Dental News and Technology

MAY 24, 2021

ANN ARBOR—Peri-implantitis, a condition where tissue and bone around dental implants becomes infected, besets roughly one-quarter of dental implant patients, and currently there's no reliable way to assess how patients will respond to treatment of this condition. To that end, a team led by the University of Michigan School of Dentistry developed a machine learning algorithm, a form of artificial intelligence, to assess an individual patient's risk of regenerative outcomes after surgical treatmen

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Dentistry Gone Digital

MAY 24, 2021

Is your dental practice having problems with cancellations in a post-COVID world? Dr. David Rice is here with some advice that can help your business. The post 3 steps to stop cancellations in your dental practice appeared first on igniteDDS.

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Oral Health Group

MAY 24, 2021

Interested in contributing to Oral Health Group’s blog? Email marley@newcom.ca for more information! The post Social Media Success in the Age of COVID-19 appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Dentistry Gone Digital

MAY 24, 2021

By Amisha Singh, DDS. We are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) people. We like numbers. Our problems have one solution. Right and wrong are our anthem. That doesn’t sound very accessible, does it? Well, that is because of how STEM has traditionally been taught. There are elements of these fields which are a little more structured. After all, 2+2 cannot really equal much besides 4.

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Planet DDS

MAY 24, 2021

“A rising tide lifts all boats.”. That quote has primary reference to economic conditions and forecasts. But in principle, it could certainly apply to your practice culture and how you set your dental hygienists up for success. The “lift” you provide your hygiene team can impact your practice in general and your patient experience specifically. As with all teams, each member brings unique contributions to overall success.

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Dentistry Gone Digital

MAY 24, 2021

By Bruce Bryen, CPA, CVA. For those dentists just out of dental school or in the process of changing jobs as an associate from one dental practice to another, think of the power that is possessed when interviewing for that position. Dental school is completed and the ability to earn and learn while on the job is on the horizon. Do not discount what the owner or interviewer sees when attempting to hire someone to fill a vacancy created when another associate just left the practice or when expansi

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Off the Cusp

MAY 24, 2021

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. Share. Tweet. Share. Finding efficiencies and filling schedules at a new practice. April Mills set her sights on growth as a new co-owner of a Columbia, South Carolina, dental practice, and she saw Eaglesoft as a tool to help her get there. “In order to grow fast, I needed systems in place to get active patients back on the schedule and to reactivate patients that hadn’t been with us for a few years,” said Mills, who purchased the practice and Eaglesoft prac

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North Suburban Endodontics

MAY 24, 2021

The NBA's reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo may seem unstoppable, but he proved no match for a troubled tooth. Antetokounmpo, the self-proclaimed “Greek Freak,” missed one of the final three 2020 regular season games for a dental issue that resulted in last-minute oral surgery. According to a Milwaukee Bucks spokesperson, the star underwent “a root-canal like procedure.” Root canal therapy, often simply called “a root canal,” may be needed when there is an in

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

MAY 24, 2021

New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry’s World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center, together with Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health, will host a virtual event on Wednesday, May 26 on integrating oral health and global health. In January 2021, the WHO adopted a resolution on oral health calling for the development of a global oral health strategy, action plan, and monitoring framework in order to integrate oral health with Universal Health Coverage and the global agenda for nonc

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We Speak Dental

MAY 24, 2021

Increase Your Revenue with Simple Auto Communication. Streamline your process – Free up your time. What’s the secret to maintaining a thriving dental practice while you focus on delivering awesome patient care? The answer: RevenueWell’s all-in-one, unified marketing platform and communications suite that attracts new patients, increases production, and enables a more efficient office with no extra effort on your part.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

MAY 24, 2021

0%. Orthodontic treatment is based on the principle that forces applied to teeth produce stresses on the periodontal ligament and, in turn, induce bone remodeling, which results in tooth movement. javi_indy / iStock / Getty Images Plus. True. False. Correct! Wrong! Continue >> Periodontal diseases need not be controlled before performing orthodontic treatment.

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The Big Brush

MAY 24, 2021

Bruxism, or chronic teeth grinding, has increased significantly 1 since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. There are likely a number of reasons for the increase, but the most significant one is stress 1.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

MAY 24, 2021

Among the most prolific neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson disease typically impacts the entire body, involving motor, autonomic, cognitive, and behavioral functions. Without a cure, patients undergo numerous changes and pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments, until they, ultimately, succumb to the disease. Oral health maintenance in patients with Parkinson disease can be particularly challenging.

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Reena Wadia

MAY 24, 2021

For access to this article, click here. Periodontal care in general practice. The post BDJ Paper – Periodontal care in general practice appeared first on Reena Wadia.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

MAY 24, 2021

The dental profession is in Amy Coplen’s DNA. Her parents were both dental lab technicians, and her mother eventually became a dental hygienist. While in high school, Coplen worked as a dental assistant. “From that point on,” she says, “I knew I wanted a career in dentistry.” . Now program director and associate professor at Pacific University School of Dental Hygiene Studies in Hillsboro, Oregon, Coplen recently took the time to provide some insights into her career trajectory and her passion

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Denticle

MAY 24, 2021

It's amazing how things cycle in life and society. When I was in dental school in the 1980s, the number of dentists in the U.S. had been growing for several years and there was concern that the profession might soon be overpopulated. Obviously if there were too many dentists, the ability to make a living becomes much more difficult. For years U.S. dental schools were graduating lots of dentists, but the population was also increasing at a comparable rate.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

MAY 24, 2021

Alzheimer disease, a common and particularly cruel type of dementia, gradually robs its victims of memory and, ultimately, their sense of self. Although it is not a normal part of aging, it affects more than 5 million adults age 65 and older, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And there is currently no way to prevent it or treat it.

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