Industry News


Industry News

The Industry News section helps keep you informed and up-to-date about what’s happening in the dental profession. If there is information you would like to share in this section, please email your news releases to kyle@farranmedia.com. All material is subject to editing and space availability.

ADA Establishes New Oversight Agency for Continuing Education Recognition Program

The ADA 2014 House of Delegates recently established a new commission to oversee the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). As an agency of the ADA, with independent authority to approve continuing education (CE) providers that meet rigorous standards for quality, the new Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition (CCEPR) will ensure that CERP meets the standard of impartiality required of agencies that approve providers of CE.

The CCEPR will include 16 members appointed by the ADA, the American Association of Dental Boards, the American Dental Education Association, the American Society of Constituent Dental Executives, and the national associations of the nine ADA-recognized dental specialties. This group has the authority to approve CE providers, adopt standards and policies and manage administration of the program. Visit ADA.org. for more information.


Ivoclar Vivadent's EvoCeram Reaches ‘100 Million Restorations' Mark

Ivoclar Vivadent announced that more than 100 million restorations have successfully been placed with this universal anterior and posterior composite and subsequent generations since it was first introduced in 2004. To honor this milestone anniversary and continuous development of the Tetric Evo product line, Ivoclar Vivadent has special offers available to users through March 2015 during “Celebrating 10 Years of Tetric Evolution.”

A scientific report and casebook have also been published showcasing a number of Tetric EvoCeram success stories. Introduced as the successor product to Tetric Ceram, a medium- viscosity composite, Tetric Evo- Ceram is known for its demonstrated low failure rate in multiple 10-year studies. For more information, visit Ivoclarvivadent.com.

Scheduling Institute's 5X Dental Summit Draws 5,200

More than 5,200 dentists and their team members gathered October 23–25 at Atlanta's Philips Arena for the first-ever 5X Dental Summit Event hosted by the Scheduling Institute (SI). Dental teams came from afar—48 states and 5 countries were represented.

During the event more than 2,400 Instagram photos were posted under #5XSummit. In the weeks since the event the team at SI has been overwhelmed with positive feedback, the team reported. To learn more about SI and the 5X Dental Summit, visit Schedulinginstitute.com.


ADA Signs Agreement with The Motion Picture Licensing Corporation

The ADA has negotiated an agreement with the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation that gives ADA members the opportunity to obtain a reduced-rate license to exhibit movies and other audiovisual programs at their offices in a copyright compliant manner.

The license, known as an umbrella license, provides dentists the rights to show a wide array of movies, popular children's programs, educational documentaries, and other audiovisual content for entertainment purposes in their patient waiting rooms and exam rooms.

Movies can be shown from more than 650 Hollywood studios, independent, special interest, children-related and foreign producers. Once a license is secured, dental practices can rent or purchase movies and play them without the need for any further reporting.

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