Dental News

IDS 2017 sets new record

COLOGNE, Germany: More than 155,000 people from 157 countries visited the International Dental Show (IDS) this year, according to the latest figures ...

Interview: “Our new products are game-changing”

On Monday night, global leader in dental manufacturing Planmeca welcomed around 700 international distributors to its Dealer Event at the Musical Dome in ...

This was ROOTS SUMMIT 2016

DUBAI, UAE: From Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, over 300 people from over 45 countries gathered at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dubai for the 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT. For the ...

Interview: Nothing compares to ROOTS

ROOTS SUMMITs have been held since the late 1990s. Over the past two decades, Stephen Jones and Dr Freddy Belliard have been part of the meeting that ...

ROOTS SUMMIT: Exclusive Middle East preview of new Dentsply Sirona software

DUBAI, UAE: At this year's ROOTS SUMMIT in the Middle East, participants from all over the world had the exclusive opportunity to preview Dentsply ...

International companies exhibit at 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT

DUBAI, UAE: The 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT was supported by almost 20 international sponsors. During the three-day congress, attendees of the event had the ...

Webinar to examine porcine xenograft use in surgery

LEIPZIG, Germany: Bone grafting is a common procedure in periodontology and implantology, as it replaces missing or defective bone with a suitable ...

Premier discussion forum for endodontics starts today in Dubai

DUBAI, UAE: Today, the 2016 ROOTS SUMMIT kicked off at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dubai. Over the next three days, more than 300 expected attendees from ...

Interview: “At every stage in one’s career, it is never too late to learn”

Managing aesthetics can be a challenging task for dental professionals and it plays an important role in regenerative therapy. Therefore, the Osteology ...

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Electric silicone toothbrush promises superior brushing experience

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: The candy-coloured line of all-silicone toothbrushes from Swedish brand FOREO is definitely eye-catching in the bathroom, but the ISSA is...

Tackling poor oral health around the globe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have examined the benefits of enhanced oral health promotion combined with a closely ...

Clean dental implants essential for clinical success

COLOGNE, Germany: Dental implant surfaces are continuously being improved to achieve better and faster integration with the bone. However, a study being ...

Interview: “It is our mission to simplify dental implantology”

MIS Implants Technologies is a global specialist in the development and production of advanced dental implantology products and solutions. At the beginning ...

Interview: “A bite inflicted by a human can have serious health implications”

In Brazil, 32 football teams from around the globe are competing for the World Cup trophy this year. Dental Tribune ONLINE had the opportunity to speak with...

W&H apoia projeto de ajuda odontológica na África

UCHIRA, Tanzânia: Como parte do seu programa de responsabilidade social, que tem apoiado projetos em várias regiões em desenvolvimento, ...

Interview: Tongue Cover could fundamentally change the way people take medicine

Haris Ayoubi is the inventor of the Tongue Cover, a protective latex barrier that shields the tongue from the unpleasant taste of liquid medicines. Ayoubi, ...

DT Study Club: High demand for international webinars

LEIPZIG, Germany/NEW YORK, USA: Implantology, root-canal treatment, dental instruments, dental hygiene—the Dental Tribune Study Club offers webinars ...

Plastic surgeons remove large jaw tumours

KIJABE, Kenya: Surgeons from Africa have removed most of the maxilla and mandible of a young man who was severely disfigured by two massive tumours in his ...

Saudi Arabian dental students exhibit negative attitude towards HIV patients

ABHA, Saudi Arabia: New research has found that a considerable number of dental students in Saudi Arabia showed a negative attitude towards treating ...

Eating vegetables could reduce oral cancer risk

RUGBY, UK: In a large series of studies conducted in Italy and Switzerland, researchers have found that people who ate green vegetables were less likely to ...

Endocarditis risk: Many German dentists ignore guidelines

BAD OEYNHAUSEN, Germany: German patients with congenital or acquired heart disease are advised to submit a cardiological examination pass to their dentist ...

Nigeria to break world record in toothbrushing

LAGOS, Nigeria: Last week, the Lagos State Government revealed that it is planning to congregate about 300,000 students from different local schools in ...

Dental plaque bacteria may trigger endocarditis

DUBLIN, Ireland: Oral bacteria that escape into the bloodstream are able to cause blood clots and trigger life-threatening endocarditis, researchers from ...

Kuwaiti dentistry gets boost during conference

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait: During the 16th Kuwait Dental Association scientific conference, the Kuwaiti government announced that it has reopened a public dental ...

Mussels serve as model for innovative dental implant coating

GIEßEN, Germany: Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Justus Liebig University Gießen have developed a synthetic compound that ...

A year in review (Part 3): Orthodontics

Clinical orthodontics must be viewed as a specialty cemented in biology, Dr Young-Guk Park from the Kyung Hee University in Seoul says. In this final part ...

A year in review (Part 2): Cosmetic Dentistry

Aesthetic aspects do increasingly play an important part in clincical outcomes. In this second part of our exclusive commentary series, Dr Sushil Korailal ...

A year in review (Part 1): Endodontics

Many new technologies have been emerging during the last twelve months which made 2011 an interesting year for dentistry. In this first part of an exclusive...

Disagreement brews over use of botox in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia: The use of Botulinum Toxin in dentistry is causing debate among the dental community in Australia. Discussion came to a head recently ...