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Dental News
Produits Dentaires launches new IrriFlex website
VEVEY, Switzerland: Produits Dentaires (PD), a leading Swiss manufacturer specialising in safe and efficient solutions for dental therapy, has launched a ...
Align versus 3Shape: A patent battle for the ages
LEIPZIG, Germany: For the American legal teams of both Align Technology and 3Shape, 19 October was an exceptionally busy day. While Align dropped a patent ...
Organisers eventually cancel CEDE live event
ŁÓDŹ, Poland: The organisers of the Central European Dental Exhibition (CEDE) have announced that the on-site event scheduled for 3 to 5 December in ...
Interview: Sex hormones and periodontal health
Changes in sex hormone levels are associated with the onset and progression of periodontal disease. Dr Ali Çekici, an associate professor at the department...
Study indicates 16% of UK dental professionals may have had COVID-19
BIRMINGHAM, UK: Across the UK, local lockdowns are proliferating as SARS-CoV-2 case numbers continue to increase. Though the initial nationwide lockdown ...
MIS celebrates 25 years of making it simple
AHIHUD, Israel: This year, MIS Implants Technologies is celebrating its 25th anniversary. During these two and a half decades, the company has taken on ...
Less than 1% of dentists in the U.S. affected by COVID-19, study finds
CHICAGO, U.S.: Since SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne virus and very easily spreads through aerosols, dentists were believed to be at a high infection risk at the ...
Interview: “Thanks to this app, patients take ownership of their bodies”
Getting patients to brush interdentally can be an arduous task, but the BOB-App does exactly that. BOB stands for “bleeding on brushing”, which is the ...
KATANA Zirconia: The science behind superior product properties
Users of dental zirconia are really spoilt for choice these days. Countless manufacturers offer zirconia materials that differ in their mechanical and ...
World’s first digital implant receives European CE mark certification
HÜNENBERG, Switzerland: TRI Dental Implants recently announced that it has obtained CE mark certification, enabling it to market its digital implant, ...
Sunshine vitamin D and COVID-19: Is there a correlation?
LEIPZIG, Germany: Vitamin D, also referred to as the sunshine vitamin, is increasingly more difficult to obtain from sun exposure. The increase in the ...
The future is now: Revolutionising dentistry with digital dentures
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Whereas it was previously impossible to imagine a dental laboratory adopting a fully digital workflow, digital dentistry has already ...
Dentsply Sirona delivers smart workflows to make work flow in implant dentistry
CHARLOTTE, N.C., U.S./BENSHEIM, Germany: After a series of groundbreaking product and solution launches, Dentsply Sirona’s sights are now set on creating ...
A hybrid dental hygienist
A periodontist once told me that a good dental hygienist leaves behind around 15% of calculus after initial therapy. As a dental hygiene student, I failed ...
Accelerated aligners with photobiomodulation
When I first heard about clear aligners in the early 2000s (the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of clear aligners to straighten teeth in ...
Convicted hoverboard-riding dentist will serve 12 years in jail
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, U.S.: Videos of an Alaskan dentist treating a patient while riding a hoverboard went viral during an investigation of his practice last ...
Fallow time calculator launched after AGP review
LONDON, UK: A review of the evidence relating to the use of aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) and the risk that they pose for the transmission of ...
Interview: “When it comes to renewable resources, we believe that Orsing is on the forefront”
From 1 October 2020, Swedish company Orsing has discontinued its white Hygoformic, which was manufactured in polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), and ...
Dr Stephen Chen on principles for case selection in post-extraction implant placement
In aesthetically critical areas, the selection of the time of implant placement—immediate, early or late—can influence the outcome. In an upcoming ...
Organisers of IDS determine new guidelines for 2021 event
COLOGNE, Germany: Over the past few weeks, the organisers of the International Dental Show (IDS) have announced several changes to the upcoming 39th edition...
3Shape introduces updated Generation Red E scanners
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: With its wide-ranging scanner portfolio, 3Shape has always provided dental professionals with the leading technology that promised to ...
Oral health programme for athletes proves successful for sporting performance
LONDON, UK: There are several reasons why athletes are more likely to have poor oral health. In addition to physical activity that causes a dry mouth, ...
The right mouthwash in times of pandemic
KRIENS, Switzerland: SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in the saliva of 91.7% of people infected with the virus. This means that dental professionals are ...
3DISC acquired, becomes 3DISC Dental Connect
HERNDON, Va., U.S.: 3DISC, a provider of digital radiographic and 3D imaging and scanning technology for dental clinics, yesterday announced the acquisition...
Dentsply Sirona launches DAC Universal S
SALZBURG, Austria: Dentsply Sirona, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of dental products and technologies, has announced the release of the DAC ...
Periodontal status may play role in COVID-19 severity
LOS ANGELES, U.S.: The link between periodontal disease and systemic conditions such as cardiovascular disease is, by now, well established in the ...
NSW dentist banned for opioid misconduct
SYDNEY, Australia: A New South Wales (NSW) dentist found guilty of professional misconduct has been banned from practising dentistry for a period of 12 ...
Digital orthodontics company raises funds for 3D-printed brackets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., U.S.: LightForce Orthodontics is a digital dentistry platform that provides orthodontists with fully customized 3D-printed tooth-moving ...
Interview: “If you can dream it, you can do it with exocad”
As an industry innovator and enthusiast in the field of dental implants, dentures and digital technology, Dr Michael Scherer is an expert in his field and ...
Interview: 3Shape Total Tech Week will “push the boundaries of what digital dentistry can achieve”
From 19 to 23 October, 3Shape will present Total Tech Week, an online showcase of the latest digital solutions of the company and its leading global ...