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.  

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[Sponsored] Invented by a dentist, Xpanders atraumatic elevators are designed to enable clinicians to avoid breaking root tips in their practice.

5Ws: Xpanders

Nisha Gupta, DDS, graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 2004. She went on to do a general practice residency at Metrohealth Medical Center. Following that she started a dental practice from scratch with her husband. While the practice and their family was growing, Dr Gupta spent several years learning the ins and outs of dentistry in different practice settings, from public health clinics to corporate dentistry, associateship, all while growing her own practice. She not only believes it’s important to work on clinical skills, it is also important to work on leadership skills and has spent extensive time working on leadership development and public speaking. She has been involved with her local Toastmasters group for 5 years and has achieved several awards. She has also spent a majority of her time taking continuing education specifically in implants and sleep apnea.
Dr Gupta is currently a member of the LCDS, ODA, ADA, AGD and serves on the Ohio Dental Association Judicial Affairs Subcommittee. Dr Gupta has adopted the philosophy that while dentistry is important if you don't take care of your health, nothing else matters. She started not only working on her own personal health and fitness, but branching out into the community giving talks about health, diet, and wellness, and received her certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University.

With 9 modes and extremely accurate images, the EyeSpecial extraoral camera from Shofu is easy for any dental professional to use.

User-Friendliness Is a Hallmark of This Extraoral Dental Camera

As part of its sustainability strategy “BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter World”, the company has implemented an impactful program and forged strong partnerships to advocate for a diverse and equitable industry.

Dentsply Sirona Completes Speaker Development Program for Dentists of Color in Partnership with the NDA

With the agreement, Flex becomes a certified vendor of the Open Dental practice management solution.

Open Dental and Flex Dental Solutions Form Strategic Partnership

Videos

Kenn Butler, head of research and development at Dandy, discusses his GNYDM presentation and the company's new fully digital, flexible partial, which features precision, repeatability, and also cuts down on the number of appointments. [1 minute]

GNYDM24 Product Focus: Dandy's Fully Digital, Flexible Partial with Kenn Butler 

Lorne Lavine, DMD, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.

Strong passwords can bolster the security of your data and make you less likely to be the victim of a data breach.

Don’t Get Burned by Having Weak Passwords

All the latest product launches from the week of December 2-6, 2024.


New Dental Products – December 2-6, 2024

Frank J. Milnar, DDS, AAACD, is a graduate from the University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry in 1976. He is an Accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Board Examiner for the Accreditation process. Dr Milnar maintains a full-time practice in St. Paul, Minnesota emphasizing Minimally Invasive and appearance related dentistry. He has published over 50 peer reviewed articles about the direct placement of composites, shade selection and porcelain materials and is on editorial review boards for dental journals. Dr Milnar has received the BIOCLEAR Mastership Award.

Clinicians should embrace new restorative solutions, including Tokuyama Dental America’s OMNICHROMA, to provide better patient care and more successful management of tooth wear. 

Conservative Treatment of Noncarious Class V Lesions

Organizers of massive trade fair provided updates at this week’s Greater New York Dental Meeting.

IDS 2025 Returns March 25-29, 2025, in Germany

John Flucke, DDS, is in private practice in Lee’s Summit, Mo. He also serves as chief clinical editor and technology editor for 

® and keeps an active blog filled with thoughts and tidbits on the world of technology at blog.denticle.com.

The way we practice minimally invasive dentistry and how we define it have changed greatly over dentistry’s history.

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