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American Academy of Periodontology to Hold its 101st Annual Meeting in Orlando
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) will hold its 101st Annual Meeting from November 14-17, 2015, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando. Offering more than 25 hours of continuing education credits, the meeting provides more than 40 different courses relevant to periodontal care, including treatment technique advances, emerging technologies, scientific advancements, practice development and management, clinical applications, and more.
Attendees of the annual meeting can choose from a diverse selection of programming organized into eight program tracks that focus on various aspects of periodontics. In addition, the corporate forums will feature presentations from leading periodontal vendors, and the exhibit hall will feature more than 150 companies showcasing the latest industry products and services. To register for the 2015 meeting or for more information, visit Perio.org/meetings, or call (800) 282-4867, ext. 3213.
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ACE Dental Integrates with DoseSpot's Dental e-Prescribing Platform
DoseSpot, which provides an e-prescribing integration platform for medical, dental and telehealth software, announced that ACE Dental, a provider of dental-practice management software and patient communications, has successfully integrated the DoseSpot platform. ACE Dental chose DoseSpot Dental to meet its computer-generated prescribing (e-prescribing) needs and expand its product offering. This combination offers dentists the ability to route e-prescriptions to the patient's pharmacy of choice after automatically checking for any drug/drug and drug/allergy interactions. For more information on DoseSpot's software, visit DoseSpot.com/platforms.
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Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program Launches New Resources for Dental Professionals
The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program's new resources, designed to give dental professionals tips and insights to make the patient experience more enjoyable, may ultimately help dentists grow their practices. The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program has a long-standing commitment to partner with dental professionals.
Program members will benefit from monthly emails featuring exclusive insights on what patients want, fresh ideas and helpful tips on how to build stronger patient relationships, advice on how to communicate between visits, and stories from successful practices.
These new resources from the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program utilize research the company conducted in 2015 with more than 2,000 dental professionals and patients to learn more about what patients are looking for in a dental visit. Dental professionals can visit Wrigleyoralhealth.com to enroll in the program.
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The Digital Dental Record Offers HIPAA-
Compliant Secure Email
The Digital Dental Record, known for providing solutions that optimize the digital workflow of dental offices, now offers HIPAA-compliant, secure email from Hightail, an email platform that allows dental offices to send patient health information securely between providers, specialists and patients.
The unique partnership between the Digital Dental Record and Hightail provides dental professionals the opportunity to purchase an enterprise-level solution at a discounted rate compared to other products in the dental market. Hightail is capable of sending all patient information (i.e., forms, charts and large diagnostic images), and also comes equipped with custom branding, unlimited storage, e-signature capabilities, Outlook integration and the capacity to share any file up to 500GB in size.
For more information, call (800) 243-4675 or email info@dentalrecord.com to add secure email to your office.
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Flax Dental Offers Scholarships to Students Pursuing a Dentistry Career
Flax Dental, an Atlanta-based cosmetic and restorative dental practice is investing in the next generation through the Knowledge Matters Flax Dental Scholarship Program.
Flax Dental will award two scholarships in the amount of $500 each to students pursuing a dental assistant program or dental hygiene program. In addition, Flax Dental is also offering a $1,700 scholarship through the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) Apex scholarship program, which sends students to AACD's Annual Scientific Session to learn from the cosmetic dental world's educators.
Visit the Flax Dental scholarship page: Flaxdental.com/flax-dental-scholarship.
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