R&D's Secret Power Players
15 Unsung Geniuses Quietly Fueling Dentistry's Biggest Innovation Engines
The Greater New York Dental meeting lives up to its name every year. The 2023 forum, held at Manhattan’s Javits Center from November 29 to December 4, saw many friends of Incisal Edge hitting the hustings for seminars on mind-and-body wellness, personal branding, patient connections, women in dentistry and much more. ...
By McKenzie Kupchik Methodolody Our criteria for design excellence have remained essentially the same over the years: We canvass doctors, equipment specialists, architects and designers around the country for nominations in three categories: Best New Construction, Best Repurpose and Best Specialty. We send all ...
By Jerry Markon The recent merger of the American Dental Association with the Forsyth Institute promises to give a jolt to dental R&D in the years ahead—both research for its own sake and the applied variety undertaken in pursuit of patents and profits. How did the tie-up come together, and what are its prospects ...
We all use devices and technologies that do things better than humans—many of which date to the 1970s and ’80s. Is there any rational argument for soft-pedaling the adoption of dental AI? By Sarah Dean, RDH ON THE SURFACE, it sounds equal parts comforting and ominous: “AI won’t replace dentists. Dentists who ...
It’s sometimes hard to see the connection between workplace safety and financial success. But investing in it, aside from being the right thing to do, is simply smart business. By Jeff Ghannam, CSP EVERY ORGANIZATION is confronted with balancing overhead and revenue. Safety is often a low priority, even though many ...
Incisal Edge is proud to welcome two new inductees into this esteemed group for 2024. Dr. Dan Fischer Visionary and influential dentist-entrepreneur, educator and philanthropist Emeritus founder and CEO, Ultradent South Jordan, Utah EVERY YEAR, there’s a spirited discussion (or argument, depending on whom you ...
THE FACE OF dentistry has changed considerably since we inaugurated the Lucy Hobbs Awards in 2013, celebrating women’s contributions in the name of the first American woman to earn a dental degree when she did so in 1866. We like to think these honors have played at least some role in boosting female participation ...
Memories of a caring and gifted clinician years ago in Kenya have resonance today as we honor the contributions of women to the profession we love. BY ANNE WILSON, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER GROWING UP IN Nairobi, Kenya, I was fortunate to be a patient of Dr. Gladys Opinya, who completed her dental training in Kenya and ...
This past July, Benco Dental expanded its recognition of those who make the profession run, hosting the inaugural Dental Assistant Day at its CenterPoint office in Pennsylvania. The celebration, featuring seminars and a panel discussion, was capped by the announcement of the first recipient of the Dental Assistant of the ...
SARAH TENNY, EFDA DENTAL ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR SARAH TENNY, Incisal Edge’s inaugural Dental Assistant of the Year, has spent her professional life in the service of patients in her central Pennsylvania hometown. “I’ll do this till I retire, as long as nothing hurts too bad,” she says with a laugh. “It ...
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