Dental Business: Page 525

FDA OKs hearing device that transmits sound via teeth

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sonitus Medical has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its SoundBite hearing system, a removable hearing prosthetic that transmits sound via the teeth.

January 26, 2011

DentalEZ updates corporate website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

DentalEZ Group has added several new features to its corporate website, the company announced.

January 26, 2011

Ind. community college to offer dental assisting program

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis will offer a program in dental assisting next year, according to a news story in the South Bend Tribune.

January 26, 2011

U.S. dental schools facing faculty crisis?

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Salary disparities and workload demands are prompting fewer U.S. dentists to commit to teaching careers, according to a study in the Journal of Dental Education. But there are a number of practical solutions, the authors contend.

January 26, 2011

1st class of midlevel providers nears graduation

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The first class of midlevel provider students is making its way through the new Master of Science in Oral Health Care Practitioner program at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, the school announced.

January 25, 2011

UNC considers Weintraub for dental school dean

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Jane Weintraub, DDS, MPH, a widely recognized dental health expert and researcher at the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry, will be recommended to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Board of Trustees as the next dean of the UNC School of Dentistry.

January 25, 2011

United Concordia improves customer online access

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

United Concordia Dental has revised its My Dental Benefits online member information website on UnitedConcordia.com to improve members' access to information and make it easier to navigate, the company announced.

January 25, 2011

How the reclining contour chair changed dentistry

By William T. Brown, DDS

With a little ingenuity and some good advice, John Naughton, a former Fuller Brush salesman from Iowa, altered the ergonomics of dentistry forever.

January 24, 2011

Study: Dentists floundering with Facebook

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A new U.S. study by Verasoni Ah Ha of how dentists use Facebook to promote their practice reveals that dentists, for the most part, are at a loss on Facebook.

January 24, 2011

$450K grant to aid NYU dental implant research

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) received a gift from Dentsply International of more than $450,000 to promote research in implant dentistry.

January 24, 2011

Does NC need a new dental school?

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A North Carolina newspaper and a nonprofit institute dedicated to improving higher education are questioning the need for a new dental school at East Carolina University.

January 23, 2011

Aflac launches voluntary dental insurance

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Aflac is offering a new voluntary dental insurance policy that offers multiple levels of coverage and benefits ranging from higher annual maximums to enhanced orthodontic coverage, the company announced.

January 23, 2011

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