Dental Olympics is again for a second 12 months at SmileCon® 2023. College students from dental faculties in Florida and Puerto Rico will go head-to-head in a sequence of aggressive occasions that can happen on Oct. 6 and seven throughout SmileCon in Orlando, Florida, on the Orange County Conference Heart.

Opening this 12 months’s Dental Olympics will likely be Dr. ArNelle Wright, an Orlando dentist, speaker, and co-host of the American Dental Affiliation’s Dental Sound Bites podcast. The Dental Olympics are sponsored by Pacific Dental Companies (PDS).

“I’m excited that Pacific Dental Companies is as soon as once more sponsoring the Dental Olympics at SmileCon this 12 months,” mentioned Gary Pickard, senior director of presidency and business affairs for PDS. “It’s an honour to assist this unimaginable new idea, and I look ahead to seeing it develop, getting greater yearly with extra dental faculties and college students taking part. As they’re the way forward for our business, we want them to really feel welcome and be engaged as quickly and as a lot as potential.”

This 12 months, groups from the College of Florida Faculty of Dentistry, LECOM Faculty of Dental Medication, Nova Southeastern College, and the College of Puerto Rico Faculty of Dental Medication will participate in a number of aggressive occasions that can check their abilities and put their data to the check. College students will take part in a Social Media Competitors and face off in dental trivia and different challenges all through the two-day occasion. The profitable staff will likely be introduced on the final day of SmileCon, Oct. 7.

“Our first-ever Dental Olympics introduced plenty of enjoyable to SmileCon final 12 months, and we’re excited to proceed this custom in Orlando,” mentioned Dr. George R. Shepley, 2022-2023 president of the ADA. “We welcome these younger, aspiring dentists from throughout the U.S. into our neighborhood to foster comradery with their friends and encourage them as they get an opportunity to attach with business professionals, all whereas having fun with a bit pleasant competitors in the course of the occasions.”

Situated in Dental Central’s South Halls A and B, the 4 groups will take part in occasions on the ADA Hub and round Dental Central. Attendees are welcome to cheer on their favorite groups and benefit from the competitors with the supplied refreshments.

SmileCon’s Dental Olympics 2023 will adhere to the next schedule of occasions:

• Day 1: Friday, Oct. 6, from 2-3:30 p.m. on the ADA Hub, consists of the kickoff of the Social Media Competitors, which runs from Friday afternoon to Saturday at midday and invitations college students to publish from particular areas at SmileCon and round Orlando. Additionally on Friday is the primary spherical of Dental Trivia, pitting LECOM in opposition to the College of Florida and Nova Southeastern in opposition to the College of Puerto Rico.
• Day 2: Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. on the Dental Crew Hub and ADA Hub, consists of quite a lot of different challenges in addition to the Dental Trivia Finals, that includes the winners from Day One’s occasions. The general winners of this 12 months’s Dental Olympics will likely be introduced in the course of the Dental Central Closing Celebration from 1–2:30 p.m. within the ADA Hub.
• For extra details about the above occasion, contact mediarelations@ada.org.

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Concerning the American Dental Affiliation
The not-for-profit ADA is the nation’s largest dental affiliation, representing 159,000 dentist members. The premier supply of oral well being info, the ADA has advocated for the general public’s well being and promoted the artwork and science of dentistry since 1859. The ADA’s state-of-the-art analysis amenities develop and check dental merchandise and supplies which have superior the apply of dentistry and made the affected person expertise extra optimistic. The ADA Seal of Acceptance has lengthy been a beneficial and revered information to shopper dental care merchandise. The Journal of the American Dental Affiliation (JADA), printed month-to-month, is the ADA’s flagship publication and the best-read scientific journal in dentistry. For extra details about the ADA, go to ADA.org. For extra info on oral well being, together with prevention, care, and remedy of dental illness, go to the ADA’s shopper web site, MouthHealthy.org.

About Pacific Dental Companies
Pacific Dental Companies^® (PDS) is among the nation’s main dental and medical assist organizations, empowering clinicians with assist and autonomy to ship complete affected person care. PDS gives administrative and enterprise operations assist, extremely expert workers, and ongoing coaching and schooling to assist healthcare suppliers succeed. PDS incorporates probably the most superior, confirmed applied sciences with greatest practices and procedures to make sure high-quality care and is a number one advocate for integrating dental and medical care to enhance whole-person well being. Since its basis in 1994, PDS has grown to assist over 4,100 clinicians (dentists, dental hygienists, physicians, and nurse practitioners) in practically 1,000 practices throughout 24 states and continues to increase. To study extra, go to pacificdentalservices.com or join on LinkedIn, Instagram, Fb, Twitter, or YouTube