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November 12, 2019 Feature DentistryOral HealthProsthodontics

Patient-Centred Approach To Dentistry: Essential. Inevitable. Achievable

by John P. Zarb, BA, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C); Michelle Ryckman; Steve Bongard, DDS; David Powell, DMD, MSc, FRCD(C)

Introduction Aclinical career in dentistry provides a multitude of experiences that consolidate what we learn during our formal training. As clinicians, we have the privilege of taking care of our patient family. This is an honour we don’t take lightly.…

October 24, 2019 News DentistryNews

University At Buffalo To Welcome First Female American Indian Dentist

by University at Buffalo

Jessica Ann Rickert, DDS, will visit the University at Buffalo to share her journey in becoming the first female American Indian dentist in the world. During the event, “Change Perceptions… Go Beyond Expectations,” Rickert will also address the alarming shortage…

August 6, 2019 News DentistryNews

dentalcorp Announces Formation Of New Advisory Council

by dentalcorp

dentalcorp, Canada’s leading network of dental clinics, is pleased to announce today its new Advisory Council, comprised of industry-leading dentists and practice leaders from across the country. The council was established to help shape dentalcorp’s overall strategic direction and define network best-practices…

August 5, 2019 News DentistryNews

Mark Wahlberg To Speak At ADA FDI 2019

by World Dental Congress

The ADA FDI World Dental Congress is thrilled to announce Oscar-nominated actor and producer Mark Wahlberg as keynote speaker of the ADA FDI 2019 Opening Ceremony and General Session. Wahlberg, a committed philanthropist, founded The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in…

August 2, 2019 News DentistryNewsOral Health

Cantel To Buy Dental Manufacturer Hu-Friedy

by Medical Product Outsourcing

Cantel Medical Corp., a provider of instrument reprocessing and infection prevention products and services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., a 111-year-old global manufacturer of instruments and instrument reprocessing workflow…

August 1, 2019 News DentistryNewsOral Health

GC America Inc. Celebrates Grand Opening Of New State-Of-The-Art Facility

by GC America

Dignitaries and distinguished dental professionals from all over the United States came together on Friday, July 26, 2019 to celebrate the grand opening of GC America’s new home at 3737 127th St. in Alsip, IL. The new building is now…

August 1, 2019 News DentistryNewsOral Health

Henry Schein Awards Fourth Annual Henry Schein Cares Medal In The Dental Category; Names United Cerebral Palsy Association Of The Rochester Area ‘Best in Class’

by Henry Schein

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) today announced that it has awarded its fourth annual Henry Schein Cares Medal in the Dental category, recognizing three nonprofit organizations and naming Rochester, N.Y.-based United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Rochester Area (CP Rochester) as “Best…

August 1, 2019 News DentistryNews

Burlington Dentist Also A Daycare Entrepreneur

by The Hamilton Spectator

The search for a daycare centre years ago has landed Dr. Walter Heidary of Burlington a nomination as one of Ontario’s entrepreneurs of the year. The Childventures Early Learning Academy he started 10 years ago has now expanded to five…

July 31, 2019 News DentistryNewsOral Health

Cairns Dental Surgery May Have Exposed Patients To HIV And Hepatitis, Authorities Say

by 7 News

Hundreds of patients of a Queensland dental surgery may have been exposed to dangerous bloodborne diseases, including possibly HIV, according to state health authorities. The Essential Dental for Life clinic in Cairns was shut down by health authorities last month…

July 30, 2019 News DentistryNews

Missouri Restricts Dentists’ Prescriptions Of Opioids

by KCTV News

A new Missouri law limits the amount and types of opioid pain medications dentists can prescribe. The bill, signed earlier this month, tells dentists to restrict opioid prescriptions to no more than the equivalent of 10 regular Vicodin pills per…

July 29, 2019 News DentistryNews

Vietnamese Refugee Overcomes Troubled Past To Become A Dentist

by VOA News

Sonny Duong went from being a Vietnamese refugee to a career as a dentist in the United States. But his path was not a straight or easy one. Born in Vietnam, Duong came to the U.S. and worked hard as…

July 26, 2019 News DentistryNews

UTHealth Launches Dentist-To-Dentist ‘Telementoring’ Program

by UT Health

Kuwaiti dentist Alaa Al-Saffar, DDS, may be 7,000 miles from the Texas Medical Center but that did not keep her from catching a lecture on mouth ulcers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Al-Saffar and…

July 25, 2019 News DentistryGeneral PracticeNews

Amalgam Recycling Expert To Speak At ADA FDI World Dental Congress

by American Dental Association

Those with questions about the July 14, 2020, amalgam recycling rule deadline can get answers from a representative from HealthFirst at the at the ADA FDI World Dental Congress in the Practice Institute area. Bryan Foss, product manager for the…

July 25, 2019 News DentistryNews

Dentist Had To Use Thousands Of His Own Cash To Treat NHS Patients

by Examiner Live

A dentist who says he was forced to close his practice has revealed he was putting huge amounts of his own cash into subsidising the NHS. Dr Khurrum Hamid has spoken out a week on from shutting the doors to…

July 24, 2019 News DentistryNews

Are Mushrooming Private Colleges Creating A Surplus of Dentists?

by News Click

Thanks to mushrooming private dental colleges in India, more dental graduates are being created than there is demand for, as the metros, smaller cities and towns are already saturated. As for rural areas, oral healthcare is not an area of…

July 24, 2019 News DentistryNews

Guelph’s Giggles’ Dental Clinic Gets Last Laugh In Naming Dispute

by Guelph Mercury

A receptionist at the Giggles dental clinic in south Guelph answered the phone Wednesday: “How may I make you smile today?” But the table has turned: the dental profession’s government body put a happy face on staff by announcing it…

July 22, 2019 News Dental ProductDentistryNewsOral Health

UB Center Helps Bring Local Dental Products To Market

by The University at Buffalo

Stocked on the shelves of Western New York pharmacies is a bottle of dry mouth spray Lubricity, a product developed and manufactured locally by You First Services, Inc. with the support of the University at Buffalo Center for Dental Studies.…

July 22, 2019 News DentistryNews

Nashville Endodontist Elected First Female President Of Tennessee Dental Association

by ADA

Dr. Terryl Propper, a Nashville endodontist, likes to quote the first and only female prime minister of India, Indira Ghandi: “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those that take the credit. There is less…

July 19, 2019 News DentistryNews

ADA CareerCenter Unveils Upgraded Online Job Board For Dental Professionals

by ADA

Dental professionals looking for the right job can turn to the ADA CareerCenter, the Association’s official online job board, which unveiled July 17 its upgraded website in an effort to improve user experience and personalization of jobs searches. The online…

July 17, 2019 News DentistryNewsOral Health

Henry Schein Chairman And CEO Stanley Bergman Shares Key Insights At Dykema’s 6th Annual Definitive Conference For Dental Service Organizations

by Henry Schein

Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), discussed the intersection between organizational culture and business performance during a panel discussion at Dykema’s 6th Annual Definitive Conference for Dental Service Organizations…