idea of ownership altogether....

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How to fix UK dental deserts: Global lessons from 26 countries

LONDON, England: Equitable access to high-quality dental care is one of the major public health challenges the UK has had to grapple with in recent years. ...

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Rethinking dental education with AI

LEIPZIG, Germany: Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare across disciplines, and dentistry is no exception. While its clinical applications...

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AI passes UK dental examinations: Implications for BDS education and assessment

MANCHESTER, England: Perhaps the most useful and pervasive application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the average person’s life is the large language ...

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New AI platform radically improves detection of early childhood caries

HONG KONG: According to the Global Burden of Disease study, early childhood caries affects approximately 530 million children around the world, making it ...

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Clinical accuracy of dental students significantly boosted by meditation

VADODARA, India: The flow of Eastern philosophical and spiritual systems to the US has, since the 1960s, exerted a well-known and powerful influence on the ...

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New study sheds light on discrimination of dental patients in Syrian clinics

DAMASCUS, Syria: As health workers, dentists are occasionally placed at risk of disease transmission, since they are exposed to bloodborne infections of ...

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Swedish university receives funding boost to expand holistic dental health research

MALMÖ, Sweden: A forward thinking, transdisciplinary oral health research hub at Malmö University has received a welcome funding injection from ...

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Researchers employ AI to investigate links between oral health and cardiovascular disease

STONY BROOK, N.Y., US: The applicability and efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI) within dentistry appears to be limitless. With each passing day, ...

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Researchers develop dental floss capable of measuring stress

MEDFORD, Mass., US: Stress can present as a wide range of physical, emotional and social symptoms, such as irritability, headache, anxiety and elevated ...

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Odne completes successful financing round for US market expansion

DÜBENDORF, Switzerland: Swiss dental innovator Odne has announced the closing of a successful financing round, having raised CHF 4.2 million (€4.5 ...

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