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Forty-six percent of dental assistants who voluntarily left the field did so because of insufficient pay, according to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report.

According to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report, 42.9 percent of dental hygienists voluntarily left the field because of the culture.

Cyberdontics, a dental robotics company, raised $15 million for the development of a root canal robot, TechCrunch reported Oct. 17.

A significant challenge in the dental industry is the inconsistency of diagnoses and treatment plans across different providers. Machine learning has the power to change that by building artificial intelligence (AI) models that train using years of professional dental experience.…

According to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report, 57.5 percent of the dentists surveyed said the most challenging aspect of recruiting dental assistants was a lack of applicants or shortage.

An estimated 3.75 percent of dental hygienists voluntarily left the workforce in 2021, according to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report.

A new executive for the American Dental Association and two other dentists who have made headlines since Oct. 13: 

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