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.
OralID Partners With Academy of Laser Dentistry to Raise Oral-Cancer Awareness This year, the Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD) and OralID are partnering to raise oral-cancer awareness and will offer free oral-cancer screenings for the public in February at the ALD annual meeting in Palm Springs, Calif. In addition to the free screenings, the ALD will focus on oral-cancer education during the annual meeting and throughout the rest of the year.

Three hours are reserved for oral-cancer education, which includes a course from an oral-cancer survivor, and a session educating members on the growing trends of HPV and oral cancer, titled "Sex, Drugs & Oral Cancer."

Join Endodontists from Around the World at AAE15 Registration is now open for AAE15, the annual meeting of the American Association of Endodontists, May 6-9 at the Washington State Convention Center, in Seattle. The AAE's annual meeting is a comprehensive endodontic education summit, vendor exhibition and networking opportunity. AAE15 offers more than 100 educational sessions in a variety of tracks including Future Directions on Nonsurgical Root Canal Treatment; Surgical Endodontics—What Lies Ahead; and Where Will Biology and Technology Take Endodontics? Attendees also can register for hands-on workshops featuring leading experts in microsuturing, cone-beam computed technology and resorption. To register, visit Aae.org/AAE15


Umbie DentalCare Integrates with Dental e-Prescribing Platform DoseSpot

DoseSpot, a Surescripts certified e-Prescribing platform for medical and dental software, recently announced that Umbie DentalCare, a provider of dental practice-management software, has completed Surescripts certification through DoseSpot integration.

Through this partnership with DoseSpot, Umbie customers are also equipped to send prescriptions electronically to more than 65,000 pharmacies and now have other added benefits.

Henry Schein Expands Practice Transition Service

Henry Schein recently announced the acquisition of ADS Florida, one of the largest dental- practice transition and brokerage companies serving Florida, and its parent company, Professional Transitions. The acquisition expands the geographic reach of Henry Schein's practice transitions offerings to dental practice owners looking to buy or sell their practice. Financial and other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Henry Schein representatives reported that they expect the transaction to be neutral to its 2015 earnings per share. Based in Naples, ADS Florida specializes in dental practice sales, appraisals and practice transitions including partnerships, fractional sales and associate buy-ins and buy-outs. ADS Florida will become part of Henry Schein Financial Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Henry Schein.


Benco Dental Partners with Charity

This year Benco Dental's charitable arm, Benco Family Foundation, will supply more than 100 dental kits filled with toothbrushes and toothpaste for the Brandon Forever Home's Operation Duffel Bag Effort each quarter. Operation Duffel Bag offers support to abandoned, abused and neglected children in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Benco Family Foundation's executive director Rebecca Binder says the company is glad to support children in the community and believes every child should have their own toothbrush.

AAPD Names New Assistant Director of Pediatric Oral Health Research & Policy Center

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) announced that Dr. Robin Wright, has been named assistant director of the AAPD Pediatric Oral Health Research & Policy Center. In this position, Wright will oversee research, analyze issues affecting children's health, author articles and technical briefs and support advocacy efforts at national and state levels.

Wright has worked extensively with the AAPD as an author and media consultant and wrote the pediatric dentistry supplement to the ADA's Dental Marketing Planning Guide.

Scion Dental Leverages New Technology for Accelerated Claims Processing Dental management company

 Scion Dental announced a new technology innovation to ensure dental payers can drive operational efficiencies by offering continuous, 24/7 processing of incoming claims and prompt review of authorizations to deliver faster reimbursement resolution as well as higher provider and member satisfaction.

Scion Dental's proprietary benefit management software, called the Enterprise System, takes traditional challenges related to delays in claims processing and authorization out of play with an integrated system architecture and customized packages of business rules that establish workflows to investigate questionable claims and delegate immediate review.
Ultradent Products Announces 2015 Seminar Dates

Ultradent Products has announced 2015 dates for several continuing-education seminars with the company's founder and president Dr. Dan E. Fischer. The engagements will also feature Ultradent's clinical hygienist, Carol Jent, who will present continuing education courses on dental hygiene to attending staff. Dr. Fischer's course, titled "Close to Home: What Expert Marriage Advice Can Teach Us about Creating Successful, Long-Lasting Dentistry," will give attending clinicians up to eight continuing education credits. For more information, visit Ultradent.com.



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