With Thanksgiving Day only a week away, New Dentist Now asked its guest bloggers to answer one question: In your journey through dentistry, what are you most thankful for? Here are their answers: Dr. Katie Sowa “I’m thankful for the relationships I’ve built in my journey through dentistry. These relationships have led to a great associateship and involvement… Read More »
According to ADA News, a group of Arizona State University students is working with California-based nonprofit IMAHelps to design and build a state-of-the-art mobile dental facility for use by dental students and dentists on mission trips in Nicaragua. The venture began in 2013 when IMAHelps pitched the project to Engineering Projects in Community Service, a design-based service learning… Read More »
New dentists interested in learning more about how social media can help build relationships and influence patients can register for this Nov. 19 webinar led by Molly McAllister, director of Search Engine Marketing Department of PBHS, Inc, the ADA Business Resources endorsed website design and marketing services provider for the dental and dental specialty communities. Whether or not… Read More »
If you’re interested in intraoral digital impression making, you’ll want to read An Evaluation of the Accuracy of Six Intraoral Scanning Devices: An in-vitro Investigation in the current issue of the ADA Professional Product Review. Researchers at the University of Maryland studied ix scanners: the iTero (Align Technology), the True Definition (3M ESPE), the PlanScan (Planmeca/E4D Technologies), the… Read More »
There I was, sitting on stage at my dental school graduation, with no clue what to do next. I knew that I needed to find a job but it was going to take three months before my license to become active. Three months to do anything felt like a lifetime after becoming accustom to cramming for exams in… Read More »
In balloting at the House of Delegates Monday, Dr. Irene Marron-Tarrazzi of Miami was elected second vice president. Dr. Marron-Tarrazzi, whose four-year term on the New Dentist Committee ended at the close of the 2015 House, was among several young dentists making their mark at the House of Delegates during ADA 2015. Dr. Nipa Thakkar, of Pennsylvannia and… Read More »