Sevāredent Sourcing Solutions and Overjet Partner Up. Image: © Overjet © Sevāredent


Dental artificial intelligence group (AI) Overjet and group purchasing organization Sevāredent Sourcing Solutions will join together to expand AI offerings to dental practices, per a press release from the companies. Sevāredent, who provides services for 2000 dental practices, will now add the highly beneficial and FDA-cleared AI x-ray analysis from Overjet.

“AI-assisted dentistry is the future and aligns with our goal to provide practices with solutions that will elevate patient care and lead to better health outcomes,” President of Sevāredent, Blake Hibray says in the press release.

Overjet’s AI is created to help clinical teams get a better look at the patient’s x-rays, as it is able to outline decay and quantify bone loss in an easy-to-visualize way. Not only does Overjet analyze x-rays, but it also is able to look at patient records to monitor treatment needs over time. 

This partnership guarantees that Sevāredent practices can now benefit from Overjet’s advanced AI technology which will be a huge help for practice staff, according to founder and CEO of Overjet, Wardah Inam.

“Overjet and Sevāredent are united in our mission to improve oral health care,” Inam says in the press release. “We’re excited to bring our AI technology to their network of practices to help dentists diagnose with more data, leading to more precise, customized treatment recommendations.”

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This partnership will bring Overjet’s artificial intelligence technology to Sevāredent dental practices, providing these practitioners with advanced x-ray analysis technology. 

Sevāredent Sourcing Solutions and Overjet Partner Up

American Dental Association has New Dental Pain Management Guidelines for Pediatric Patients. Image: © American Dental Association


The American Dental Association (ADA) has released new guidelines on dental pain management for pediatric patients. These guidelines are meant to inform clinical choice and help practitioners and parents provide the best, safest care for pediatric patients. Acetaminophen or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are suitable as first-line treatments for short-term dental pain in pediatric patients, according to a press release from the ADA.

These new guidelines provide proof for parents and practitioners when it comes to dental pain management for pediatrics, according to guideline senior author Paul Moore, DMD, PhD, MPH.

“While prescribing opioids to children has become less frequent overall, this guideline ensures that both dentists and parents have evidence-based recommendations to determine the most appropriate treatment for dental pain,” Dr Moore says in the press release. “Parents and caregivers can take comfort in the widely available medications that have no abuse potential, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, are safe and effective for helping their children find relief from short-term dental pain.”

Acetaminophen, NSAIDs, or a combination of the 2 are suitable for dental pain management in patients under 12, per the guideline that was developed by a panel of clinical authors from the American Dental Association Science & Research Institute (ADASRI), the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, and the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. This comes after a 3-year $15 million grant awarded from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020, specifically tasking these entities to find a safe and effective pain management guideline for pediatric dental patients.

As of right now, the group is working on guidelines for adolescent and adult dental patients.

“This clinical prescribing guideline is a critical step in supporting appropriate treatment of pediatric acute dental pain through the use of acetaminophen and NSAIDs,” director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD, says in the press release. “Not only will this advice allow for better treatment of this kind of pain, but it will help prevent unnecessary prescribing of medications with abuse potential, including opioids.”

Pediatric patients will have new guidelines to follow on dental pain management from the American Dental Association. 

American Dental Association has New Dental Pain Management Guidelines for Pediatric Patients

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

This Group Practice Utilizes VideaHealth Dental AI Technology on Every Patient | mage Credit: © VideaHealth

“It’s just diagnosing [the x-rays], looking for decay, and it just gives you that second opinion.”

Those are the words of John Brangan, DMD, concisely explaining how the dental practices of Great Hill Dental—part of the 42 North Dental group of dental practices— use VideaHealth’s dental artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help clinicians with diagnosis and treatment acceptance.

Dr Brangan, who has been practicing for nearly 25 years, says he uses VideaHealth every day at the practice in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, where he is 1 of 3 general dentists in the group practice, which also features a variety of specialists.

VideaHealth’s dental AI technology, cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration, is clinically proven to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment plans, enabling dentists like Dr Brangan to consistently deliver better patient care. VideaHealth's dental AI software platform, VideaAI, includes FDA-cleared medical algorithms that help dental clinicians identify signs of potential carious lesions (cavities) and measure radiographic bone levels.

Dr Brangan first learned of the technology from 42 North Dental Chief Clinical Officer Michael Scialabba, DDS, who brought VideaHealth to Great Hill as 1 of 5 pilot offices chosen to test-drive the technology.

“We started using it about a year, year and a half ago, [when] it was in its prototype phase,” he says. “So, I’ve been using it for quite some time, even when it was in its initial stage.”

While he doesn’t want to practice without the technology, Dr Brangan adds that VideaHealth’s software is also a great tool for patients and for clinicians new to the technology, or just new to diagnosing x-rays with confidence.

“For me, it’s a great educational tool for the patients, No. 1. It really does provide...a second opinion of the treatment, so you can look at the x-rays and you diagnose decay, and then this thing is circling the area of decay and you can show the patient the x-rays with the little red boxes on it and say, ‘Well, these are the cavities right here,’” he explains. “The computer’s verifying my diagnosis. The patients do seem to like it, and I find it very accurate. It’s become more accurate over the past year as they’ve refined the software.”

Then there are the fellow dentists in the practice.

“It’s not only the patients,” Dr Brangan adds. “I find it useful to help my other doctors in my practice who are newer associates. They haven’t been practicing as long, and it helps them diagnose as well. So, if they’re not sure [about a diagnosis] they can pull up the x-ray and have it help them determine [that] this is a cavity and this isn’t. Plus, it is unbiased. It doesn’t care who the patient is, how much money they have, or anything like that.”

While the AI technology is constantly evolving to improve its capabilities with diagnosing x-rays, it does not entirely take away the need for the clinician to confirm certain things and to make clinical diagnoses based on all the information at their disposal.

“So, as a dentist you really need to still confirm it’s actually decay. From time to time, it will find stuff that you might elect to not treat, or you don’t think it’s significant to treat at this point, but really as we’ve gone on, I find it much more accurate,” Dr Brangan says. “There hasn’t been a single tooth that it diagnosed something on that when I treated it, [decay] wasn’t there. It’s always been an accurate diagnosis.

“It can give some false positives on the software where it will think it’s decay, and you have to go and say well, that’s not decay, it’s a shadow on the x-ray, the way the x-ray is taken, the angle of the tooth. So, there’s still some stuff that it will pick up and think it’s decay but it’s not, but that’s becoming less frequent. The software’s becoming much more accurate,” he says.

VideaHealth’s software has increased its capabilities since its inception and will continue to do so, he says.

“Over the past year there [have been] new features constantly being added. So, it will now differentiate between decay and an open margin on an old filling. It will measure bone loss now, periapical lesions, a tooth that might need a root canal. It’s adding more and more features as time’s gone on. It’s become more expansive,” Dr Brangan says.

Another benefit is the software’s ease of use. After just 2 short training sessions early on at Great Hill Dental, the staff was confident in using the intuitive software.

“I only use it now to diagnose,” he says. “I won’t diagnose off my regular x-ray software. So, with every patient in all my treatment rooms, all the hygienists, all the doctors, we all use it. We bring up the x-rays on it. It’s just part of our practice now.”

The patients in his practice are not all initially awed when they learn he’s using AI software, but Dr Brangan says explaining what VideaHealth can do helps instill confidence in them and helps with case acceptance.

“It’s funny because I would say patients are not overwhelmingly...shocked by it, that we have it. It’s more of just I let them know we have it and they’re ‘Oh that’s cool,’” he says. “I explain that we still have to confirm that it’s correct. I always tell patients this is like having a second opinion. It’s like having another dentist in the room who’s confirming what I found. If they’re on the fence, it’s showing them that there’s [decay] there.”

This reaffirmation leads to more treatments in his practices.

“It definitely brings an increase in patient acceptance. We’re also finding more stuff that needs to be treated,” Dr Brangan adds. “And generally, in dentistry there’s a lot of either untreated disease or untreated old restorations that we watch…this software—you can still watch stuff—but it will note all those things. It will mark them as areas of concern. Well, maybe I should replace that crown, we’ve been watching the open margin for 5 years…so it opens the door to more treatment, but it’s also better care for the patient. It’s higher-quality care. You can watch some, but it can then confirm, yeah, it’s decay [and] you should treat it.”

Dr Brangan expects AI-assisted software to continue to gain use in dentistry.

“I think it’s a practice changer,” he says. “You can treatment plan more efficiently. It’s a great patient education tool. It’s for your hygienist. When I do an exam, my hygienist has taken the x-rays, they’re already up, they show the patient the x-rays, and I go into the room and just kinda close the deal. We use it very efficiently.”

Great Hill is part of a large dental service organization(DSO), and Dr Brangan has spoken in front of several clinicians at dental director meetings. He says the response to Videa has been quite positive.

“We talk about it and we have a bunch of dentists who don’t have it yet, and they come up to the front and want to know how they can get it,” he says. “Once we show [doctors] the benefits of this software, they want it.”

Great Hill Dental, part of 42 North Dental group, says the technology helps with diagnosis, patient communication, and treatment acceptance.

This Group Practice Utilizes VideaHealth Dental AI Technology on Every Patient

5Ws* Aseptico 1070 Series Implant Motor | mage Credit: © Aseptico, Inc


This new implant motor can be used whenever treatments can be improved by a powerful and efficient tool designed to streamline dental implant procedures.

Dental practices seeking to simplify implant cases without unnecessary complexity. With its compact size, intuitive interface, and multifunction foot control, this implant motor offers the clinician ease of use, power, and precision at an affordable price.

Benefits of the new system include streamlined workflow—osteotomy and implant placement are handled with ease using an available Mont Blanc 20:1 reduction handpiece; user-friendly, intuitive interface; hands-free control; and a powerful brushless 40,000 RPM motor that delivers power and precision.

With a focus on sustainability, the motor utilizes autoclavable irrigation tubing to reduce waste and deliver cost savings compared with single-use, disposable tubing. The Aseptico 1070 Series Implant Motor is versatile—suitable for surgical and low-speed procedures—and features customization options with 8 programmable presets. Adjust speed, motor direction, irrigation flow, and torque without ever taking your eyes off the dental implant patient by using the hands-free multifunction foot control.

This new implant solution features a compact size, intuitive interface, and multifunction foot control, all designed to provide clinicians with power and precision and a simplified workflow.

5Ws* Aseptico 1070 Series Implant Motor 

New Material from Kettenbach is Designed Specifically for Monophase Impressions. Image: © Kettenbach USA


Kettenbach’s newest material is the VXSE® One monophase impression material, formulated specifically for fixation impressions. VXSE One touts hydrophilicity, good flow, and material hardness post-curing, according to a press release from Kettenbach. To achieve these desirable features, VXSE One is formulated from vinylpolysiloxane and vinylsiloxanether. This formulation enables both a long working time and a short setting time, per the press release from Kettenbach.

Patients can be more comfortable with both the relatively short setting time as well as the taste of the impression material, which is said to be less harsh than standard impression materials. VXSE One is optimized for fixation impressions through its formulation and its enhanced patient comfort, also touting a post-cure material hardness of Shore A 65, per the press release. The material also benefits from an easy removal process, adding to that patient comfort factor.

VXSE One has been tried and tested, with 80% of participants in an in-vivo field test claiming it to be a good or equal alternative to previous polyether materials used for fixation. VXSE One is available in jumbo 5:1 cartridges.

This new material from Kettenbach is optimized for monophase impressions through its unique formula.  

New Material from Kettenbach is Designed Specifically for Monophase Impressions 

Kettenbach USA’s New Profisil Fluoride Varnish Treats Dentinal Hypersensitivity | Image Credit: © Kettenbach USA

Kettenbach USA’s new Profisil Fluoride Varnish, described as a new dimension of varnish gel, contains 5% sodium fluoride in a mucosa-friendly, pleasantly flavored dimethicone gel. This formula does not contain ethyl alcohol or colophony (rosin), which means the potential of soft tissue irritation or rosin-based allergies is reduced, according to the company.

The product features a number of benefits for both the clinician and the patient, and it’s suitable for most ages because it is ethyl alcohol-free

Benefits for the dental professional include:

The single dose blister contains sufficient varnish to cover all affected teeth of both arches

Profisil Fluoride Varnish can be applied in any direction to all affected tooth surfaces, migrating even to difficult to access areas

A prophylactic cleaning is not required prior to use

It is unnecessary to dry teeth prior to application of the varnish gel

Lubricious, non-clumping formula; no need to replace gummy brushes

Patients, meanwhile, appreciate the smooth mouth feel and refreshing lubricating properties, says Kettenbach. Other benefits include: delivers a protective coating to tooth surfaces by occluding tubules with calcium fluoride crystals; no bitter taste or burning; non-allergenic dimethicone formula; and can be used for all ages (suitable for children with primary teeth >6 months of age), according to Kettenbach.

Containing 5% sodium fluoride in a mucosa-friendly, pleasant flavor, the varnish gel boasts many benefits for patients and clinicians.

Kettenbach USA’s New Profisil Fluoride Varnish Treats Dentinal Hypersensitivity

Kellie Nock is the assistant editor for Dental Products Report. She graduated from Kent State University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. Kellie enjoys multimedia content creation with a focus on audio and video storytelling. 

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Orascoptic’s latest product offering will offer clinicians a more sleek and lightweight loupes frame. This new frame called the Phantom Sports Frame, is specifically designed to be much lighter than any other frame for optimal clinician comfort. It is made up of titanium and touts a variety of features that are said to be appealing to clinicians, according to a press release from Orascoptic.

Some features include flexible temple tips to suit the needs of different dental professionals, adjustable nose pads, flex hinges, and more features that provide customization for everyday, continuous use. All these features also have the added benefit of being lightweight, eliminating strain or clunkiness in use. Added to its customizability is its availability in 5 different colors.

The Phantom Sports Frame is said to be the lightest built-in prescription frame available for purchase right now, and Orascopticis proud to be a provider of optimal loupes systems for clinical procedures, according to the press release.

A new lightweight frame from Orascoptic enables comfortable customization for optimal visual performance.  

New Frame from Orascoptic Touts Lightweight Structure and Comfort 

DentaLaze from Shofu

New Dental Prods 8/21 - 8/25

All the latest dental product releases from August 21st, 2023 through August 25th, 2023. 

New Dental Products August 21 - August 25

With 30 years of dental press technology under its belt, Ivoclar will celebrate this important anniversary with a virtual event on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023. To commemorate 30 years, dental experts from across the industry will gather virtually to celebrate together and to share experience and insight on Ivoclar’s technologies across the years.

Ivoclar’s first piece of press technology was the IPS Empress, which launched back in 1991, and was followed up by the release of the IPS e.max family in 2005. Per Ivoclar, in 2023 there are more than 100 million e.max restorations placed all over the globe. This worldwide reach demonstrates Ivoclar’s contribution to the dental industry, as well as its commitment to furthering press technology to make restorative dentistry more efficient than ever before, according to Head of Global Training and Education for Ivoclar, Dr George Tysowsky.

“Press Technology has had such a powerful impact on dentistry,” Dr Tysowsky says in a press release. “Even in this new age of digital dentistry, press technology can be applied and play a vital role in helping laboratories achieve success.”

Dr Tysowsky will be in attendance, joined by expert dental technicians Blake Barksdale, Jessive Love, and Mike Bellerinio. Also in attendance will be founder and president of Glidewell, Jim Glidewell. Program discussions will also focus on scientific research done by prosthodontist Dr Ken Malamet.

Ivoclar’s press technology has stood the test of time, marking 30 years of press innovations from the group. A virtual summit will take place to celebrate the occasion.  