Dental Asia

The surgery, part of the EU-funded project and led by Dr Christoph Staudigl, was a successful world first use of a in a compassionate use case on a patient.

Made of using Lithoz LCM technology, the implant showed clinical stability after 60 days, representing a decisive breakthrough for the treatment of severely atrophic jaws.

First 3D-printed ceramic subperiosteal jaw implant placed in patient Lithoz has announced the successfully placement of a 3D-printed ceramic subperiosteal jaw implant in a patient for the first time ever.

Designed with a commitment to ergonomics and patient safety, the MASTERmatic LUX M45 L from KaVo Dental includes unique features such as the combination of a 42 degree head angle with 100 degree knee angle to provide superior access to the posterior region, and KaVo CoolHead technology to ensure optimal temperature control.

KaVo unveils MASTERmatic LUX M45 L High-Speed Handpiece KaVo has announced the launch of the MASTERmatic LUX M45 L High-Speed Handpiece designed with a commitment to ergonomics and patient safety.

VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte will also be available in the shades B1, B2, B3, C2 and C3, in addition to the VITA classical shades A1, A2, A3 and A3.5 already available. According to VITA Zahnfabrik, this gives users even more options for quickly and easily creating restorations with matching shades.

VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte now available in five new A1-D4 shades VITA Zahnfabrik has announced that its VITABLOCS TriLuxe forte CAD/CAM blocks are now available in five new VITA classical A1-D4 shades.

With the appointment of Ryu as Medit's new CEO, the company said it is expected to focus more on customer-centered innovation, enhance strategic partnerships and strengthen new product development.

Medit appoints Han Ryu as new CEO Medit has announced the appointment of Han Ryu as its new CEO. Ryu has led Medit North America since 2023, spurring growth in the market.

The new implant from BioHorizons features a tapered body and aesthetic thread design which provides primary stability, while its self-tapping helical cutting flutes are designed to help control implant placement. A new surgical kit combining free hand and keyless guided surgical approaches results in surgical efficiency.

BioHorizons releases Tapered Pro Conical dental implant BioHorizons has announced the release of Tapered Pro Conical, its first dental implant with a deep conical connection.

The selected companies for SMILE Health 2024 are DentKits, DifferentKind, Oraliva, ThriveLink, Umayana, and Yumlish.

Throughout the 12-week programme, CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER aims to activate a growing ecosystem of partners to accelerate investment and innovation, advance health equity, and propel solutions that integrate dental and medical health care.

SMILE Health 2024: CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER announce its largest cohort CareQuest Innovation Partners in partnership with MATTER announced the emerging startups to participate in the SMILE Health 2024 programme.

The cleaning results of almost 5,000 handpieces were analysed and evaluated in the independent laboratory study, which has demonstrated that automated cleaning in a DAC Universal D from Dentsply Sirona provides significantly better results than manual reprocessing.

White paper confirms the efficiency of the DAC Universal D The findings from independent laboratory study has demonstrated the efficiency of reprocessing in a DAC Universal D from Dentsply Sirona.

From 27-28 Jun, Fujitsu Preventive Dentistry Cloud Service will be used for an oral checkup at a school for approximately 40 students in Hokkaido, Japan. The efforts at Kamoenai Village will be used as a blueprint to contribute towards the improvement of people’s wellbeing.

Fujitsu Preventive Dentistry Cloud Service to be implemented for oral checkup in Kamoenai Village From 27-28 Jun, Fujitsu and Kamoenai Village will implement an oral checkup at a school using Fujitsu Preventive Dentistry Cloud Service.

The VITA EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025 will focus on work involving the leucite-enhanced, glass-ceramic veneering ceramic VITA LUMEX AC judged by a jury of five experts.

The prize is an invitation to IDS 2025 in Cologne and a visit to the VITA Zahnfabrik exhibition where VITA will cover the travel costs and an onsite overnight hotel stay.

Win a sponsored trip to IDS with VITA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025 Through the VITA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025, VITA Zahnfabrik will honour outstanding prosthetic restorations among its users worldwide.

Overjet lets educators show students the exact size and shape of pathologies like tooth decay, anatomical structures like enamel, and restorations like crowns — with colourful annotations that are easy to see. Once they graduate, these students will be equipped to do the same with their patients.

Overjet for Educators launched, AI for dental education Overjet has announced the launch of ‘Overjet for Educators’ an AI tool built to train tomorrow's oral health leaders.

According to the partners, the combination of HeyGears' 3D printing solutions, which include automated production capabilities with printers such as the UltraCraft A3D, and PostProcess Technologies Inc.’s post-printing solutions aim to elevate production capabilities for dental labs.

HeyGears partners PostProcess for dental 3D printing solutions HeyGears and PostProcess launched a partnership to elevate the quality and efficiency of 3D printing workflows dental applications.

From 8-10 Oct, the Central Asia Dental Expo will return for its eight edition in Almaty City, Kazakhstan.

CADEX 2024 serves as a platform to demonstrate products and services to specialists in the field, entering new markets not only in Kazakhstan, but also in Central Asia, including the countries of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Explore dentistry in Central Asia at CADEX 2024 From 8-10 Oct, the Central Asia Dental Expo (CADEX) 2024 will return to Almaty, Kazakhstan, to showcase dental trends in Central Asia.

At the European Academy of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Congress held in Freiburg, Germany in mid-June, Dentsply Sirona and Siemens Healthineers presented the world’s first dental-dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (ddMRI) system.

The capability to deliver information on soft tissue, nerves, and inflammatory activities potentially enables the early detection of oral diseases and could help to prevent over- or undertreatment.

Dentsply Sirona and Siemens Healthineers present the first dental-dedicated MRI (ddMRI) system Dentsply Sirona and Siemens Healthineers presented the world's first ddMRI system at the European Congress of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology.

Recently launched on 11 Jun, the new Ora dental practice management platform will feature Pearl Inc’s Second Opinion AI disease detection capabilities as a fully native offering within Ora’s dental imaging feature set.

Pearl enables AI imaging for new Ora dental software platform Pearl and Ora have announced a partnership to integrate Pearl’s AI technology within Ora’s cloud-based platform.

At the 3Shape Discover digital dentistry event, the company announced the launch of three exciting solutions — a brand new TRIOS Core intraoral scanner system, a refreshed version of its TRIOS 3 intraoral scanner, as well as a single-use TRIOS Ready Tip for TRIOS 5 scanners.

TRIOS Core system among new launches at 3Shape Discover 3Shape launched the TRIOS Core system, refreshed TRIOS 3, and a single-use TRIOS Ready Tip for TRIOS 5 scanners, at the 3Shape Discover Event

Together with collaborators at TU Dresden and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the study by Penn Dental Medicine has uncovered mechanistic insights into clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP).

They also found that an FDA-approved drug for preventing organ transplant rejection, rapamycin, has the potential to block these mutant stem cells and treat CHIP-driven inflammatory bone loss diseases, such as periodontitis and arthritis.

Penn Dental Medicine study sheds light on ageing-related condition that drives inflammation A research led by Dr George Hajishengallis from Penn Dental Medicine sheds light on a condition that drives inflammation in older populations

MPa Universal is a single-component, light-cure maximum performance adhesive developed for use with all etching techniques: self-etch, selective etch or total etch bonding methods.

According to Clinician's Choice Dental Products Inc., the launch marks the beginning of a number of new solution introductions over the coming months.

Clinician’s Choice launches MPa Universal Clinician’s Choice is expanding their MPa family of adhesives with MPa Universal, marking the launches of new solutions in the coming months.

Dental Protection has announced significant progress towards achieving net zero emissions in its operations by 2027, in the recently published Medical Protection Society 2023 annual report.

Among the progress made, milestones includes the 99.9% use of renewable energy, 71% reduction in energy consumption, and 98% drop in Biogas usage from 2022.

Dental Protection goes green in annual report Dental Protection has made great progress towards achieving net zero emissions in its operations by 2027, as published in MPS annual report.

Nobel Biocare will exclusively partner with Delmege Healthcare, to distribute its products in the local market having recognised its strengths.

This marks the first time the Swiss dental implant manufacturer will be available in the market.

Nobel Biocare launches in Sri Lanka with Delmege Healthcare Nobel Biocare announced its launch in Sri Lanka, marking the first time the dental implant manufacturer will be available in the market.

Dental practices leveraging Dentrix Ascend, Henry Schein One’s cloud-based practice management system, can incorporate Intiveo’s patient engagement technology through the authorised integration.

The platform where appointment reminders, two-way communication, and feedback collection converge, aims to establish a singular, efficient touchpoint for patient engagement.

Intiveo announces authorised integration with Dentrix Ascend Intiveo announced an integration with Dentrix Ascend, Henry Schein One's practice management system, to enhance patient experience.

Oral health plays a key role not only in general wellbeing, but also in maintaining the voice quality of voice professionals and singers.

Nina Garlo from Koite Health, speaks with phonetician Minttu Ripatti, about how a healthy mouth promotes smooth performances in fields of singing and public speaking.

A healthy mouth protects your voice Phonetician Minttu Ripatti explains how a healthy mouth enables an effortless smile and promotes smooth singing, performing, and voice.

According to Aseptico Inc., the GO Ultra Portable is its most advanced portable dental system ever, improving in size, weight, performance and energy efficiency in portable dental systems.

The AEU-350S system, which features a fully integrated piezoelectric ultrasonic scaler, makes the system even more capable for dental hygiene procedures.

Aseptico introduces GO Ultra Portable Dental System Aseptico has introduced a new model of its GO Ultra Portable Dental System which features a fully integrated piezoelectric ultrasonic scaler.

The launch marks the first step in Dontia Alliance's vision to establish a vast and robust AIS Centre network, with four more centres set for launch in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and the Philippines, within the next two years.

The launch was in collaboration with SmileBay Dental Sdn Bhd, a dental group in Penang with eight clinics across Malaysia, as the first AIS Centre in this network. SmileBay AIC is equipped with a laboratory and training facility in addition to its clinical practice.

Dontia Alliance opens first AIS Centre with SmileBay Dental, four more planned in Asia Dontia Alliance launched its first Advanced Implant Strategies Centre of Excellence in collaboration with SmileBay Dental in Penang, Malaysia.

The FDI World Dental Federation has announced that it is accepting applications for the Sustainability Award 2024 until 1 Jul 2024.

The winners will be announced during the FDI World Dental Congress, held in Istanbul in September 2024.

Applications for the FDI Sustainability Awards 2024 are now open! The FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) has announced that it is accepting applications for the Sustainability Award 2024 until 1 Jul 2024.

Osteopore OSX.AX has announced the successful development of a 3D-printed technology, which can combine patented biological additives and polymer compounds for dental implants that have the potential to accelerate bone healing.

This marks a key milestone made in the clinical-industrial partnership with the National Dental Centre Singapore - NDCS (NDCS) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) for the dental implant project launched in December 2021.

Osteopore, NDCS and A*STAR project hits key milestones Osteopore has reached a key milestone its US$12.4m dental implant project through a clinical-industrial partnership with NDCS A*STAR.

Sonendo has announced the appointment of John Bostjancic as chief financial officer (CFO), the appointment of Robert Guyatt as senior vice-president of marketing, and the promotion of John McGaugh to senior vice-president of operations.

Sonendo strengthens leadership with key strategic appointments Sonendo has strengthened it leadership team with the appointment of John Bostjancic, Robert Guyatt and John McGaugh to key appointments.

3D Systems Corporation announced its expanded focus and technology roadmap tailored to deliver the largest range of solutions for a growing market.

The portfolio will include solutions for alignment, protection, repair, and replacement of teeth.

3D Systems shares update on dental growth strategy 3D Systems announced its expanded roadmap tailored to deliver the largest range of solutions for a growing digital dentistry market.

Developed by Koite Health and Reaktor, the application assists Lumoral Suomi users in maintaining sustainable oral care practices, aiming to seamlessly integrate modern technology into their daily oral hygiene routines.

Koite Health introduces Lumoral mobile app Koite Health and technology company Reaktor have together developed a new mobile application supporting oral health, the Lumoral app.

The upcoming virtual Summit on Sustainability in Dentistry by FDI World Dental Federation presents the opportunity to spotlight additional success stories and equip attendees with the tools and inspiration needed to embrace environmentally conscious decisions for their practices.

FDI to organise virtual summit showcasing sustainable practice in dentistry FDI World Dental Federation announced the second edition of its virtual Summit on Sustainability in Dentistry, from 18-20 June.

The divestment of HuFriedyGroup in the equity sale for US$787.5m will allow Steris to focus on its customers within its core markets in healthcare, pharma and MedTech.

According to Peak Rock, the acquisition highlights its continuing efforts to expand investments in medical technology and global manufacturing businesses.

Peak Rock Capital affiliate completes acquisition of HuFriedyGroup Peak Rock Capital announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of HuFriedyGroup, the dental segment, of STERIS.