One more 12 months has passed by, which suggests it’s time to look again on which information gadgets had you clicking and studying! However earlier than we get to the information countdown, let’s replicate on this 12 months for Oral Well being…

We started the 12 months with an thrilling redesign of our web site www.oralhealthgroup.com. Hopefully everybody has had an opportunity to discover the positioning and discover probably the most worthwhile content material for them whether or not that’s articles, movies or podcasts. Talking of podcasts, we launched the Brush Up podcast! Dr. Luisa Schuldt, certainly one of Oral Well being’s editorial board members, has been a wonderful host. You should definitely atone for the episodes on our web site or Spotify earlier than a brand new season launches subsequent 12 months. Staying on the digital tract, we’re proud to have hosted our second annual Girls in Oral Well being Care webinar, that includes some superb feminine leaders in dentistry.

Oral Well being Group can be proud to have revealed 13 problems with Oral Well being (together with a particular Life-long Studying challenge centered on schooling) and 4 problems with Oral Hygiene. We continued our Information Pushed Dentistry sequence, specializing in themes of continuous schooling, the usage of dental labs, transition planning and staffing.

Trying ahead to 2024, Oral Well being is happy to launch a brand-new e-newsletter known as NEXT GEN for all the new dentists and college students on the market! NEXT GEN will present academic and fascinating content material to assist you in navigating the beginning of your profession to make sure you discover success. One other thrilling mission to look out for subsequent 12 months is our upcoming on-line persevering with schooling platform, OralHealthCE. Programs will likely be out there from main practitioners throughout North America. You should definitely register for updates.

Now, let’s take a better have a look at which information tales our readers discovered probably the most attention-grabbing this 12 months!

Researchers from London discovered {that a} common drug for treating sort 2 diabetes might be a brand new technique for controlling irritation within the mouth. With an rising concentrate on the oral-systemic hyperlink, these research are vital to see how physicians and dentists can work collectively to enhance oral and total well being for sufferers.

One of many scorching matters of the 12 months was AI, particularly with the launch of ChatGPT. It’s no shock folks have been eager to study extra about how this expertise would have an effect on dentistry!

Thrilling information for dental assistants seeking to immigrate to Canada! The occupation now qualifies for the Federal Expert Employee program and employees can immigrate to Canada by way of Specific Entry.

Extra analysis is being performed by NYU to assist sufferers with gum illness. The tactic: measuring the extent of cytokines within the saliva.

An replace on the surprising story that originated in 2020 when a video was posted to social media of a dentist permitting a jail guard to carry out on a jail inmate.

Dentistry meets Breaking Unhealthy. Whereas the allegations had no connection to the dental workplace itself, a dentist was charged with drug trafficking and working a felony group along with his twin brother. We will’t blame our readers for being intrigued by this story.

Nice information for dental hygienists who hope to self-initiate the managed act of scaling and root planing. They now not want to use for authorization with CDHO. This opens up many alternatives for RDHs!

It was attention-grabbing to see that the common annual price information has elevated 5-10 p.c throughout the nation. We don’t blame you for wanting to search out out extra about this as you determine what to cost at your observe.

After years of COVID tales topping the charts…maybe this would be the final story to look on certainly one of our lists because the COVID-19 pointers are formally now not in impact throughout the Canadian dental faculties. However bear in mind your an infection prevention and management protocols!

One other dental crime case tops the listing. Sadly, there have been many victims of this dental gadget that prompted destroy to their tooth. The investigation reveals that it had not been evaluated or authorised by the FDA.

That’s a wrap on 2023! Pleased Holidays and we stay up for seeing you in 2024.