Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, today announced that it launched Henry Schein Custom Branding (HSCB). The new business will be powered by Wild Marketing Group (WMG), a promotional products and branding company with nearly 30 years of experience.

Henry Schein Custom Branding will combine the assets and expertise of two leading industry innovators to deliver customized merchandise for health care providers that features the practice name, logo or message. These products can then be used to maximize brand awareness, patient retention, and new patient acquisition. HSCB will create an easy-to-use online platform, making it seamless to order custom branded merchandise and custom print solutions for health care providers that is unmatched in the industry.

“We are delighted to deliver new opportunities through HSCB for practitioners to more effectively and creatively engage with their patients,” said Mark Hillebrandt, Chief Marketing Officer, Global Dental Group. “Through Henry Schein Custom Branding, we can help make it easy for practitioners to select and adopt a variety of branded promotional products and print communication solutions that can enhance their practices’ marketability.”

HSCB will offer a wide variety of products and services that will help dental practices engage their patients, enabling interactions with their brand in a variety of ways. Curated products will include uniforms and apparel, promotional products (drinkware, writing instruments, magnets, lip balm, hand sanitizer, reusable face coverings) and signage, appointment reminder cards and other printed items.

HSCB products are available online at Shop.HenryScheinCustomBranding.com. Through this platform, Henry Schein customers will be able to search for and customize promotional products for their individual practices, and have them shipped directly to their business.

WMG is owned by Tim Sullivan and Jim Budzinski, and is based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The company has global sourcing capabilities, works directly with factories to develop custom items with offices in Shanghai and team members located throughout Asia, and has a customer service team that specializes in custom and personalized orders.

The platform is now live for Henry Schein customers in the U.S., and other regions will be added in 2021. For more information about HSCB’s capabilities and product offerings, visit www.henryscheincustombranding.com.

About Henry Schein, Inc.

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) is a solutions company for health care professionals powered by a network of people and technology. With more than 19,000 Team Schein Membersworldwide, the Company's network of trusted advisors provides more than 1 million customers globally with more than 300 valued solutions that improve operational success and clinical outcomes. Our Business, Clinical, Technology, and Supply Chain solutions help office-based dental and medicalpractitioners work more efficiently so they can provide quality care more effectively. These solutions also support dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, as well as other alternate care sites.

Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, with a selection of more than 120,000 branded products and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 180,000 additional products available as special-order items.

A FORTUNE 500 Company and a member of the S&P 500® index, Henry Schein is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has operations or affiliates in 31 countries. The Company's sales from continuing operations reached $10.0 billion in 2019, and have grown at a compound annual rate of approximately 13 percent since Henry Schein became a public company in 1995. For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com, Facebook.com/HenrySchein, and @HenrySchein on Twitter.

The Harvey Prize, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s most prestigious award, will this year be awarded to Distinguished Professor Joseph DeSimone of Stanford University in the Science and Technology category and to Professor Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Human Health category.

The Harvey Prize—established in 1971 by Leo Harvey (1887-1973)—is awarded at the Technion each year for outstanding achievements in science and technology, human health, and significant contributions to humanity. Over the years, the $75,000 prize has become a predictor of the Nobel Prize, and more than 30% of Harvey laureates since 1986 were ultimately awarded the Nobel. Three of them—Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier, Professor Jennifer Doudna, and Professor Reinhard Genzel—are to receive the 2020 Nobel Prize this month.

Professor Joseph DeSimone is being awarded for his contributions to materials science, chemistry, polymer science and technology, nano medicine, and 3D printing. His achievements are a model for combining basic scientific discoveries with developments of industrial technologies that have a significant influence on mankind. His pioneering scientific breakthroughs include the use of supercritical carbon dioxide to produce fluoropolymers, a new process for precise fabrication of nanoparticles (PRINT) widely used in medical applications.

He has published more than 350 articles in leading scientific journals and is a named inventor on more than 200 issued patents. In the 1990s, he and his students developed an environmentally friendly technology for manufacturing polymers. This “green” synthesis process, commercialized by DuPont, makes the use of hazardous solvents for the synthesis of fluoropolymer materials unnecessary. His research team also developed CO₂ adsorbents to enable “green” cleaning processes.

Another technology developed by his team is PRINT (particle replication in non-wetting templates)—the only method that enables large-scale production of uniform nanoparticles for medical applications, with precise control over particle parameters such as size, shape, and composition. Using PRINT, the biotechnology company Liquidia Technologies was established. It engages in precision medicine for treating pulmonary disease and pain relief and has numerous products in clinical trials.

Prof. DeSimone and his team also developed a technology called CLIP (continuous liquid interface production) that replaces the slow, traditional layer-by-layer 3D printing method. CLIP enables parts to continuously “grow” from a pool of liquid resin, significantly accelerating manufacturing speed and delivering production-grade parts, including those with complex geometries.

Until recently, Prof. DeSimone (b. 1964) was a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This year, he joined Stanford University and is the Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine, and a faculty member in the Departments of Radiology and Chemical Engineering, with a courtesy appointment at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Prof. DeSimone is one of only 25 people to be elected to all three branches of the USA National Academies: The National Academy of Sciences, the Institution of Medicine, and the National Academy of Engineering. He has received numerous awards, including the Lemelson-MIT Prize, the US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, and the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award. In 2016, he was recognized by President Barack Obama and received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation—the highest honor in the US for achievement and leadership in the advancement of technological progress.

Elevate Oral Care announces the launch of a convenient 3-bottle kit of their breakthrough therapy Advantage Arrest® Silver Diamine Fluoride 38% (SDF). Each kit contains a total of 9 mL’s of liquid in 3 – 3 mL bottles. This new option allows offices to economically stock each treatment room, enhancing asepsis, saving time and enhancing patient outcomes by making this new treatment/prevention tool available when needed. This is especially useful with the new CDT D1355 primary prevention code available on January 1, 2021. Direct comparison studies have shown that one application of SDF is more effective than 2-4 applications of other topical fluorides, including fluoride varnish (1). Each drop of Advantage Arrest can treat up to five sites, at just half the cost of fluoride varnishes. Learn more at elevateoralcare.com or by calling 877-866-9113.

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Orofacial Therapeutics, LP announced that the company has been named a Top 10 Pain Solution Provider by MedTech Outlook, a magazine for the medical industry that focuses on new ways of tackling healthcare challenges. Orofacial Therapeutics was selected for addressing facial pain in a manner that is low cost, scalable, and establishes a new model for delivering standardized care for acute musculoskeletal pain conditions of the head and/or neck.

The most common cause of facial pain is a group of conditions called temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders (TMJDs). TMJDs are the second most commonly occurring musculoskeletal conditions resulting in pain and disability (after chronic low back pain), affecting approximately 5 to 12% of the population, with an annual cost estimated at $4 billion. Dentists have reported increases in the prevalence of TMJ symptoms, bruxism, and chipped and cracked teeth among their patients since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

"With so many people suffering headaches, neck pain, bruxism, jaw pain, and TMJ flare-ups during these stressful times, it is gratifying to be able to help people get out of pain and get them on a path to healing quickly and affordably," said Ann McCulloch, president of Orofacial Therapeutics.

The company's Speed2Treat® Head, Neck & Jaw Pain Home Healing Kit, is designed for common conditions such as TMJD flare-ups, clenching, headaches, neck strain, jaw sprain/strain, whiplash, or concussion. The product's focus is on reducing pain and disability with self-care measures. The goal is to reduce inflammation, provide rapid – narcotic-free – pain relief, and help prevent the injury from progressing to a chronic condition. The Healing Kit can be implemented by dentists, physicians, physical therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, and other care providers, at the point of care or via telehealth, making it an ideal solution for addressing patient needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The provider either orders the kit for the patient, or instructs the patient to order the kit, and it is shipped promptly.

About Orofacial Therapeutics, LP

Orofacial Therapeutics, LP is dedicated to supporting the clinicians who treat orofacial pain and those who suffer from facial, head, neck, and jaw pain. The company was founded by Brad Eli, DMD, MS and Ann McCulloch, MBA. James Fricton, DDS, MS, and James Elliott, PT, PhD, FAPTA are company partners and contribute to product development. For more information visit QuickSplint.com, Speed2Treat.com, FaceMyPain.com or phone Orofacial Therapeutics at 800-760-0526.  

The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation announced that it will donate an additional $300,000 to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help communities impacted by COVID-19 as some businesses scale back or shut down again due to an increase in cases of the virus. This support will enable the Food Bank to provide enough food for an additional 1.2 million meals. This announcement fell on Giving Tuesday, a global generosity movement that encourages people and organizations to do good, which has deeper resonance amid the challenges presented by COVID-19.

"We are now providing food to 900,000 people each month in our community and we can only do it through the generous support of companies like Delta Dental," said Michael Flood, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. "The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation stepped up early in the pandemic to provide funding for our hunger relief efforts, and now with cases rising, they have committed more support during the holiday season as we are anticipating the need for food assistance to increase."

"As a result of the pandemic, food insecurity rates and reliance on food banks are skyrocketing like never before," said Kenzie Ferguson, vice president for foundation and corporate social responsibility for Delta Dental of California and its affiliates. "Fighting food insecurity is not only the right thing to do for our communities during these trying times, but it also aligns with our mission to promote oral health."

Dental caries, or the disease that causes tooth decay, has been linked to food insecurity – a disruption in food intake or eating patterns due to a lack of resources – in numerous studies. Delta Dental of California and its affiliates, through the Foundation, employee support and corporate giving, have strengthened food banks across its enterprise states for years. As the economic crisis caused by the pandemic continues, it became clear it was time to increase that support exponentially.

LA County faces food insecurity more than any other county in the nation. It is thanks to our donors like Delta Dental, that the Food Bank can provide undisturbed distribution of healthy food to more than 900,000 people monthly during this pandemic.

About the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation

The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation partners with local communities to increase access to care, support dental education and fund research that advances the oral health field. Since 2011, the Foundation has awarded more than $60 million across 15 states and the District of Columbia. The Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Delta Dental of California and its affiliated companies, including Delta Dental Insurance Company, Delta Dental of Pennsylvania and Delta Dental of New York, Inc.

About Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has been mobilizing resources to fight hunger in Los Angeles County since 1973. To support the Food Bank's vision that no one goes hungry in Los Angeles County, food and grocery products are distributed through a network of 700 partner agencies and directly to families, seniors and children through direct distribution programs. The Food Bank has distributed more than 1.5 billion pounds of food, the equivalent of 1.2 billion meals since 1973. In response to the Coronavirus crisis, the Food Bank has more than doubled food distribution, and now reaches more than 900,000 people every month. The Food Bank is a 4-star rated charity by Charity Navigator. For more information, visit LAFoodBank.org. 

DreamGuard™ represents revolutionary, digital printing production ensuring high-quality, precision splints and nightguards. Clinicians can send traditional PVS or digital impressions. DreamGuard benefits include: rigid outside/soft inside offering flexibility for patient comfort, transparent, stain resistant, high impact resistance, less likely to break or fracture and 3-year guarantee. Digital storage eliminates reworks or patient visit for replacement. Contact Assured Dental Lab 877.283.5351 – assureddentallab.com.

Today the ADEAGies Foundation ® announced recipients of the 2021 William J. Gies Awards (the Gies Awards) for Vision, Innovation and Achievement. The Gies Awards, named after William J. Gies, Ph.D., honor individuals and organizations that exemplify the highest standards in oral health and dental education, research and leadership.

“Through their extraordinary contributions, our Gies Awardees are moving the needle forward in dental education and oral health” says Marsha Pyle, D.D.S., M.Ed., President of the ADEAGies Foundation. “The Gies Awards honor future-ready initiatives that advance dental education and elevate the dental profession.”

The eight honorees were chosen by a distinguished panel of industry experts, including the ADEAGies Foundation ® Board of Trustees.

The 2021 Gies Awards recipients are ( in alphabetical order ):

Mert Aksu, D.D.S., J.D., MHSA

Gies Award for Vision – Dental Educator

California Dental Association

Gies Award for Achievement – Public or Private Partner

M. Franklin Dolwick, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Gies Award for Innovation – Dental Educator

University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry

Gies Award for Achievement – Academic Dental Institution

Paul Gates, D.D.S., M.B.A.

Gies Award for Achievement – Dental Educator

Irvin Silverstein, D.D.S., M.Sc. Ed.

Gies Award for Achievement – Dental Educator

Texas A&M College of Dentistry

Gies Award for Vision – Academic Dental Institution

Mary Williard, D.D.S.

Gies Award for Achievement – Dental Educator

The 2021 Gies Awards will be presented on March 12, 2021, in tandem with the 2021 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition (virtual).

About the ADEAGies Foundation: As the only philanthropy dedicated solely to dental education, the ADEAGies Foundation’s mission is to enhance the oral health of the public by funding programs that support innovations in dental education, research, leadership and recognition. To achieve its mission, the Foundation awards grants (over $1.8 million to date) and holds The William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement each year. Building on these successes, the ADEAGies Foundation has committed to increase funding for innovations within academic dentistry, and to ensure that those ideas are disseminated throughout the profession to reach their full potential for change. The Foundation’s funding will support leadership programs and transformational advances throughout dental education to improve oral and systemic health.

About William J. Gies, Ph.D. and the Gies Report: William J. Gies was a Columbia University biochemistry professor and founder of the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University. In 1926, 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 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. Our mission is to lead and support the health professions community in preparing future-ready oral health professionals. Our members include all 78 U.S. and Canadian dental schools, more than 800 allied and advanced dental education programs, more than 50 corporations and approximately 18,000 individuals. Our activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty development, meetings and communications, including the esteemed Journal of Dental Education ®, as well as the dental school application services ADEA AADSAS ®, ADEA PASS ®, ADEA DHCAS ® and ADEA CAAPID ®. For more information, visit adea.org.

What if two components were all you needed to cover virtually every self-adhesive and adhesive dual-cure resin cement indication as well as all direct adhesive cases? This wish comes true with the launch of 3M™ RelyX™ Universal Resin Cement and 3M™ Scotchbond™ Universal Plus Adhesive in December 2020.

When used alone, RelyX Universal Resin Cement works as a self-adhesive resin cement with outstanding bond strength reliably solving routine cases with maximized efficiency. Scotchbond Universal Plus Adhesive is the first radiopaque, all-in-one universal adhesive. It serves as a universal primer for all materials including glass ceramics and further boosts bond strength of RelyX Universal Resin Cement for demanding adhesive resin cement cases. As a fully aligned system, the adhesive is initiated and cured by RelyX Universal Resin Cement thus saving the light-cure step.

These features reduce procedure steps and the number of required components to two, eliminating the hassle and confusion associated with the use of different resin cements, adhesives and primers, reducing stock and saving time, space and money.

The new universal resin cement comes in a game-changing 3M™ RelyX™ Universal Automix Syringe. Due to its proprietary self-sealing design, it can be cleaned easily and stored without the used Micro Mixing Tip for better hygiene. Being smaller than currently available standard automix systems, the ergonomic syringe delivers the usual number of applications with half the plastic waste. The unique mixing tip design is responsible for an 80 percent reduction of cement waste per application compared to the standard mixing tips.

“At 3M, we recognize the importance of simplifying procedures to help dentists cut down on steps and eliminating some of the challenges that can arise on a daily basis,” said Eric Wenzel, USAC Area Leader, 3M Oral Care Solutions Division. “The new two component

system with RelyX Universal Resin Cement and Scotchbond Universal Plus Adhesive streamlines direct and indirect restorative workflows – increasing efficiency and adding more time back into the day.”

Other benefits of RelyX Universal Resin Cement are related to the development of a unique initiator system and new filler architecture. Thanks to the new initiator system, excess outflow can be easily removed after tack curing. Moreover, it ensures that a high bond strength is developed independent of the selected curing mode (self-cure or lightcure). The new fillers offer a radiopacity higher than that of enamel, which facilitates identification of the cement layer and possible excess material on X-rays. More information about the true two-component resin cement system is available at 3M.com/Dental.

About 3M Oral Care

3M Oral Care promotes lifelong oral wellness through inventive solutions that help oral care professionals achieve greater clinical, professional and personal success. Learn more at 3M.com/Dental. 3M, RelyX and Scotchbond are trademarks of 3M or 3M Deutschland GmbH. Used under license in Canada. © 3M 2020. All rights reserved.

About 3M

At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily. With $33 billion in sales, our 93,000 employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews.

AMD Lasers, Inc. (AMD) announces the release of the Monet™ Laser Curing Light, the world’s first handheld laser dental curing light, for faster and reliable dental curing.

Light curing is an essential procedure in daily dental practice. LED curing lights have been widely adopted into the dental practices since their introduction in 2001. However, LED curing lights have certain limitations, chief among them being an uncollimated light beam where light intensity decreases dramatically from the emitting orifice, leading to inefficient, inaccurate curing, and heat as well as other issues.

AMD Lasers has been leading the development of diode laser systems in dentistry for over a decade. Leading the way has been the Picasso™ diode lasers which are widely used for daily dental procedures. Building on diode laser technology and innovations in laser modules, optics, mechanics, and electronics, the Monet Laser Curing Light features 1) Curing 8mm depth of composite in 3 second; 2) 360˚ rotatable head; 3) Coherent collimated beam with a consistent diameter of 12mm; 4) Beam intensity does not decrease with distance; 5) A variety of aperture attachments for light intensity attenuation and different beam size in 2, 4, 6 mm for different applications; 6) Handheld and cordless operation; 7) Easy battery attachment for uninterrupted operations; and 8) Convenient charging station with a light intensity meter.

“We invented the first commercial LED curing light 20 years ago which have benefited dentistry greatly. We have considered all the key requirements for a curing light and implemented the requirements in the development. The Monet laser curing light resolves critical issues that have existed in LED curing lights. It is a revolutionary change for dental curing.” said, Dr. Densen Cao, PhD, President of AMD. “The Monet Laser Curing Light will make dental curing easier, faster, and better by providing fast and reliable curing.”

Detailed features of the Monet laser curing light can be found at www.amdlasers.com.

Monet laser curing light has received FDA 510K clearance. AMD is now taking pre-orders. Visit www.amdlasers.com or call +1-866-999-2635.

About AMD Lasers, Inc.

The AMD Lasers, Inc. (AMD), a subsidiary of the CAO Group, Inc., is a world leading company in diode laser technology in dentistry. Innovations of AMD has contributed to widely use of diode lasers in daily dental procedures. For more details, visit www.amdlasers.com.

Dental Whale®, the nation’s leading provider of dental solutions and education, today announced the appointment of its new leader, Joe Cavaretta. He succeeds David Lopez, founder of Dental Whale, who will now serve as vision leader and chairman of the board.

“Dental Whale was founded to reimagine the dental industry by creating breakthroughs in dental practice management through insight and innovation,” said Dental Whale Founder David Lopez. “Joe is an exceptional leader that knows how to build a team and get things done. He is also not afraid to challenge the status quo in the industry.”

With more than two decades of dental industry experience, Cavaretta left his position as Vice President of Sales for the U.S. dental business at Henry Schein to join the Dental Whale team. While there, Cavaretta was responsible for the generation of over $2 billion in annual sales and led more than 2,000 team members. He made the leap from the industry giant to help Dental Whale reimagine the dental industry.

“It has been an honor serving Dental Whale for almost two years under David’s leadership,” said Dental Whale Leader Joe Cavaretta. “I look forward to continuing to serve the dental industry with customer-centric solutions that truly empower independent dentists and DSOs. We’re on a mission to make this industry more efficient while providing the solutions our clients actually need.”

In his new role, Cavaretta will help to further expose Dental Whale’s unique offerings to independent dentists and DSOs while continuing to pioneer new ways of doing things.

For the past two years, Dental Whale has been the go-to provider of choice for private practices and DSOs seeking practice management solutions and education to optimize their business. Whether one needs marketing services, insurance claim processing, equipment repair, or even to earn CE credits, Dental Whale is the nation’s leader in innovative solutions.

About Dental Whale®

Dental Whale® is the nation’s leading provider of dental solutions and education. With offices in Texas and Florida, Dental Whale has a suite of solutions that support the success of private practices and DSOs delivered through their proprietary platform called ORCA. At the end of 2019, Dental Whale supported more than 18,000 dentists and helped serve more than 4 million patients. For more information on Dental Whale, call 855-339-3740 or visit https://www.dentalwhale.com.