Dental Devices

Henry Schein to buy Brazil’s S.I.N. Implant System

Henry Schein has reached an agreement for the acquisition of Brazilian company S.I.N. Implant System from the Southern Cross Group…

3M Oral Care launches matrix system for restorative procedures

3M Oral Care, a 3M division, has launched the new 3M Filtek Matrix, a restorative product that makes the placement of composites more predictable…

India’s IISc develops nanobots to improve root canal treatments

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has announced that a group of researchers have developed nanobots that can help in…

Align introduces new integration feature for orthodontic treatment software

Align Technology has launched a new integration feature, Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), for its ClinCheck orthodontic digital treatment planning…

DentalMonitoring unveils new version of AI-powered dental scanner

DentalMonitoring has introduced ScanBoxpro, a new version of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered dental scanner. The new, portable offering is based…

Surge in acquisitions in 2021 drives dental devices market recovery

The Covid-19 pandemic saw certain markets, such as those for anaesthesia and respiratory devices, grow last year, while many other…

Orthocell receives 510k clearance for collagen medical device in US

Australian regenerative medicine company Orthocell has received US 510k clearance to market and supply its collagen medical device, Striate+, in…

Theragnostics and Summit Biomedical partner on cancer diagnostics

Worldwide, over 450,000 cases of oral cancer are diagnosed each year and, in many places, the incidence rate of oral…

Open wide: how 3D printing is reshaping dentistry

Dental implants are unusual in the field of medicine, in that everything installed in a patient’s mouth must be custom-made…

November’s top news stories

Researchers develop direct gene-circuit-to-electrode interface Researchers at the University of Toronto and Arizona State University have developed a direct gene-circuit-to-electrode…