November 2, 2020 News DentistryNews

Dentistry Student Works to Improve Oral Health in Indigenous Communities

by Winnipeg Sun

Evan Loeb, a Métis student who recently graduated from the University of Winnipeg (U of W) with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, is finding ways to improve oral health in Indigenous communities. Loeb has been involved in the Métis…

May 22, 2020 News News

dentalcorp Academic Excellence Award Recipients Announced

by dentalcorp

dentalcorp, Canada’s largest and leading network of dental clinics, has announced the winners of its inaugural national scholarship program that supports the next generation of oral healthcare professionals. The dentalcorp Academic Excellence Award, the first of its kind in Canada,…

February 27, 2020 News NewsOral Health

The University Center for Dentistry in Basel, One of the Most Modern Dental Clinics in Europe, is Dentsply Sirona’s First Major University Project in Switzerland

by Dentsply Sirona

For the very first time the International Special Clinic Solutions (ISCS) team at Dentsply Sirona brought to life a major project at a Swiss university. The university dental clinics, the school dental clinic and public dental clinic of the University…

November 30, 2019 News News

University Of Missouri-Kansas City Dental Student Delivers Baby

by ADA News

Aliah Haghighat had just finished prepping her patient’s tooth before a restoration and was about to get the lead doctor to inspect her work, when her patient tells her something shocking. “Her water broke,” said Ms. Haghighat, a fourth year…

October 31, 2019 Feature Dental StudentsInfection controlNew dentistsNew gradsOral Health

The Shared Responsibility Of Infection Prevention and Control

by Elaine Powell, RDH, RDA, dentalcorp Practice Auditor; Jaime Robertson, RDH, dentalcorp Practice Auditor

Imagine you or a family member received a letter from your dentist indicating that, due to an oversight on the practice’s part, you should be tested for bloodborne diseases, such as HIV or Hepatitis C. Now, imagine if the letter…

September 6, 2019 Video Data Driven DentistryDental Video

DDD Roundtable: Technology In School Part 1

by Oral Health

Up for discussion in part 7 of our Data Driven Dentistry roundtable is how to make sure dental students are working with new technologies. *Between February and March 2018, RKI, a third party independent research house, conducted a 10-minute online…

August 28, 2019 News News

CDI College Terminates Concussed Student For 5 Absences

by CBC News

A student at the Career Development Institute College in Edmonton says she’s worried she may have to pay a $20,000 tuition a second time after a head injury caused her to miss classes. Abby Carrothers started the dental assisting program in March, and was set to…

July 15, 2019 News DentistryNews

California To Pay Off $10.5M In Student Debt – Giving Poor Patients Greater Access To Dentists

by The Sacramento Bee

The state of California is paying off $10.5 million in student loans for 40 dentists who agree to ensure that 30 percent of their patient caseload is made up of Medi-Cal patients – among the state’s poorest and frailest residents. “Dentists with…

June 27, 2019 News News

Dental Student Loan Repayment Program Signed Into Law

by Daylina Miller

Dentists burdened by high student loan debt may soon get some relief. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 843 that – among other things – revives a defunct loan repayment program for dentists who see low-income patients. “This is a way…