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Dutch dental chain accused of serial overbilling

ROSMALEN, Netherlands: Corporate dental chain Atlas Dental Care has been accused of systematically inflating patient invoices over a number of years, exposing what industry insiders describe as underlying vulnerabilities in corporate billing and insurance payments in oral healthcare. The allegations stem from an investigation by Dutch current affairs programme EenVandaag and are based on employee […]

Nobel Biocare announces inaugural winners of Medal of Excellence in Implant Dentistry

ZURICH, Switzerland: Global implant dentistry company Nobel Biocare has announced the first recipients of its newly established Medal of Excellence in Implant Dentistry, an award to celebrate individuals who have significantly advanced scientific innovation and humanitarian care in the field. The winners are Dr Holger Zipprich from Germany and Dr Rubén Rosenberg from Chile. They were each […]

How do dental professionals really feel about AI?

Henry Schein explores some of the findings of its Trusted Partner Report, which includes insight into dental professionals’ attitudes towards AI. Over the past year, AI has quickly been adopted by the wider public as the new normal – and it was only a matter of time before such technology made its way into the… 

Building surgical confidence and expanding clinical capability in implant dentistry

Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) introduces Modules 3 and 4 of its Postgraduate Diploma in Dental Implant Reconstructive Surgery. Following the strong diagnostic, planning and restorative foundations established in Modules 1 and 2, clinicians on the Postgraduate Diploma in Dental Implant Reconstructive Surgery at BSMS progress into the core surgical and reconstructive elements of… 

I met my younger self for coffee…

Emily Pittard catches up with her younger self to reflect on girlhood, turbulent school years, and inherited strength. I spot her straight away – grass-stained knees, hair doing its own thing, quietly humming to herself while drumming a rhythm on the table with two sugar sticks she’s decided are drumsticks. She’s 10, full throttle, and…