The FDA is evaluating safety concerns of fixed nonremovable palatal expanders such as the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance after the device was targeted in multiple lawsuits for allegedly causing severe damage to patients' teeth.
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Dental laser company Biolase reported a 24 percent growth in year-over-year revenue for 2022.
The Holloman Air Force Base in Otero County, N.M., is integrating a computer-assisted design and manufacturing machine for dental care.
Here are three dental practices that were the first in their states to use the Yomi dental implant robot for the first time, as reported by Becker's since Feb. 28:
A practice in Topeka, Kan., is the first Aspen Dental affiliate to use the Yomi dental implant robot system, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported March 25.
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High Point (N.C.) University’s Workman School of Dental Medicine is installing SIMtoCARE dental units as part of its goal to create the world's largest simulation lab.
Justin M Schlaikjer, DDS, Periodontics and Implant Dentistry in Sunset Hills, Mo., is the first practice in the state to use the Yomi dental implant robot, Fox 2 Now reported March 18.
Cosmo Haralambidis, DMD, received the 2023 Ortho Innovator Award for the Dental Pain Eraser, a portable electronic dental anesthesia device.
The FDA has reportedly begun to look into the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, a retainer-like device that has been the source of several lawsuits alleging that it caused severe damage to patients' teeth, CBS News and Kaiser Health News reported…
Straumann Group has developed Straumann Falcon, a surgical navigation system to aid with dental implant procedures.