July 16, 2014

AL-AIN, UAE: According to the World Health Organization, 60 to 90 per cent of schoolchildren worldwide have dental cavities. Tooth decay, which can have a significant impact on the general health and development of children, is also an area of concern in the United Arab Emirates. A recently published study has shown a high prevalence of decayed and filled primary teeth due to dental caries in children in the region.

July 9, 2014 | News

Dubai College of Dental Medicine (DCDM), which is part of Dubai Healthcare City’s integrated academic and clinical operations, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (Julphar) to support UAE Ministry of Health dentists with postgraduate scholarships.

July 6, 2014 | Business

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Two weeks ago, at its general session, the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) honoured Prof. Mark Bartold with the 2014 IADR/Straumann Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine. Bartold was selected for the award owing to his remarkable achievements in clinical research in implant and regenerative dentistry.

June 22, 2014 | Business

TEHRAN, Iran: On 22 and 23 May, Italian dental laser manufacturer LAMBDA held the Doctor Smile Symposium in Tehran. More than 400 participants attended the various presentations on laser dentistry and the company’s doctor smile dental laser line.

June 14, 2014

DUBAI, UAE: After the inauguration of the FKG Dentaire Training Centre in November 2013, Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa caught up with Alexandre Mulhauser, Middle East & Africa Director. We visited Alexandre Mulhauser at the Training Centre in Jumeirah Lake Towers in Dubai.

June 11, 2014

KIGALI, Rwanda: This week, Dental Recycling International (DRI) announced that it has partnered with the Rwanda Dental Association. DRI provides education on and technology for dental waste recycling throughout the world, and will help the association to reduce the amount of mercury from dental amalgam entering the local environment.

March 24, 2014

DAKAR, Senegal: Africa is currently preparing for its first international dental exhibition ever. International Dental Exhibition Africa (IDEA) is targeted mainly at importers, distributors and agents in the dental industry, who will have the opportunity to meet the exhibiting companies looking to expand their business into the African market. IDEA will be held at Centre International du Commerce Extérieur du Sénégal in Dakar from 8 to 10 November 2014.

March 24, 2014 | Business

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Italian dental laser manufacturer LAMBDA has announced that it is aiming to strengthen its position in the Middle East. At the beginning of the year, the company’s sales manager met with Saudi sales representatives to instruct them in the use of doctor smile lasers, a line of products made by LAMBDA.

March 20, 2014

DUBAI, UAE: Together with the FDI World Dental Federation, the International Dental Conference and Arab Dental Exhibition (AEEDC) is celebrating World Oral Health Day today. Every year, AEEDC highlights the benefits of good oral health and promotes awareness about preventive dentistry and oral health care in its conference programme.

February 27, 2014 | Interviews

DUBAI, UAE: A year after the successful opening of the Dubai School of Dental Medicine we managed to catch up with Professor David Wray, Dean of DSDM to learn more about the developments since the opening.

February 24, 2014 | Business

SALZBURG, Austria: Sirona reports on the wide range of applications of diode lasers in a special edition of the English-language laser_international magazine of laser dentistry. The SIROLaser Factbook – Clinical articles about SIROLaser Advance and Xtend applications includes research by well-known experts as well as informative field reports from experienced users of laser technology.

February 4, 2014

DUBAI, UAE: Today, the 18th International Dental Conference and Arab Dental Exhibition (AEEDC) was officially inaugurated by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority. Over 30,000 participants from about 130 countries and representatives of more than 1,400 dental companies are expected to attend this year’s event.

January 29, 2014 | Business

HELSINKI, Finland: Kauppalehti, one of Finland’s largest financial newspapers, has named dental equipment manufacturer Planmeca a 2013 Achiever. The Achiever certificate is awarded annually to companies in Finland with solid growth, good financial results and profitability, a strong financial structure and high liquidity.

January 19, 2014

AMMAN, Jordan: Although the phenomenon of bullying has received growing attention from scientists, only few studies have investigated the impact of dentofacial features on bullying in schools. Now, a study of over 900 sixth-graders has shown that dental problems were among the primary reasons children became targets of bullying.

January 19, 2014 | Business

New research by the British Dental Health Foundation (1) found that one in five people now spend more money per month on oral care products, compared with hair products, skincare, fragrances and cosmetics. And, having seen a huge increase in the demand of teeth whitening over the past decade, it’s clear that the quest for a “Hollywood smile” is unlikely to end any time soon!

January 9, 2014

DUBAI, UAE: Following the opening of its high end ME-A Office and Training center in Dubai UAE, FKG Dentaire is increasing its activity in the region to spread through Workshops, lectures, congress and close work with universities, its unique technologies.

January 9, 2014 | Business

DUBAI, UAE: Several months after announcing a stronger presence in the Middle East and Africa region, FKG Dentaire has officially opened its Dubai UAE based ME-A Office and Training Center: FKG Dentaire JLT.

November 7, 2013

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: As reported by Daily News, a Tanzanian online newspaper, the East Africa Dental Amalgam Phase-down Project has been successfully implemented in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Among other objectives, the project will investigate supply and trade patterns, and encourage switching to alternatives to dental amalgam in the three countries.