Well-known for its dental implant offerings as well as trusted dental materials, Zest Dental Solutions has just announced its entry into teeth whitening.

Zest—the manufacturer of the Zest LOCATOR® Family of Abutment Systems, including the Zest LOCATOR Overdenture Implant System, and provider of clinician-trusted dental materials and small equipment—has partnered with Smile Source, L.P. to develop ClariSmile whitening products, available exclusively to Smile Source® members. Available now, ClariSmile products began shipping on October 22, 2021.

The exclusive ClariSmile suite of whitening products includes an all-in-one take home Whitening Speed Kit, Syringe Refills, and Whitening Pens for on-the-go. Together, these professional-grade whitening offerings help to create patient confidence and are cost-effective solutions to help generate practice growth.

Because the ClariSmile products are designed for use outside of the dental office, they are said to be an outstanding way to grow revenue without giving up valuable chair time. The ClariSmile line stems from an ongoing partnership between Zest Dental Solutions and Smile Source®, a family of over 1,000 dentists and 600 private dental practices working together to provide world-class patient care. Sold exclusively by Zest and available only to Smile Source® members, a portion of the ClariSmile proceeds benefits the Smile Source Foundation. The Foundation’s charter allows for contributions received by the Foundation to be disbursed, as determined by the Board of Directors, to dentists and their family members who have been impacted by catastrophic events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires or from health-related events such as death, cancer, and stroke.

“ClariSmile is a great way to catalyze practice growth with virtually zero chairtime investment,” says Tom Stratton, Zest Dental Solutions CEO. “The ClariSmile products are highly effective and designed to be used by patients outside the dental office to create confident, bright smiles. Zest is particularly pleased to be partnering with Smile Source® to launch a product that will help to give back through the Smile Source Foundation.”

Smile Source COO Dan Walker adds, “Smile Source is proud to partner with Zest Dental to bring our members a top of the line experience in teeth whitening at a fraction of the price. We’re looking forward to changing the game in whitening speed kits with ClariSmile and Zest.”

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ClariSmile portable whitening products for home use designed to deliver cost-effective solutions to help
generate practice growth. 


Zest Dental Solutions Teams with Smile Source® on Whitening Products

SmileDirectClub Launches New Water Flossers


SmileDirectClub has announced the launch of 2 water flossers. The new Large Tank and Compact Water Flossers were designed to help patients have a healthier smile as they are designed to be more effective than traditional string floss, according to a press release from the company.

The Large Tank Water Flosser contains a reservoir to hold water for 90 seconds of flossing and has 3 pressure modes ranging from normal, soft, to pulse. This flosser is recommended for patients with braces or dental work that has more intensive cleaning procedures. The Compact Water Flosser is designed for travel, sliding open to a full-size water flosser. It contains built-in storage for the flossing tips. Both water flossers are said to be water-resistant. These water flossers remove 99% of plaque in between teeth and below the gumline, making for healthier teeth and gums, according to General Manager of Global Oral Care at SmileDirectClub, Amy Keith.

“The Large Tank and Compact Water Flossers are an extension of our expanding, premium oral care product line,” Keith said in the press release. “SmileDirectClub is committed to pushing boundaries and increasing access to affordable and convenient smile solutions, which is why we are excited to continue providing customers with the latest and greatest in the oral care industry. With the category growth of the water flosser segment, we look forward to reaching new customers with this expansion.”

Both the Large Tank Water Flosser and the Compact Water Flosser are available now for patients.

These 2 water flossers from SmileDirectClub clean teeth and gums better, while offering experiences suited to the patient. 

SmileDirectClub Launches New Water Flossers

Digital dentistry and 3D printing company SprintRay, Inc announced the release of 2 new products at its 3D Next Summit in Miami, Florida. The ProCure2 is the company’s more powerful and faster Speed to Care ecosystem solution, while the OnX is said to be the first radiopaque 3D printer resin for implant-supported hybrid dentures.

The new ProCure 2 can reportedly reduce post-curing times by 10x or more, which is designed to open the doors to chairside 3D printing in dentistry. With 25x more light power from a custom curing engine, dental professionals can cure a night guard in just 3 minutes—no preheating required. Mated to a user-friendly, cloud-connected touchscreen computer, chairside 3D printing is now as simple as pressing a button.

SprintRay’s OnX is designed to deliver best-in-class flexural strength and offer a balance of strength and modulus for full arch restorations. OnX is a nanoceramic hybrid Class II 3D printing resin used for the production of denture teeth and features an optimal combination of translucency and opacity to mimic realistic dentition. This resin is said to be exceptionally esthetic and easy to characterize.

The company announced the release of 2 new products at its 3D Next Summit in Miami, Florida. 

SprintRay Announces Release of ProCure2, OnX

Millions of Used Medical Gloves Imported to the US. Photo courtesy of Panupat/stock.adobe.com.


An investigation from CNN has found that tens of millions of both counterfeit and used nitrile gloves have been imported to the United States, according to both import records and distributors.

Health authorities in Thailand discovered a warehouse back in December that was dyeing used nitrile gloves to try and make them look new again. The gloves would then get shipped to the US. These operations were created to take advantage of the medical grade glove shortage that affected the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personal protective equipment (PPE) expert Douglas Stein told CNN that these gloves are becoming a dangerous commodity.

"There's an enormous amount of bad product coming in," Stein said in the article. "An endless stream of filthy, second-hand and substandard gloves coming into the US of which federal authorities, it seems, are only now beginning to understand the enormous scale."

Because of certain import regulations suspensions, it has become increasingly difficult for the US authorities to get a handle on these illegal gloves. Customs and Border Protection as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have received warnings, but some glove shipments have still been arriving. Companies such as Paddy the Room have been implicated in these illicit exports.

The FDA has assured that it is taking the steps necessary, and there are a variety of investigations both in the US and by the Thai police. Stein believes it is likely that some gloves may have ended up in a medical or dental setting, but it is hard to tell if these gloves have harmed any US health care worker or patient.

This investigation from CNN showed that tens of millions of used and dirty nitrile gloves were imported to the US. 

Millions of Used Medical Gloves Imported to the US

ADA SmileCon 2021 - Interview with PlanetDDS Vice President of Sales Mike Huffaker


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In this video, PlanetDDS Vice President of Sales, Mike Huffaker, discusses how PlanetDDS serves as a could-based dental software suited for any practice at ADA SmileCon 2021. 

ADA SmileCon 2021 - Interview with PlanetDDS Vice President of Sales Mike Huffaker

Neoss has launched NeoGenix XP™, a safe and clinically proven natural bone substitute, that closer resembles natural bone than those of synthetic materials, such as hydroxyapatite or tricalcium phosphate. This announcement follows the successful and well-received Allograft line.

Surface roughness affects cellular response, enhancing cell adhesion and proliferation and possibly other markers of expression of cell phenotype, like production of collagen type I, osteocalcin, extracellular matrix, and mineralized material. The osteoconductive material is available in a jar or delivery syringe.

"Being a strong partner to our customers has always been important and offering more in terms of total package solutions. NeoGenix XP is an important addition to this and strengthens not only the bone regeneration portfolio but will allow us to serve our customer even better," says Dr Robert Gottlander, Neoss CEO.

This product line will add new dimensions to Neoss existing Bone Regeneration offering, providing an enhanced offering of bone materials and membranes.

According to Neoss, the company maintains its clear focus on innovation and has a continuous plan of new market leading product solutions that will be presented over the next few years. All with the same target of introducing smart products that are intuitively easy to use with Intelligent Simplicity.

For those interested in staying updated on these planned releases, you can sign up to the Neoss newsletter here

The highly porous bone substitute provides more space available for new bone deposition.

Neoss Launches Natural Bone Substitute NeoGenix XP  

Lynne Slim is an award-winning dental author who has published extensively in dental/dental hygiene journals including 

Journal of the Western Society of Periodontology

. She was the periodontal columnist for RDH magazine for about 17 years and is now a columnist for 

 and is a member of their advisory board. In 2003, Lynne founded Perio C Dent, a dental practice management company that specializes in the incorporation of non-surgical periodontal therapy into the hygiene department of the general dental practice.

As a key opinion leader in the dental industry, Lynne is frequently asked to review new products and write product reviews. She participates in product development and is consulted about consumer/RDH product awareness. Lynne received the Philips Oral Healthcare “Mentor of Distinction” award at the 2012 ADHA Annual Session.

A Love Affair with Dental Floss: Is it Warranted? Photo courtesy of Voyagerix/stock.adobe.com. 


Love affairs don’t usually last forever but dentistry has been preaching the message about dental flossing since the early 1800s and supposedly even before that. Johnson & Johnson was the first company that I know of to patent dental floss in 1898 and it was made of silk material. As the price of silk skyrocketed during World War II, silk was replaced with nylon. At that time, Dr Charles Bass who is often referred to as the “Father of Preventive Dentistry” insisted on twice a day toothbrushing and once a day dental flossing.

When I was young (during the pre-cretaceous period), and my gingival embrasures were healthy, daily flossing was probably adequate to disrupt interdental biofilm. When I enrolled in Fones School of Dental Hygiene, we were introduced to Trace disclosing solution and learned how to disrupt the brilliant “deep pink-stained” dental plaque. The Trace liquid or tablets would give us a snapshot of where we needed to focus our efforts and it was a real eye-opener for us.

In reading dental hygiene social media blogs about interdental cleaning, I’ve discovered that hygienists are still debating the usefulness of dental floss in comparing it to other forms of interdental cleaning devices. Personal opinion should not be discounted and is part of clinical decision making for patients, but (and this is a big “BUT”) clinicians have strong biases in the way they process experience. Therefore, we need to consider patient preferences based on unique circumstances, and even more importantly the whole body of available evidence.

For whatever reason, many American hygienists and dentists haven’t learned how to apply research outcomes to drive clinical decisions and care. Nurses and physicians, on the other hand, routinely learn how to retrieve, read, critique, and apply research.

In today’s Bachelor of Science (BS) Nursing programs, students are taught to refer to research in response to problems and questions. Sometimes, nursing schools collaborate with research librarians who help students become more competent at using information. For example, a research librarian might assist a nursing student in formulating a structured question, selecting and conducting searches of databases from which they acquire trustworthy and reliable evidence. Not only that, but the student must then learn how to critically appraise the research for its reliability, validity, and applicability to a clinical situation.

How to Find Best Research Evidence to Answer a Clinical Question

Here’s a common discussion hygienists have in Facebook groups: a practicing hygienist will pose a question about the efficacy of string flossing to reduce plaque-induced gingival inflammation in adults and others chime in, insisting other mechanical interdental devices are superior. Sometimes they don’t even mention outcomes but treat dental flossing like it’s a panacea. Let’s search databases and get an overview of what we know and don’t know about how dental flossing compares to other interdental devices. Using PubMed as our search engine, we’ll search for the best research evidence to answer the clinical question. Best evidence is viewed from a hierarchical perspective. This means that the most reliable evidence is at the top of the research pyramid (search for an image of a hierarchical research pyramid if you’ve never seen it before) and the least reliable information is at the bottom (e.g. expert opinion, reports). The level and quality of evidence are important to clinicians because they give them confidence to make clinical decisions for patients. Look for higher levels of evidence like systematic reviews instead of single studies because the conclusions of a review tend to be more reliable than a single study. The methods that scientists use to find and select studies reduce bias and are more likely to produce reliable and accurate conclusions.

A PubMed search using key words “interdental cleaning devices,” “gingival inflammation,” and “systematic review” produce several results. Cochrane Oral Health Group is a high quality systematic review source. A 2019 author team conducted a systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness of interdental cleaning devices used at home, in addition to toothbrushing, compared with toothbrushing alone, for preventing and controlling periodontal diseases, dental caries and plaque. A secondary objective was to compare different interdental cleaning devices to each other.

 Authors concluded that floss or interdental brushes in addition to toothbrushing may reduce gingivitis or plaque or both more than toothbrushing alone and that interdental brushes may be more effective than floss. Available evidence for tooth cleaning sticks and oral irrigators is limited and inconsistent. Outcomes were only measured in the short term and participants had a low level of baseline gingival inflammation. Evidence from this SR was low to very low certainty.

Another 2019 systematic review by Slots DE et al summarized the available clinical evidence concerning efficacy of interdental cleaning devices in periodontal maintenance patients.

 Of the interdental cleaning devices compared in this SR, the interdental brushes reduced plaque scores more effectively when compared to a manual toothbrush alone. Oral irrigation in 2 out of 3 comparisons indicated a positive effect on gingivitis scores and probing pocket depth. Due to scarcity of studies that met the author’s inclusion criteria for each oral hygiene device and the low certainty of resultant evidence, no strong evidence was found for any specific interdental cleaning device for patient self-care in periodontal maintenance.

In a 2018 meta-analysis (Kotsakis GA et al) of interdental cleaning devices in the reduction of clinical indices or inflammation, researchers used a focused question using a gingival index (GI) and bleeding on probing as primary outcomes. Plaque reduction and probing depths were secondary outcomes.

 Interdental brushes and oral irrigators ranked high for reducing gingival bleeding, and toothpicks and floss were rated last. Meta-analysis demonstrated that unsupervised flossing does not yield substantial reduction in gingival inflammation. The authors concluded that there is an absence of strong evidence to recommend 1 interdental cleaning device over another and to customize recommendations and offering alternatives rather than insisting on the use of a universally recommended cleaning aid.

In 2021, authors Liang et al produced an evidence-based decision-making tree which helps individualized approaches to interdental cleaning based on embrasure size and patient-specific conditions.

 A total of 27 studies were included to support a decision tree. Traditional string dental floss continues to remain the first choice for individuals who are highly motivated with good manual dexterity with tight, type 1 embrasures. For individuals with closed embrasures but lack motivation and/or dexterity, the use of easy flossers, soft picks oral irrigation, and narrow interdental brushes are alternatives. For persons with type I and type II open embrasure spaces, an interdental brush has the highest evidence for its effectiveness to remove interdental plaque. Two studies showed that residual plaque could remain in lingual embrasures and therefore a lingual approach of the interdental brush is sometimes needed. The use of gum stimulators and/or woodsticks are supported when significant gingival inflammation is present. Authors recommend individual assessment and tailored oral hygiene home care instructions.

There is no gold standard when it comes to selection of an interdental cleaning device for adults to reduce gingival inflammation. Ease of use, patient preference, consideration of interdental anatomy and periodontal status need to be taken into consideration when recommending an interdental cleaning device. As the above authors mentioned, customizing interdental cleaning devices makes perfect sense and oral healthcare professionals should pay close attention to their own personal bias when making these recommendations.Make sure you don’t fall into boxes that may trap you like not following the ongoing research on this subject or listening to a salesperson or colleague who is not familiar with the research evidence.

Worthington HV, MacDonald L, Poklepovic Pericic T, Sambunjak D, Johnson TM, Imai P, Clarkson JE. Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling periodontal diseases and dental caries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 4.

Slot DE et al. Mechanical plaque removal of periodontal maintenance patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.J Clin Periodontol. 2020: 47:107-120.

Kotsakis GA et al. A network meta-analysis of proximal oral hygiene methods in the reduction of clinical indices of inflammation. 

Liang P. et al. Evidence-based strategies for interdental cleaning: a practical decision tree and review of the literature.

There may be better alternatives for patients who don't want to use traditional floss, but it's all about the individual's specific interdental cleaning needs.

A Love Affair with Dental Floss: Is it Warranted?

ADA SmileCon 2021 - Interview with Refera CEO Hessam Ahani, DDS


In this video, CEO and Founder of Refera Hessam Ahani, DDS, discusses ADA SmileCon 2021's unique showcases and what the software Refera can do for practices. 

ADA SmileCon 2021 - Interview with Refera CEO Hessam Ahani, DDS

Lisa Newburger, a master's level social worker supervisor, helps audiences find humor in talking about tough topics. Her "in-your-face" style of presentations and writing will make you smile or just shock you into taking some action. Either way, she is very effective at empowering others to reach their goals and feel better about themselves. Her entertaining workshops are available for national and international audiences. Writing for the dental industry since 2010, she uses an alterego (Diana Directive) to illustrate her points in a sarcastic but effective way. Presentations can be scheduled by contacting Lisa at www.discussdirectives.com/dental.html.

Trust can be the Elephant in the Room (or Practice). Photo courtesy of Victor zastol'skiy/stock.adobe.com. 


Do you trust your co-workers? I know that is not something rational people like to think about, but it is worth asking yourself this question? What about your boss…do you trust her? I know for many of you that is an easy question to answer, but that is not necessarily the case for the rest of us. I say take it deeper and unpack your feelings about your team.

I am playing devil’s advocate here, but what if you stop and realize that you do not trust the people you work with? What would that mean to you? Is there fear that unethical behavior and a quest for upselling or pushing the patient before they are ready might rub off on you? It is a legitimate question. Think about it. You are in high school. Your friends all drink heavily. Are you more likely to drink if the people around you do? Unpack it. If you are not a drinker, does that impact your friend group? Are you a part of it or do you look for a peer group that is not drinking? Honestly, my money is on the fact that you might feel like the odd person out and find a peer group that is more like you regarding your partying habits.

So, transfer that line of thinking to unethical behavior in the workplace. You and I have seen it. Maybe it was the time when something made you uncomfortable. It might be how a patient was talked to or it is watching a colleague get reamed for something they did not do. That just happened to me yesterday. An outside vendor and I did our job to the best of our ability. There was nothing that could have been done that would have improved the situation or outcome. My client just yelled at me. The more I tried to explain the situation, the worse it got, but then I realized in my old age that he was just venting and taking out his anger on me. Oh yes. I was the innocent. That is the time when I get quiet. There are times when you are trapped. So, I try not to laugh and just sit back and let them get it off their chest. You may wonder why. Confronting the people who control the purse strings is fraught with political landmines. From my experience, the distribution of power is such that it is foolish to confront the inappropriate behavior. Do not get me wrong. I do believe in standing up for myself and do that quite well. But sometimes that is not necessarily the right answer in every situation.

Watching someone being harassed is problematic not just for the victim but for the observers as well. If you jump in to rescue the person, the anger may be redirected your direction. That is not a good feeling. Doesn’t this remind you of high school and what happens when someone is bullied? I have learned that some behaviors follow people through life. But the good news is that you grow up and choose how you to respond to injurious behavior.

So, what does this have to do with trust? Incidents like this build up and tear down the culture of the practice. When you watch someone be abusive, it is impacting you as well. But you choose how to deal with it. I am not going to give you ways to respond to abuse as this is not the focus of the article. Instead, it is how behaviors like that break down trust. How can you trust your colleague 1 minute after watching them behave terribly? Keep in mind that trust is earned, not given out automatically. Trust is something that builds on past experiences. Imagine it as being a building block. It grows taller and taller 1 block at a time, but if the foundation is wobbly the whole thing will collapse.

This is what happens in a practice when the team does not show respect and acceptance. My feelings are that you need to trust the people you work with. If they say they are going to do something, they need to do it. If they are supposed to be at work on time, they should be there. Every time you let down your colleagues, you are tearing down the trust credits you had already accumulated. And what does that do to the practice? It damages it irreparably.

It can be turned around. Do not forget that we all have the capacity to change. But part of change is acceptance. I change. We all change over time. For some, they don’t change so much, and for those folks I always leave the door open. You never know what can come of it.

As far as that elephant in the room, look at your peers and figure out why you do not trust them if that is the case. Then, think about how you can change that. What needs to happen for you to trust that person? The last step is to communicate how you are feeling with a solution in hand. Do not get the person angry and defensive. Just let them know what the elephant is doing and how you can tackle it one step at a time.

 and tell me about what your trust level is with your colleagues. I want to know.

Often times, it is important to ask yourself important questions about trust among colleagues in the practice. 

Trust can be the Elephant in the Room (or Practice)

Tonya Lanthier is a registered dental hygienist and the DentalPost Founder & CEO. DentalPost.net, one of the fastest growing dental-related career service providers in the country, was created by Tonya, a successful dental hygienist who has been working in the dental field for over 20 years.

It’s no secret that hiring is the greatest challenge facing our industry today. Along with dental hiring managers nationwide, we hoped to see an increase in jobseeker activity and more applicants when federal unemployment benefits ended in early September. While we’ve been happy to see an uptick in activity for dental assistant and front office positions, dental hygienists are still largely inactive.

Industry-wide, attracting more dental hygiene applicants is a mystery that everyone is seeking to solve––but its root causes run deep and are the equivalent of a perfect storm for talent scarcity:

 It’s real. Hygiene work is highly physical and the new PPO and safety measures, new production schedules and the “make up for lost production and revenue” game is making it harder.

 Even before COVID,dental schools weren’t producing enough candidates to meet the growing patient demand of an aging population.

 Many RDHs who worked part-time or who were a few years away from retiring have left the industry.

We’re not out of COVID yet and it shows. Our surveys are showing that some dental professionals are being more cautious, and waiting it out to see what happens before leaving what they know and are used to. Even if their current employer isn’t meeting their standards, it feels safer to stay where they are until things feel more settled.

Some clinicians don’t see a lateral move as worth it, believing the grass won’t be greener on the other side. If they get a pay bump, many don’t believe much would change for their career.

As for the hygienists and other job seekers who are looking at job postings, we are seeing a lot who are passively browsing to see what is happening out there and where they might find a closer job or career growth opportunity. Some aren’t yet ready to leave the patients and co-workers they care about. Some worry the grassmay not be greener. All-in-all, when they make a move, they want to be strategic about it.

Despite these challenges, there are ways to win in this very competitive market.

5 Things You Can Do Today to Attract & Keep Talent in Today’s Market

So how do you get enough quality candidates, keep them engaged throughout the interview process and, ultimately, have them accept and stick around?


Engage in both active and passive recruiting

. When hiring, employers often default to slapping up a job posting in as many places as we can afford, which is basically a “spray and pray” method. But to be successful, we also need to actively recruit through proactive resume searches and candidate outreach. Doing proactive outreach to a candidate often means you need to have something competitive to offer. If there was ever a time to invest in combination resume subscription and posting packages, it’s now. Successful practices are doing both and it saves time and money in the long run.

Exceptional people are looking for an exceptional job to get them to leave. What’s a great job? Well, it’s not a laundry list of responsibilities, skills or even must-have personality traits. A great job is one that challenges the person and offers satisfaction and growth beyond just financial compensation. Is there any opportunity in the role for leadership and growth? If not, find some. What aspects of your employee/employer relationship will allow and support both the candidate and the practice growing together?

Make your office better. Cultivate an attractive and sticky culture.

This is one of the top things cited by candidates as reasons for quitting–toxic workplaces. Is your office rooted in respect? Does every supervisor treat team members with respect? Doing so, means team members feel valued and when that happens they tend to stick around longer. Can you improve operations that improve quality of work life and patient experience? Do it! Can you implement core value-driven activities that make working at your practice more purpose-driven? Can you better communicate and give employees buy-in to the business health and growth and not just the practice production?

Expand your hiring mindset and your candidate pool. 

Hiring is a whole new game in 2021.We can’t keep doing the same things and expecting a different outcome. Recognizing and being aware of our unconscious bias when it comes to candidate screening is a good place to start. As humans, we make thousands of judgements and decisions a day. Most of it is not anything we’re conscious of. When it comes to people we are far more likely to favor and trust people who are similar or familiar to us. So, it stands to reason that we would have a bias towards hiring them. This goes back to our tribal nature, where familiarity with people and places was critical to our personal safety. We use this same thinking when evaluating candidates to place in our practices to care for patients. And we do it to our detriment because we aren’t focusing on the things that matter—like skills, training, experience and aptitude. To reduce hiring bias in the screening process, DentalPost recently launched Smartview, a new blind screening feature that temporarily hides candidate names and photos so hiring managers can focus first on what matters most–experience, special training and personal details.

Improve the overall compensation to include benefits. 

While a toxic work environment is the most cited reason people want to leave their jobs, this one is a close second. It’s more common than not that dental professionals are not provided benefits when working with private dental practices, even when they have been employed for several years with the practice. Combine this with the additional work, more intense work conditions and risks associated with COVID-19 and it stands to reason that dental team members feel they deserve a raise. Given compensation is driving some of the lateral moves in dental hygiene teams, it behooves dental hiring managers to understand current market rates (which have increased due to COVID-19 since the last DentalPost Salary Survey).

Hiring should be the number one priority for dental practices today. It’s the greatest challenge facing our industry and the research shows it will continue to be an issue for the next decade. The great news is that if we take these steps outlined above, we will not only fill team gaps, but we can begin to address some of the more systemic issues plaguing the dental practice today by creating a better practice culture by articulating and living out our core values. If, as dental leaders, we can get these things right, we can keep our industry attracting the best and brightest providing dental professionals a better place to work, a better quality of life so they can provide and a better patient experience.

Hiring is the greatest challenge facing our industry and it should be the number one priority for dental practices today. 

Neoss Launches Natural Bone Substitute NeoGenix XP

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Trust can be the Elephant in the Room (or Practice)

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