CHICAGO -- December 22, 2014 – The Academy of Osseointegration (AO) expresses its sincere condolences and honors the life and legacy of Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark – the “Father of Modern Dental Implantology” and an Honorary Fellow of AO.

“Professor Brånemark was a giant, brilliantly scientific intellect, embodied in an equally large compassionate heart. His caring focus was always on the patient,” said Dr. Edward Sevetz, Jr., Past President, Academy of Osseointegration. “His breakthrough discovery of osseointegrated titanium benefits patients throughout the world, and will forever benefit mankind.”

“Professor Brånemark’s work genuinely transformed the dental landscape and the smiles of millions of people across the globe,” said AO President Dr. Joseph Gian-Grasso. “It is because of him that the Academy of Osseointegration exists, and today we honor his memory and monumental legacy. As an organization, we aspire to encompass his passion and to continue his lifelong work to enhance oral health globally.”

In May 1982, Professor Brånemark introduced osseointegration to North America at a conference in Toronto, Canada, sparking much interest and enthusiasm and creating ripples throughout the dental community. Proponents of the new science were determined to improve the success rate of implants.

After learning of this new technique, Dr. Charles Berman and Dr. Gerald Barrack formed the New York Osseointegration Study Group, a small conclave of friends with a shared passion to understand and share knowledge about this new science. This group evolved into AO, as it is known today.

Because of Professor Brånemark’s, and his predecessors’, ongoing commitment to research, technological advancements and proper training, dental implants are now highly predictable and commonplace with a success rate of about 95 percent.

“Today we mourn the loss of Professor Brånemark. At the same time we celebrate the honor of having known him and thank our good fortunes for the knowledge that he provided,” said Dr. Steven Eckert, editor of The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants.

About the Academy of Osseointegration

With 6,000 members in 70 countries around the world, the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) is recognized as the premier international association for professionals interested in implant dentistry. AO serves as a nexus where specialists and generalists can come together to evaluate emerging research, technology and techniques, share best practices, and coordinate optimal patient care using timely, evidence-based information. Follow AO on Facebook and Twitter. 

MELVILLE, NY – December 22, 2014 – Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, today announced its ongoing support for practice owners seeking to leverage the recently signed Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014. For more information on tax savings and incentive opportunities on equipment, technology and renovations that cost up to $500,000 before December 31, 2014, practice owners can contact Henry Schein Financial Services by emailing hsfs@henryschein.com or calling 800-853-9493.

Henry Schein Financial Services offers an array of business solutions for health care practitioners, including equipment leasing and financing, and patient and practice credit card services.

As part of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, Section 179 deduction limits have reduced the after-tax costs of acquiring depreciable business property in 2014 by accelerating the tax deductibility of all or part of the purchase price of qualifying purchases (equipment, technology and off-the-shelf software). The amount is scheduled to be reduced to $25,000 in 2015.

“Henry Schein Financial Services is focused on offering practitioners attractive financing costs,” said Keith Drayer, Vice President, Henry Schein Financial Services. “Practice owners may face higher financing costs next year with less favorable after-tax cost on equipment purchases, computers, software and furniture while struggling to balance technology costs. However, with favorable deferred payment options, an office can start generating revenue by purchasing and using new equipment now, paying for it next year and maximizing the after tax savings this year. Taking advantage of Section 179 now through the end of the year represents a financial opportunity for health care practices.”

About Henry Schein, Inc.

Henry Schein, Inc. is the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners. The Company also serves dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care sites. A Fortune 500® Company and a member of the NASDAQ 100® Index, Henry Schein employs more than 17,000 Team Schein Members and serves more than 800,000 customers.

The Company offers a comprehensive selection of products and services, including value-added solutions for operating efficient practices and delivering high-quality care. Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, with a selection of more than 96,000 branded products and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 110,000 additional products available as special-order items. The Company also offers its customers exclusive, innovative technology solutions, including practice management software and e-commerce solutions, as well as a broad range of financial services.

Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Henry Schein has operations or affiliates in 28 countries. The Company's sales reached a record $9.6 billion in 2013, and have grown at a compound annual rate of approximately 16 percent since Henry Schein became a public company in 1995. For more information, visit the Henry Schein website at www.henryschein.com. 

Lompoc, CA--December 8, 2014--According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes, with over 230,000 cases diagnosed per year. Although women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, men are also at risk with an estimated 2,360 new cases diagnosed among men in 2014 alone. Breast cancer affects people of all ages and gender, and although rates of incidence have been decreasing over the past decade due to increased awareness and early detection, there is still much to do to protect our future generations. For more information please visit the American Cancer Society website at www.cancer.org.

DenMat – manufacturer of PeriOptix Loupes and the Flashlite LED curing light--are well aware of these statistics and decided to contribute a portion of their October sales from this year’s Annual American Dental Association meeting in San Antonio, TX as well as a portion of sales from the special pink-themed loupes and curing lights released in October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. DenMat’s donation of $6,000 is being made to Lompoc Valley Medical Center in Lompoc, CA for the advancement of breast health, including a free mammogram program for low-income residents. DenMat is grateful as a company to be able to assist the community in the development of a cancer screening facility that will continue to spread awareness and prevent deaths from breast cancer.

DenMat knows that early detection is one of the most important factors in the fight against all types of cancer. We are proud to manage and supply VELscope Vx, the world-wide leader in discovering oral tissue abnormalities. Through this product, patients receive a less invasive and potentially life-saving service that continues to help reduce oral cancer death percentages all over the world. DenMat looks forward to continue supporting the fight against all types of cancer through our products by providing awareness and generating donations.

About PeriOptix

PeriOptix® offers high-quality and lightweight loupes and headlights at an unbeatable price. PeriOptix was the first to introduce numerous innovations including a unique modular frame system, and portable LED light source. PeriOptix is the exclusive carrier of the Adidas brand sports frame. Nobody beats the quality and value offered by PeriOptix.

About Flashlite

The Flashlite Magna® 4.0 features an LED engine that delivers optimal beam collimation, reducing divergence and maximizing curing power in deep preps. With single button simplicity, high-speed curing, a wide beam width, and ergonomic design, the Flashlite saves valuable chair time for clinician and patient. Nothing beats the Flashlite for curing efficiency & value.

About DenMat

Since 1974, DenMat has been a leader in high-quality dental products for dental professionals in more than 60 countries around the world. DenMat makes and assembles most of its products at its world headquarters on the Central Coast of California. DenMat offers three main product categories: Consumables, Small Equipment, and a full-service Dental Laboratory. DenMat’s consumables include the brands known and trusted: Geristore®, Core Paste®, Tenure®, Ultra-Bond®, Infinity®, Splash®, Precision®, Perfectemp®, Atridox® and LumiBrite®. DenMat’s small equipment includes a broad suite of products, including NV®, SL3®, and SOL® soft-tissue diode lasers, Rotadent® power toothbrush, PeriOptix® magnification loupes and lights, Flashlite® LED curing lights, and Velscope Vx® – the world’s top choice for oral lesion screening. DenMat is the home of the world’s #1 patient-requested thin veneer, Lumineers®. Now better than ever and backed by Thinnovation®: DenMat’s fresh multi-disciplinary approach to anterior esthetics using the latest generation of Lumineers. DenMat now crafts Lumineers by using advanced digital scanning, proprietary design software, 3-D printing – all hand-finished by skilled lab artisans in California. DenMat also features Snap-On Smile®, the ultimate provisional appliance. For more information, visit www.denmat.com or call 1-800-4DENMAT (1-800-433-6628).

Copenhagen, December 22, 2014 - 3Shape, a global leader in 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions is proud to announce that dental professionals can now access BioHorizons Tapered Family of implants in connection with 3Shape Implant Studio™.

Dentists, implantologists, and dental technicians access implant systems, like BioHorizons, when using Implant Studio™ software to assist in their implant planning.

“We are glad to add the BioHorizons implant family to the implant systems now available in connection with Implant Studio™,” says Flemming Thorup, CEO at 3Shape. “Providing easy-access to leading implant systems like BioHorizons is helping to make Implant Studio™ the industry’s most open and flexible solution for dental professionals.

The BioHorizons Tapered Family of implants is available from December 1st 2014. Users who wish to benefit from this opportunity should contact their 3Shape distributor for more information on how to access these libraries.

About BioHorizons 

BioHorizons, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC), is a leading dental implant and biologics company located in Birmingham, Alabama. The company has a broad product offering, including dental implants, surgical planning software and tissue regeneration solutions for the replacement of missing teeth. BioHorizons products are available in 85 markets around the world. For more information, visit biohorizons.com.

About 3Shape

3Shape is a Danish company specializing in the development and marketing of 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions designed for the creation, processing, analysis and management of high-quality 3D data for application in complex manufacturing processes. 3Shape envisions the age of “full digital dentistry,” and its 500 employees, including more than 200 developers provide superior innovation power toward reaching this goal. 3Shape’s flexible solutions empower dental professionals through automation of real workflows, and its systems are applied in thousands of labs in more than 100 countries worldwide, putting 3Shape technologies at the peak of the market in relation to units produced per day by dental technicians. With TRIOS®, 3Shape now brings its vast expertise and innovation power directly to dentists. 3Shape boosts its first-line distributor support network with a training and support force of over 50 in-house experts placed in 6 support and service centers strategically located around the globe. 3Shape is a privately-held company headquartered in Copenhagen, with the market’s largest team dedicated to scanner and software development for the dental segment based in Denmark and Ukraine, production facilities in Poland, and Business Development & Support Offices at several locations in Europe, North America, Latin America and in Asia. For further information regarding 3Shape, please refer to www.3shapedental.com. Visit us on www.facebook.com/3shape, or view our mobile site on m.3shapedental.com.

Anesthesia Progress—The oxygen-enriched environment of surgical procedures creates the risk of fire. As many as 600 operating room fires occur each year in the United States despite a decline in the use of flammable anesthetics. To ensure the safety of dental surgical procedures, a new study investigated the use of suction to prevent combustion.

A study in the journal Anesthesia Progress replicated potential surgical fire conditions with a mechanical model in an oxygen-enriched environment. The internal body cavities of chickens were used to simulate a patient’s oral cavity, and an electrosurgical unit was used as the ignition source. The study tested the hypothesis that high-volume dental suction might draw off enough oxygen to delay or inhibit the onset of combustion.

Ventilation of oxygen in patient oral cavities or evacuation by high-volume suction may help decrease the risk of fires. The current study conducted 41 trials to test its hypothesis; 20 employed suction, and the rest did not.

Among the trials, three types of combustion events were noted: an audible pop, a flash of light, and full ignition. All three conditions were observed in 11 of the 21 trials that did not include suction. In trials where suction was used, there was no ignition at all in 18 of 20 cases. In the two cases where ignition did occur, the fire was small. All three combustion types were more likely to occur in the no-suction environment.

While not common, surgical fires can have fatal results. Fire safety research has identified pooled, or trapped, oxygen around a patient’s tissue, under surgical drapes, and in the operating room environment. Equipment leaks and administration of supplemental oxygen, such as through a nasal cannula, increase the risk of fire. Lasers and electrocautery tools can provide sources of ignition. The head, neck, and upper torso are the areas most often affected by surgical fires.

Standard pediatric dental sedation techniques utilize this equipment and create the conditions just described.". Greater fire safety awareness and knowledge of prevention techniques can help establish a safer dental environment.

Surgical fires have been deemed completely preventable. The research in this article suggests that adequate removal of the source of oxidation from the surgical site may be key to eliminating fires.

Full text of “The Effect of Intraoral Suction on Oxygen-Enriched Surgical Environments: A Mechanism for Reducing the Risk of Surgical Fires,” Anesthesia Progress, Vol. 61, No. 4, 2014, is available at https://anesthesiaprogress.org/doi/full/10.2344/0003-3006-61.4.155

About Anesthesia Progress

Anesthesia Progress is the official publication of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA). The quarterly journal is dedicated to providing a better understanding of the advances being made in the science of pain and anxiety control in dentistry. The journal invites submissions of review articles, reports on clinical techniques, case reports, and conference summaries. To learn more about the ADSA, visit: https://www.adsahome.org/

 ATLANTA, Georgia – December 17, 2014 - LED Medical Diagnostics Inc. (“LED Medical” or “the Company”) is officially announcing the opening of its new training and support facility in Atlanta, Ga. which has been in use since October 15, 2014. LED Dental Inc. ("LED Dental"), a wholly-owned Canadian operating subsidiary of LED Medical, has completed a 20 person training room, which is equipped with Wi-Fi and wireless high resolution displays, for customers, installers and employees. The training facility includes a lead-lined laboratory for x-ray emission from intraoral and extraoral units and a fully-functional RAYSCAN Alpha - Expert dental imaging system, with 3D cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) as well as panoramic and cephalometric capabilities. A dedicated LAN for testing within various types of dental clinic networks, including commonly used operating systems and practice management software, is also available. Onsite technical support staff members manage a twelve-hour, five-day-a-week call center. In addition, the training facility includes conference and board rooms for meetings with current and potential customers.

“We are immensely proud of our state-of-the-art training facility and support center” stated Dr. David Gane, CEO, LED Medical. “The new facility will be very influential in building stronger relationships between LED Dental and its partners and customers and is symbolic of the outstanding service and the quality of the dental imaging technology products that we offer.”

PITTSTON, PA — December 16, 2014 — Job creators, from mom-and-pop shops to larger enterprises, earned praise at the PA Best Places to Work Awards Program for a diverse and vibrant economy they create in Pennsylvania.

Over the past 84 years, Benco Dental has operated as both. Founded in 1930 by Benjamin Cohen, the largest privately-owned dental distribution company in the United States company grew from one single downtown location to today’s national network of more than 65 regional locations, five distribution centers, and two design showrooms.

The family-owned company headquartered in Pittston, Pennsylvania, offers countless employment perks, which help warrant its status as the #15 Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania among large-sized companies (more than 251 U.S. employees).

Associates at Benco receive recognition every five years for their continued dedication to the company. They benefit from a reward system, which allows those with exceptional performance to redeem BluChips® for gift cards from a variety of vendors. The company enables employees to purchase convenience services onsite, such as oil changes for their automobiles, even postage stamps. An emergency fund for hardship is established with donations from company-wide events.

“Superior companies are the foundation to the economic success of our commonwealth and the key to any superior company is a talented workforce,” said Laura H. Williams, President & CEO, Team Pennsylvania Foundation, December 4 during the PA Best Places to Work Awards Program at the Lancaster County Convention Center, where Benco was recognized among more than 1,000 attendees.

“This is our third best showing over the years and 11th time in 12 years that Benco has received such recognition. Benco is one of only a few PA companies who have consistently made the ‘List’,” said George Rable, Vice President Culture & People at Benco Dental.

Benco has its own “List” of incentives which contribute to employee satisfaction: Aprofit-sharing program that increases with each employee idea put into action; annual horseshoe and basketball tournaments and associate appreciation events; onsite access to a fitness center, quarterly massages and wellness programs such as mobile mammograms, cholesterol screenings and self-defense training.

“Thank you to all associates who took the time to complete a Best Places To Work survey. It is this feedback that helps make Benco a great place to work,” said Rable.

He references one portion of the Best Places to Work assessment process, the Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Survey which consists of approximately 78 statements that employees respond to on a five-point agreement scale. The survey also includes two open-ended questions and seven demographic questions. Results are analyzed according to eight Core Focus Areas: Leadership and Planning, Corporate Culture and Communications, Role Satisfaction, Work Environment, Relationship with Supervisor, Training, Development and Resources, Pay and Benefits and Overall Engagement.

The Best Places to Work in PA includes two groups of companies: 72 small/medium-sized firms with 25-250 employees and 28 large-sized companies with 251 employees or more. To view the list in its entirety, visit: https://teampa.com/2014/12/companies-honored-at-best-places-to-work-in-pa-event/

About Benco Dental


Benco Dental, headquartered in Northeastern Pennsylvania, is the largest privately-owned dental distribution company in the United States, offering a full array of supplies, equipment and services to dentists across the nation. Founded in 1930 by Benjamin Cohen, the company has remained family-owned and focused on its unique mission to ‘deliver success, smile after smile.’ Over the past decade, Benco has been the nation’s fastest growing dental distributor, now servicing more than 35,000 dentists and dental laboratories. 

Within the past 84 years, the company has grown from a single downtown location to a national network of more than 65 regional locations, five distribution centers, and two design showrooms. Those design showrooms, one at the company’s PA headquarters and one in Southern California, feature North America’s largest selection of dental equipment and technology, as well as a hands-on dental design experience, to assist dentists in the planning and construction of a new office.

In addition to offering the market’s broadest choice of equipment and supplies, Benco features a suite of innovative material management tools like Painless®, its industry-leading on-line inventory management system, and BluChips®, dentistry’s original and most rewarding frequent buyer club. Through alliances with selected Success Partners, Benco also offers practice coaching, continuing education, equipment financing, and wealth management services. 

Benco, which has been named one of Pennsylvania’s ‘Best Places to Work’ for 11 of the past 12 years, is proud to boast a highly skilled team of more than 400 professionally trained sales representatives and over 300 factory-trained service technicians.

For more information, visit benco.com or call 1.800.GO.BENCO.

About Best Places to Work in PA

Since 2000, Best Places to Work in PA has been a celebration of jobs and the employers who provide them. It’s a program made possible by a joint public/private effort of Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED), the Pennsylvania State Council of SHRM and the Central Penn Business Journal. In order to participate in the program, organizations must be publicly or privately held, either for-profit or not-for-profit. To be eligible, a company must also: have a facility in Pennsylvania; have at least 25 employees in Pennsylvania and be in business a minimum of one year.

For more information, visit www.bestplacestoworkinpa.com

As the impact of Convergent Dental's Solea CO2 laser continues to expand in the dental market, the greater scientific community is taking notice. Popular Science named Solea a “Best of What’s New” product for 2014.

The Solea CO2 laser is the first CO2 laser system cleared by the FDA for hard and soft tissue in dentistry. Convergent Dental Inc. is a privately held dental device and technology company led by CEO Michael Cataldo.

According to Convergent Dental, 95% of Solea users perform procedures on hard and soft tissue with no anesthesia. A similar percentage report soft tissue procedures are done with virtually no bleeding. Blood-free and anesthesia-free procedures represent a major leap forward in dentistry as practitioners are able to execute multi-quadrant dentistry, fillings on the fly, and soft tissue procedures in a single appointment. Patients can receive care in a fraction of the time and discomfort they were accustomed to from traditional drills.

“Winners of Popular Science’s Best of What’s New Award tend to change what the future will look like. This year’s 100 honorees are no different: they are all revolutionary in their respective fields,” said Popular Science Editor-in-Chief Cliff Ransom.

Like many companies, Convergent hopes their product will open up new patient bases for practitioners. Recent Gallup Well-Being research found that more than one-third (35.3%) of Americans had not visited the dentist in the past 12 months. A major contributor to this oral health care epidemic is patients’ dread of the dentist. By providing pain-free or pain-reduced dentistry, Solea and similar advances could change the way people view going to the dentist.

Solea's unique 9.3 µm wavelength laser and innovative application of computer controls enable it to replace the drill as the primary tool for hard and soft tissue surgeries. The Solea laser is quiet and virtually sensationless.

“We are thrilled to be honored by Popular Science’s editors as one of the world’s most innovative products,” said Cataldo. “Convergent Dental’s CO2 dental laser Solea is changing what it means to go to the dentist by providing a technology that delivers fast, virtually painless, noiseless, anesthesia-free procedures that alleviate patients’ fears and encourage them to receive proper oral care to stay healthy and happy.”

Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in 12 categories: aerospace, automotive, engineering, entertainment, gadgets, green, hardware, health, home, recreation, security, and software.

Convergent Dental offers a list of Solea dentist on their “Find a Dentist” page: https://www.convergentdental.com/find-a-dentist/.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Dental Education Association (ADEA)’s ADEAGies Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement. The Gies Awards, named after dental education pioneer William J. Gies, Ph.D., debuted in 2008 and honor individuals and organizations that exemplify the highest standards in oral health and dental education, research and leadership.

For more than 10 years as the philanthropic arm of ADEA, the ADEAGies Foundation has enhanced the oral health of the public through programs that support the development of individuals and innovative practices in the dental professions. The Gies Awards will be presented on March 9, 2015, in conjunction with the 2015 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in Boston, MA. The Procter & Gamble Company is the premier sponsor of the awards.

The honorees were selected by a distinguished panel of judges consisting of the ADEAGies Foundation Board of Trustees. The 2015 Gies Award recipients are (in alphabetical order):

Carol A. Aschenbrener, M.D., Chief Medical Education Officer (2011–14), Association of American Medical Colleges

Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Public or Private Partner

Walter C. Guralnick, D.M.D., Professor Emeritus of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Gies Award for Outstanding Innovation by a Dental Educator

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) Program, Drexel University College of Medicine

Gies Award for Outstanding Vision by a Public or Private Partner

Stuart M. Hirsch, D.D.S., Vice Dean for Development, New York University College of Dentistry

Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Dental Educator

Peter J. Polverini, D.D.S., D.M.Sc., Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Gies Award for Outstanding Vision by a Dental Educator

Eduardo D. Rodriguez, M.D., D.D.S., Chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Director of the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center

Gies Award for Outstanding Innovation by a Dental Educator

Jeanne Craig Sinkford, D.D.S., Ph.D., Senior Scholar in Residence, American Dental Education Association

Gies Award for Outstanding Vision by a Dental Educator

Tufts Dental Facilities Serving Individuals with Disabilities

Gies Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Academic Dental Institution

University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry

Gies Award for Outstanding Innovation by an Academic Dental Institution

“The Gies Awards are our chance to honor the women and men who have dedicated their careers to educating students, and to celebrate our partners working to create a new health care norm where oral health is inextricably linked to overall health,” says Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H., President of the ADEAGies Foundation and President and CEO of ADEA. “The dental health professions are forever changed by the work and commitment of the 2015 award recipients, and we are so pleased to recognize them in Dr. Gies’ name.”

Tickets for the celebration can be purchased online at adea.org/2015 when registering for the 2015 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition. For information on table sponsorship, contact Trish Smith at tsmith@wearecoulter.com 703-506-3272.

About The William J. Gies Foundation: 

The William J. Gies (pronounced guys) Foundation was established in 1950 by colleagues and admirers of Dr. Gies with seed funds raised by the American College of Dentists. It was a private foundation and the first U.S. foundation to support dental education and scholarship. In 2002, The William J. Gies Foundation joined with the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) to form ADEAGies Foundation, a public foundation.

About William J. Gies and the Gies Report: 

William Gies was a Columbia University biochemistry professor and founder of the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University where he was interested in dental education, science and clinical applications. In 1926, as part of a series of studies on U.S. professional education, funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Dr. Gies published a landmark report that established the importance of dentistry as a healing science and an essential component of higher education in the health professions. The Gies Report, Dental Education in the United States and Canada, which took five years to research and write, consists of 250 pages of text and more than 400 pages of appendices, including lengthy descriptions and evaluations of the existing dental schools, each of which Dr. Gies visited. Since the Gies Report, there have been many other reports on dental education in the context of health professions education. However, Dental Education in the United States and Canada remains to this day the most relevant survey of dental education and critical issues within the field.

About ADEA:

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is The Voice of Dental Education. Its members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools and many allied and advanced dental education programs, corporations, deans, program directors, administrators, faculty, and students, residents and fellows. The mission of ADEA is to lead individuals and institutions of the dental education community to address contemporary issues influencing education, research and the delivery of oral health care for the improvement of the health of the public. ADEA’s activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty development, meetings and communications like the esteemed Journal of Dental Education, as well as the dental school admissions services ADEA AADSAS, ADEA PASS, ADEA DHCAS and ADEA CAAPID. For more information about ADEA, visit adea.org.

HAUPPAUGE, NY-- December 15, 2014 -- Mydent International has recently released their new 2015 DEFEND catalog. Now and throughout the upcoming year, Mydent will introduce new products including Sensitive Dual Fit Ear-Loop Face Mask, Disposable Aseptic Bib Holders, Cotton Roll Substitute, 20% Benzocaine Anesthetic Gels, Fitted Digital Sensor Sleeves, Dappen Dishes and more.

From award-winning sterilization products, impression materials, prophy paste, wipes and lab coats, to disposables and more, Mydent International manufactures more than 300 items used by dental professionals.

To view the 2015 DEFEND catalog visit www.defend.com/catalog or contact Mydent to receive a printed version.

Mydent International is dedicated to fully maintaining its brand promise: "To provide the healthcare professional with the highest quality infection control products, disposables, preventatives and impression materials at affordable prices, supported by superior service and 100% Customer Satisfaction." DEFEND. Works Better. Lasts Longer. Costs Less. For more information on Mydent International and the DEFEND brand of products, call 800-275-0020, or visit www.defend.com.