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Product Updates
Marchex dental software offers new features
Marchex has launched new artificial intelligence-powered features designed to help dental practices better understand patient conversations, appointment value, and trends.
January 20, 2025
Dentist Computer
Product Updates
TriAgenics raises $5M in funding
TriAgenics has completed its $5 million series A-3 funding round, bringing the total amount of funding raised to $12.5 million.
January 17, 2025
Money Bills Sky Line
Product Updates
Pearl's AI software to be integrated into Carestream's system
Pearl and Carestream Dental have partnered to integrate Pearl's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Second Opinion software into Carestream Dental's CS Imaging platform.
January 17, 2025
Panoramic Xray
Patient Communication
People prefer going to the dentist over this
This concern is now a bigger fear than root canals for many Americans, according to a TodayPay report.
January 16, 2025
Dentist Woman Talking Seventyfour
Infection Control
What to know about the upcoming Dental Infection Control Boot Camp
The Association for Dental Safety will once again host its annual Dental Infection Control Boot Camp in February in Atlanta.
January 16, 2025
Speech Ce Prof Development
Organized Dentistry
CDA, foundation offer relief for Calif. wildlife victims
The California Dental Association (CDA) and the CDA Foundation are providing relief to those affected by the fires in Southern California.
January 15, 2025
Donation Philanthropy Guy2men
Industry Updates
Ultradent to donate 5% of sales to Calif. wildfire relief
Dental material manufacturer Ultradent Products will donate 5% of U.S. sales from orders on January 16 to the Red Cross for its Southern California wildfire relief effort.
January 15, 2025
Money Bag
Product Updates
A-dec doubles its product warranty
A-dec has extended its product warranty from five years to 10 years, effective for core equipment invoiced on or after January 1, 2025.
January 15, 2025
Dental Chair Office
Industry Updates
Spear offering new dental seminars
Spear Education announces three regional dental seminars for 2025, led by Dr. Frank Spear and Dr. Greggory Kinzer.
January 15, 2025
Speech Ce Prof Development
Dental Education
Lyon College appoints assistant professor
The Lyon College School of Dental Medicine has appointed Dr. John Teed as an assistant professor.
January 14, 2025
University Fascade
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Legal Issues
Woman hit with prison sentence for embezzling from dental employer
A woman accused of embezzling more than $240,000 from the dental practice where she worked was sentenced.
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Periodontics
Saliva testing may mark periodontitis progression
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Pediatrics
Not enough dentists follow guidelines to address caries
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Do's and don'ts for avoiding mistakes in your practice
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Woman hit with prison sentence for embezzling from dental employer
By Melissa Busch
A woman accused of embezzling more than $240,000 from the dental practice where she worked was sentenced.
January 20, 2025
Jail Hands
Saliva testing may mark periodontitis progression
By Ava Barros
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have found that measuring proteins in saliva may help monitor periodontitis progression, according to a press release from the university.
January 20, 2025
Researcher
Not enough dentists follow guidelines to address caries
By Melissa Busch
U.S. pediatric dentists use pharmacological approaches like silver diamine fluoride to address early caries but rarely adopt other strategies like minimally invasive dentistry.
January 20, 2025
Boy Dentist Father
Do's and don'ts for avoiding mistakes in your practice
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
By honing in on certain key performance indicators and following certain steps, practices can thrive and flourish in 2025, writes Dr. Roger P. Levin.
January 20, 2025
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Flossing leads to firing
By Melissa Busch
An assistant was fired after a video of her ignoring and flossing over the bedside of a patient with a serious heart condition went viral.
January 17, 2025
Dental Floss Fotoduets
5 cybersecurity resolutions for your dental practice in 2025
By Tasha Dickinson, Michael Ventriello
By adopting these five resolutions in 2025, your dental practice can safeguard patient data, comply with regulations, and build trust with patients, writes Tasha Dickinson and Michael Ventriello.
January 17, 2025
Data Protection Nijat
How one dentist won the dental team over with waffles
By Tamela Jones
Whatever the reason, or even for no reason at all, finding ways to celebrate your dental team offers many returns for you and your practice, writes Tamela Jones.
January 17, 2025
Waffles Cedric
Iowa Dental Board agrees to license woman who stole $81,000
By Clark Kauffman
The Iowa Dental Board has agreed to license a woman recently convicted of stealing almost $81,000 from Iowa businesses.
January 16, 2025
Executive Board
These obesity indicators may be linked to periodontitis
By Ava Barros
Certain obesity indicators may positively correlate with periodontitis and vary with age, according to a large study published in Scientific Reports
January 16, 2025
Obesity Woman
People prefer going to the dentist over this
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
This concern is now a bigger fear than root canals for many Americans, according to a TodayPay report.
January 16, 2025
Dentist Woman Talking Seventyfour
COVID-19 affected antibiotic prescribing in dentistry
By Ava Barros
The COVID-19 pandemic likely caused a rise in antibiotic use in dentistry, disrupting a previous decline, as rates have since remained high, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.
January 16, 2025
Antibiotics Concept
The importance of infection control documentation in dental practices
By Amanda Hill, RDH
If you don't write it down, it didn't happen, writes Amanda Hill, RDH. Here's why you should prioritize documentation in your dental practice.
January 16, 2025
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