Category Archives: Science

Students explore research careers at ADAF Colgate Dental Students’ Conference on Research

The ADA Foundation Dr. Anthony Volpe Research Center hosted 42 dental students Oct. 25-27, 2015 for the 51st annual Colgate Dental Students’ Conference on Research to shine a spotlight on dental research careers, according to ADA News. The conference introduces dental students from the U.S. and Canada to industry and academic professionals as well as scientists from the… Read More »

ADA Professional Product Review looks at accuracy of six intraoral scanning devices

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 »

Webinar: Dental Practice Settings and Job Satisfaction

Big or small, there are pros and cons to working in various dental practice settings, and dentists measure their career satisfaction in different ways. In a webinar recorded in August — now available here — researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the ADA Health Policy Institute presented their findings on how dentists view different aspects… Read More »

Deadline approaches for new investigator award standards research

The ADA is accepting applications until Sept. 30 for the John W. Stanford New Investigator Award for Standards-Related Research Paper. Dental students and dentists who earned their dental degree no earlier than 2010 and dentists pursuing an additional degree or specialty can apply. Submissions should include an original standards-related research report that has been completed within the award… Read More »

So you want to be a practice owner someday: Developing a technology plan

Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a summer series of New Dentist Now blog posts on practice ownership. To read other articles from the series, click here. Dental technologies have evolved at a remarkable pace over the past decade due to the digitization of medical equipment. While the investment in digital technology can be significant, the… Read More »

UIC assistant professor receives inaugural ADA award for new investigator in dental informatics

Dr. Emiliya Taneva of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry received the first Robert H. Ahlstrom New Investigator Award for Dental Informatics Research. The award, named after the first chairman of the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics, aims to highlight the crucial role that dental informatics standards play in improving the quality of patient… Read More »