Harold C. Slavkin, DDS, a tremendous contributor to dental education, dental research, and oral health promotion, passed away on December 22, 2023. A professor emeritus and dean emeritus at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry,…
Decisions in Dentistry’s Managing Editor Adam E. Saltz, DMD, MS, MPH, was recognized as an American Dental Association (ADA) “10 Under 10.” Established in 2017 by the ADA New Dentist Committee, the program spotlights exceptional…
The state of North Carolina recently expanded Medicaid and included dental benefits, enabling more than 500,000 North Carolinians to receive professional oral health services. Unfortunately, only about 45% of the state’s dentists accept…
From enhancing clinical documentation with AI-powered speech recognition to revolutionizing diagnostic image analysis, the benefits provided by AI and augmented intelligence are many.
Innovation in digital dental technology is growing exponentially, and its clinical applications in implant dentistry translate into what is called a “digital workflow.” The current applications of digital dental technology in full-arch…