Biolase will continue collaborating with BMW Performance Center West to offer dentists experience with the Waterlase dental laser and BMW vehicles. The company said dentists who participate in the Biolase Waterlase exclusive trial program in 2022 will receive a free, two-day training session. After that, dentists can use the dental laser in their offices for up to 45 days at no charge, with a Waterlase clinician available to help train
Digital orthodontic platform provider Grin has appointed Jeff Margolis, the former CEO and chairman at TriZetto and Welltok, to its board of directors. Jeff Margolis. Image courtesy of Grin. Margolis has 35 years of health information technology experience and will help Grin expand its teledentistry platform, according to the company. Additionally, he is a senior adviser to the investment company Blackstone.
Employees with access to water containing fluoride can have related oral health benefits, but at least one California university is falling short of providing clean and readily available fluoridated water, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association. Researchers found that 25% of water stations in public areas at hospitals and campuses owned by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) were obstructed, dirty, or
Who made it to the final round in this year’s edition of the Cuspies? We are very excited to announce the people, products, and events that our readers selected as finalists in this year’s event to recognize excellence in dentistry. The finalists for the 2021 Cuspies awards embody the best and brightest in dentistry this past year. More than 700 HuangshanDental.com readers voted for their favorite candidates across 12 categories.
New research suggests that infants who are formula fed share more of their mothers’ oral microbiome than babies who are only breastfed. The findings were published on January 18 in the journal mBio. The researchers, led by Shinya Kageyama, PhD, of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, discovered that mothers who fed their babies formula instead of breast milk (or a combination of the two) had more bacterial amplicon sequence variants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to SoftSmile’s Vision artificial intelligence (AI)-based orthodontic software. The FDA clearance allows SoftSmile to start marketing Vision as a standalone application, the company said. Vision allows clinicians to create aligner treatment plans in-house and then further develop them using 3D printing. With this technology, clinicians can avoid the use of third-party designers and manufacturers. Features include an automated segmentation
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center in New Jersey will provide free dental care to children in participation with the ADA’s Give Kids A Smile program. The program teaches children at a young age that preventive care helps them stay healthy and improves overall physical and emotional well-being, according to the medical center. Dental care will be offered at the center’s Mountainside Dental Clinic in Montclair on February 4 to children
Arizona-based dental service organization (DSO) Gen4 Dental Partners has acquired Harris Dental. Harris Dental is a multidentist cosmetic dentistry practice that serves patients in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Dentures (both fixed and partial dentures) are amongst the most known methods to help fix a smile. They’re a resource that eliminates the need to get an implant for each tooth that you have lost, thus making the whole reparation and replacement process easier and more affordable. Dentures might seem like a weird concept at first; how can a full denture look real? How can a denture replace damaged teeth?
Dental Dose is a twice-monthly video series featuring pharmacologist Tom Viola, RPh. In each episode, Viola shares bite-sized pieces of dental pharmacology news, facts, and myths. It’s another episode of pharmacology after dark, the new Dental Dose segment in which Viola shares tales of legal medications used illicitly. In this episode, he talks about a viral TikTok trend that led teenagers to take high doses of common over-the-counter medications. “Both
Member dentists of the Minnesota Dental Association (MDA) are offering free dental care on February 4 and 5 for children in need. The association has nearly 1,000 dental professionals volunteering at more than 50 clinics across the state for Give Kids A Smile, an event that provides free dental care. People can find clinics by calling United Way 211 or by visiting mndental.org. Appointments can then be scheduled directly with
Jefferson Dental & Orthodontics recently opened its latest office in Westworth Village, TX, a Fort Worth suburb. The expansion marks the 36th Jefferson office in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and the 72nd overall, according to the dental service organization. The new office provides general, specialty, and cosmetic dental services, as well as orthodontics starting in spring 2022. Dr. Akoli Foadey, a dentist at the Westworth Village location. Image courtesy of Jefferson