Cellerant Consulting Group announced the 2023 Cellerant Best of Class Hygiene Award winners. “These innovative companies have earned the right to celebrate for their stand-out technologies that continue to elevate the standard of care in dental hygiene,” said Dr. Lou Shuman DMD CAGS, CEO of Cellerant Consulting Group and creator of the Best of Class Hygiene awards program. “Our panel of experts spent many hours in close discussion identifying these standout products. This year's list of winners is proof of the extraordinary innovation taking place in the hygiene space today.”
The 2023 Cellerant Best of Class Hygiene Award Winners are:
Airflow Prophylaxis Master – EMS
Allday Dry Mouth Products – Elevate Oral Care
Dental Pain Eraser – Synapse Dental
Epic Hygiene – BIOLASE, Inc.
FluoriMax NaF Varnish – Elevate Oral Care
GC Fuji TRIAGE EP – GC America
HYBENX Advanced Dental Debridement – EPIEN Medical, Inc.
LIVFRESH Gel Toothpaste – Livionex Inc.
OraCare Health Rinse – OraCare
OraVital System – OraVital, Inc.
PerioProtect Non-invasive Perio Tray – Perio Protect LLC
QuickPass In-Office Dental Water Test – ProEdge Dental Water Labs
TRIOS 5 Wireless – 3Shape Global
Xlear Nasal Spray – Xlear, Inc.
“Innovation in dentistry takes place every day, and we are thrilled to honor the companies working hard to advance our industry,” states Melissa Turner, Best of Class panel member and Cellerant Chief Hygiene Officer. “Our hygiene panel spent this past year discovering emerging and existing products that allow dental hygienists to excel in their practice. With this prestigious award, we’re thrilled to bring recognition to the best of the best manufacturers and their teams who go above and beyond to innovate.”
The Cellerant Best of Class Hygiene Voting Panel is comprised of Brooke Crouch, RDH; Kristin Goodfellow, RDH, BA; Melissa Turner, BASDH, RDHEP, EFDA; Nancy Miller, RDH, BA; Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, RDH, DMD, FACP; Rachel Wall, RDH, BS; Sarah Crow, RDH; and Valerie Dangler, RDH, BSDH.
This year, winning products will be showcased at RDH Under One Roof’s annual meeting, which is being held in Nashville, Tennessee on July 20-22. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to experience these Best of Class technologies first-hand on the Under One Roof exhibition floor, in addition to meeting the voting panel and learning more about why the winners were selected.
About the Cellerant Best of Class Hygiene Award
Since the inaugural presentation in 2009, the Best of Class Technology Awards have grown to occupy a unique space in the dental industry by creating awareness of manufacturers that are driving the discussion as to how practices will operate now and in the future. We are very excited to have initiated the Best of Class Hygiene Awards as of 2021.
Over the course of each year, the panel members seek out and conduct research on potentially practice-changing technologies, with deliberations on nominees and final voting typically taking place in February. Panelists are precluded from voting in any category where they have consulting relationships. The entire selection process is conducted and managed on a not-for-profit basis and is transparent and rigorous.
For more information on the Cellerant Best of Class Awards, visit cellerantconsulting.com
About Cellerant Consulting Group
Founded and led by CEO Dr. Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS, Cellerant provides strategic dental market insights, clinical expertise, implementation resources and support to accelerate growth for client dental companies. Cellerant services include new concept incubation, clinical product evaluation, product development, continuing education program development and CE sponsorship, strategic branding and marketing, online marketing, content marketing and dental media relations management. Dr. Shuman and his prestigious team, guides clients to offer products that engage dental customers and provide sustained differentiation. Cellerant operates under a unique model that merges leading voices in clinical product evaluation and strategic partner companies to provide a menu of services from one easily accessible network.
