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Dental News
IDEM 2020 succeeds as online event
SINGAPORE: For the first time, the International Dental Exhibition and Meeting (IDEM) was conducted online. The event, which was organised for the dental ...
Interview: “Dental laboratories will be left in an extremely vulnerable position”
Close cooperation between dentists and dental technicians generates synergy and helps to ensure high-quality prosthetic dentistry. However, the COVID-19 ...
FDI webinar to discuss oral health in comprehensive cleft care
Clefts of the lip and palate are the most common birth defect of the face and mouth. Even children who undergo cleft surgery are often at an increased risk ...
Let dentists keep working—lessons from the second Israeli lockdown
TEL AVIV, Israel: Dental clinics in Israel are operating as usual this week, despite a government-imposed lockdown that has been implemented to curb the ...
COVID-19 update: Nordic dentists continue to be affected by pandemic
LEIPZIG, Germany: Though the Nordic countries share many similar cultural and social traits, their respective governments’ responses to the ongoing ...
Low-risk dentistry vs. high-risk dentistry
Patients usually do not think of dentistry as being of low risk or high risk from a medical perspective. When visiting the dentist, a patient would expect ...
Insights 2020: exocad celebrates a decade of digital innovation
DARMSTADT, Germany: CAD/CAM software provider exocad has celebrated its tenth anniversary and its newest releases at Insights 2020, which was held on 21 and...
FDI presents live debate on relation between oral health and overall health of athletes
Prof. Ian Needleman, who is a member of FDI World Dental Federation’s Sports in Dentistry Task Team, is moderating a discussion on 24 September about the ...
Campaign highlights links between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases
BRUSSELS, Belgium: There is scientific evidence that periodontal and cardiovascular diseases are related. With a new campaign called Perio and Cardio, the ...
Study shows sharp decrease in periodontal treatment and tooth loss in Norway
OSLO, Norway: Periodontal disease is a global health issue, and many countries consistently report high levels of the disease among the population. The ...
Interview: EAO Digital Days will deliver online content in an entirely new way
This year’s Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO Digital Days), which had been scheduled to take place in ...
Patents and patience: The rise of the SmileShop
NEW YORK, U.S.: A patent granted to orthodontics disrupter SmileDirectClub (SDC) in April ensures that no other company can duplicate its clear aligner ...
Optimism prevails at Baird Global Healthcare Conference
NEW YORK, U.S.: On Sept. 9 and 10, Baird Equity Research held its annual Global Healthcare Conference. Traditionally hosted in New York, the invite-only ...
GC Germany presents five-day online symposium on molar incisor hypomineralisation
BAD HOMBURG VOR DER HÖHE, Germany: It is estimated that every seventh child in Germany is affected by molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH). Besides the ...
SARS-CoV-2 as invisible threat: Mitigating aerosols in dental clinics
CHICAGO, U.S.: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have been provided with strict infection prevention and control guidelines. These include ...
Interview: “ISQ is the only measure that allows the follow-up of implant healing”
Dr Raquel Zita Gomes, who runs her own practice focusing on implantology and oral surgery in Oporto in Portugal, will be one of the speakers at the upcoming...
Planmeca: Adapting to the new normal
SHANGHAI, China: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dental industry has been forced to adapt to the “new normal” and invent new platforms for ...
3Shape wins Cellerant’s “Best of Class” Technology Award for eighth year in a row
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: The Cellerant “Best of Class” Technology Award is presented annually to companies who are leading the way with innovative ...
Never stop learning—Kuraray focuses on online education
HATTERSHEIM AM MAIN, Germany: During these strange and difficult times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the top priority for dentists across the world has ...
IDS to be hybrid event in 2021
COLOGNE, Germany: About six months prior to the event, the organisers of the International Dental Show (IDS) have announced that they will be implementing ...
International dental students’ association launches new journal
GENEVA, Switzerland: The International Association of Dental Students (IADS) recently published the inaugural issue of International Journal of Dental ...
Interview: Prof. Richard Watt on COVID-19 and the potential for dental reform
Though the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has had an undeniably deleterious effect on many elements of the dental world, it has also opened up new possibilities for ...
2020 Greater New York Dental Meeting to be a virtual event
NEW YORK, U.S: The 2020 Greater New York Dental Meeting — scheduled for Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 — will be a virtual event, meeting organizers announced in an ...
ADF congress 2020 cancelled
PARIS, France: Today, the organisers of the Congrès de l’ADF, one of the largest and most important events on the dental calendar, announced that they ...
Osstell launches e-learning campus and brings annual ISQ scientific symposium online
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: In order to stay connected with the dental community and provide clinicians with increased opportunities for continuing education, ...
Dentists in Scotland voice concerns over expired personal protective equipment
LONDON, UK: Dentists in Scotland have recently voiced their concerns over receiving stocks of free expired personal protective equipment (PPE). Since the ...
Immediate implant placement and restoration in fractured incisor with external root resorption
Many factors can be related to apical root resorption and rounding, among them orthodontic movement and occlusal trauma. In severe cases, the tooth can even...
Interview: Reshaping implantology
When it comes to innovations in implant dentistry, the refinement of site preparation has fallen behind the advancements of implant design. Prof. Stefan ...
Cigarette giant wants dentists to understand tobacco harm reduction
MUNICH, Germany: Dentists see their patients several times annually in order to assess the health of their teeth and oral cavity; therefore, they are able ...
Artificial intelligence-based analysis of dental radiographs saves time in patient care
BERLIN, Germany: Dentists at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, together with data scientists and programmers, have developed dentalXrai Pro—a ...