Sustainable You

By: Jerilyn Forsythe

A chance encounter with a trash-compacting celluloid robot spurred Brittany Cox to learn more about how dental practices can reduce waste and be more eco-friendly overall. Her knowledge has transformed her career—and offers valuable lessons for green-minded doctors everywhere. Brittany Cox, RDH Hygienist of the ...

The War On Fluoride

By: Incisal Edge

Fluoride is good for dentistry, and dentists. Now, for the first time in decades, it’s under attack, driven by the No. 1 most influential person in dentistry this year: Health & Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. By Mark Caro “HAVE YOU EVER heard of a thing called fluoridation? Fluoridation of ...

Waiting For Liftoff

By: Incisal Edge

Experts agree: The business of dentistry is fundamentally strong. So why hasn’t patient spending fully achieved its pre-pandemic escape velocity—and when, exactly, might it? By Novid Parsi FOR MOST OF this century, the dental market rode an upward trajectory with seemingly no end in sight. Between 2000 and 2020, ...

Ready to Rise

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Dentistry has always been an extraordinarily resilient industry. In a time of great upheaval, can it summon the old magic to ensure the best outcomes for doctors and patients alike? By Rick Cohen and Chuck Cohen IT FEELS AS THOUGH economists have been predicting an imminent recession for years. So far, it hasn’t ...

Super Sonic

By: Ed Kobesky

[caption id="attachment_633947" align="alignright" width="400"] All skills, no frills:Available in black or white, the talented VarioSonic Plus+ delivers an easy-to-personalize brushing experience at a dentist cost under $50 and suggested patient price of $89.95.[/caption] YOUR PATIENTS ARE already buying electric ...

The 9th Annual 32 Most Influential People in Dentistry for 2025

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By Jerry Markon, Howard Gensler and Robert Stewart INCISAL EDGE has compiled this list for nearly a decade, and we never cease to be astounded by the sheer wealth of dental knowledge each one uncovers. Trying to measure something as nebulous as “influence” is necessarily subjective, but as the late Supreme Court ...

Mind Games

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There are no magic solutions for optimizing cognitive well-being, but you can incorporate beneficial and rewarding activities into your brain health routine—and make them fun. By Vonetta Dotson, Ph.D. BRAIN HEALTH encompasses many aspects of health, including mental and cognitive. When your brain is healthy, your ...

Dental Innovators Hall of Fame – Percy R. Howe

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Percy R. Howe 1864–1950 The pioneering first chief of research at the Forsyth Institute, he earned international recognition and set a course for the institute’s future direction. THE JOB OF Dr. Percy R. Howe’s dreams paid $50 a month. That wasn’t much even back in 1915—only about $1,500 in today’s ...

Products of the Year 2025

By: Incisal Edge

EACH YEAR, we survey our subject matter experts, writers and magazine staff for their top picks in problem solvers, game changers and innovations. Some of these are new and exciting. Others have been around a while but keep getting better and more relevant. All are worthy of your attention. Without any further ado, here ...

2024 Innovation Index Report

By: Incisal Edge

Which of the newest products did your colleagues invest in last year? And what overall brands made the biggest impact? We tapped prior-year sales data from our publisher, Benco Dental, to reveal some key insights. What Is The Innovation Index? Benco Dental’s data scientists separately analyze the sales of products ...
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