Dentistry Today

JUNE 13, 2023

Pearl announced that its Second Opinion chairside dental pathology detection aid has been granted a certification recommendation as a Class IIa medical device under the European Union Medical Device Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/745) (EU-MDR). The certification, issued by GMED SAS on June 6, 2023, makes Pearl the first company worldwide in the industry of AI-driven computer aided dental detection software to obtain the new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) Certification recommendation

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Queen of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 13, 2023

Fluoride Fluoride is a hot topic – I have written extensively on this subject. The bottom line for me, EVEN if it stopped tooth decay 100% – (EVEN IF- which it does not- fluoride only reduces decay by 25% per our own CDC government’s data) – I would still not recommend it because of the damage it does to the brain. The government was trying to hide this research.

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Dentistry Today

JUNE 13, 2023

FluentStream , the preferred cloud communications provider by small and midsize organizations, announced that Bristol Dental Group, headquartered in Santa Ana, California, has expanded its use of FluentStream’s services to six locations. Since first employing FluentStream’s business communications platform in 2018, Bristol Dental has been able to streamline its operations across its multiple locations and improve its responsiveness to patient needs.

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Dental News and Technology

JUNE 13, 2023

Published: 02 June 2023 BMC Oral Health volume 23 , Article number: 349 ( 2023 ) Cite this article Abstract Background This 18-month randomized clinical trial aimed to compare the effectiveness of two topical fluoride applications versus placebo control on preventing development of approximal caries in primary teeth. Methods Preschool children were recruited if they had at least one initial approximal carious lesion at the distal surface of the canines, both approximal surfaces of the first mola

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Dentistry Today

JUNE 13, 2023

The American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) MaxiCourse program — a comprehensive training program in oral implantology hosted throughout the United States and internationally — will now be offered at the Glidewell Clinical Education Center in Southern California. This facility, which is located on the Glidewell campus, is a premier location for hands-on dental training.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 13, 2023

By increasing the knowledge base of how the most virulent periodontal pathogens work, hopefully new strategies can be implemented to reduce their damage on oral health. The secretion system of a cell plays a significant role in its ability to proliferate within a particular ecological niche by enabling nutrition storage, communicating between cells, defending against antagonists, and inducing virulence factors. 25 The first Gram-negative bacterium’s secretion system was discovered in the 1970s,

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Dentistry Today

JUNE 13, 2023

Overall customer satisfaction with dental plans is up 18 points (on a 1,000-point scale) from a year ago, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Dental Plan Satisfaction Study. (Graphic: Business Wire) The study shows that dental plan providers must implement strong communication strategies to showcase plan value and increase customer satisfaction. “Last year, the results of this study showed us that dental plans must increase communication strategies to showcase plan value to increase customer s

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The Dental Elf

JUNE 13, 2023

This review of domiciliary professional oral care on root caries development and progression in care-dependent older adults included 4 RCTs. While all the included studies indicated a benefit the interventions and outcomes were veriable and none were considered to be at low risk of bias. The post Root caries – effect of domiciliary professional oral care appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Firegang

JUNE 13, 2023

Background Dr. Huang’s practice was seeing 50-60 new patients each month, but his new patient count had become stagnant. His practice had a website, but it wasn’t working to attract new patients. The practice is located in a market that has a high number of college students, so he wasn’t seeing a lot of high-price cases. He had a quality practice but had little success working with marketing firms in the past.

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Coaches Corner

JUNE 13, 2023

Should we give our patients what they want? Do our patients really know what they want? Is it good for our dental practice to give it to them? On today’s edition of The Dental Practice Fixers podcast we discuss how to make your practice more successful by doing just giving our patients what they want. Plus, the mystery shopper calls teach two very important lessons.

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Dentistry Today

JUNE 13, 2023

You may have heard that President Joe Biden underwent root canal treatment Sunday and concluded it on Monday, allowing him to get back to his schedule. According to Reuters , the procedure went well without any complications – as is most often the case with this extremely safe and effective procedure. American Association of Endodontists Highlights 4 Facts about Root Canal Treatment According to our 2022 public survey, the American Association of Endodontists found that 87 percent of Americans w

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