Are you a dental professional seeking to enhance your skills in implantology? You are invited to attend an enlightening webinar, titled “Therapy planning—the key to successful implant treatment”, presented by Dr Malene Hallund. This event offers a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical insights and will take place on 12 December 2023 at 6 p.m. CET ..read more

To make the wait for ROOTS SUMMIT 2024 a little sweeter, the organisers would like to spotlight some of the speakers for next year’s edition, which will take place from 9 to 12 May in Athens in Greece. Among the highlights will be the lecture and workshop presented by Dr Antonis Chaniotis, a prominent endodontist who has run a dedicated microscopic endodontics practice in Athens for 20 years. Attendees can look forward to his lecture on root canal blockage management and his workshop on the same topic. His workshops are limited to a small number of participants, and based on prior ex ..read more

TOKYO, Japan: The use of porcelain veneers to improve and restore the shape, shade and visual position of anterior teeth is a common technique in aesthetic dentistry. The biomimetic aim in the restoration of teeth relates to not only cosmetic but also functional considerations. It is critical to note that the intact enamel shell of the palatal and facial walls with respect to anterior teeth are responsible for its innate flexural resistance. When the dental structure has been violated by endodontic access, caries or trauma, every effort must be made to preserve the residual structure and to st ..read more

NEW YORK, US: Yesterday, the International College of Dentists (ICD) held its fourth international convocation ceremony at the Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM). Thirteen new fellows were inducted, including the first fellow from Sierra Leone ..read more

PARIS, France: The Congrès de l’ADF, the annual dental meeting of the French Dental Association (ADF), is a unique European event, combining a scientific programme of great diversity and quality with a vast exhibition area. The show will take place from 28 November to 2 December, and the organisers are expecting more than 25,000 people to attend, like the previous year. This year’s congress, which will be held at the Palais des Congrès exhibition and trade centre in Paris, invites participants to “stop touching the ground” and to come and explore the interplanetary ADF space ..read more

ST. PAUL, Minn., US: 3M has announced that Solventum will be the name of the planned independent healthcare company that will be formed from a spin-off of the multinational’s healthcare portfolio. Subject to approval, the spin-off is expected to take place in the first half of 2024 and to result in the formation of a new healthcare company. This company will continue to focus on 3M’s current healthcare business areas, which include wound care, healthcare information technology and oral care ..read more

NEW YORK, US: Today, the Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM) opened its doors to the global dental community at the Javits Center in Manhattan. Until Wednesday next week, dental professionals have the opportunity to attend a comprehensive schedule of courses and events and to explore the latest dental products and solutions on display in the over 900 booths at the exhibition, which runs from Sunday ..read more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, US: For any oral health programme or insurance plan, under-utilisation of preventive dental services ultimately results in an increased treatment burden on both patients and clinicians. A study conducted in the US has evaluated whether there is a correlation between the utilisation of preventive Medicaid dental services and self-evaluated perceived social status (PSS), which, according to the study’s authors, is a better means of evaluation than socio-economic status (SES). The findings of the research indicated a positive association between the use of preventive services by ..read more

Some 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates already knew that prevention is more important than curative therapy. In the modern-day context, Benz stated that prevention is the most effective dental treatment we have developed in 150 years of scientific dentistry.1 Yet, it is doubtful whether the often-cited paradigm shift away from restoration to prevention has really taken place.2 The following article discusses the standing of prevention in contemporary dentistry and positions systematic prophylaxis-guided biofilm therapy within the prevention landscape ..read more

LONDON, UK: For dentists in training, options for honing their skills have been historically limited to phantom heads or patients at university dental clinics. Both options limit the dental student’s ability to repeat specific techniques, procedures and conditions. However, a study conducted at the Institute of Dentistry of Queen Mary University of London has found that including haptic training in the undergraduate dental programme was helpful in training for rare clinical scenarios, provided realistic feedback and allowed students to practise repeat procedures with the same patient para ..read more