From dental implant robotic firsts to the construction of the world's largest dental simulation lab, here are 10 dental technology updates Becker's reported on in March:
1. Medical technology company Vivos Therapeutics acquired certain product rights and patents from Advanced Facialdontics.
2. The FDA is evaluating safety concerns of fixed nonremovable palatal expanders such as the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance after the device was targeted in multiple lawsuits for allegedly causing severe damage to patients' teeth.
3. Dental laser company Biolase reported a 24 percent growth in year-over-year revenue for 2022.
4. The Holloman Air Force Base in Otero County, N.M., is integrating a computer-assisted design and manufacturing machine for dental care.
5. A practice in Topeka, Kan., is the first Aspen Dental affiliate to use the Yomi dental implant robot system.
6. High Point (N.C.) University's Workman School of Dental Medicine is installing SIMtoCARE dental units as part of its goal to create the world's largest simulation lab.
7. Justin M Schlaikjer, DDS, Periodontics and Implant Dentistry in Sunset Hills, Mo., is the first practice in the state to use the Yomi dental implant robot.
8. Cosmo Haralambidis, DMD, received the 2023 Ortho Innovator Award for the Dental Pain Eraser, a portable electronic dental anesthesia device.
9. Straumann Group has developed Straumann Falcon, a surgical navigation system to aid with dental implant procedures.
10. Sonendo, a dental technology company, had a revenue increase of 25 percent in 2022 compared to its 2021 results.