Over half of Japanese dental practices lack successors

About 30% of the dental clinics with a succession plan in place selected “intra-family” or “intra-hospital”…

Sqrie buys AI dental erosion detection system

The Japanese technology is touted as the world's first AI-based system that analyzes oral cavity images…

Stress analysis could predict periodontal disease

Japan: A joint research by three Japanese universities found a relationship between psychological stress and periodontal…

Product: mil-kin bacteria self-checking microscope

mil-kin︎ uses smartphones to function as a high-magnification (1,000x optical) portable microscope that does not require…

New toothbrush for GALLEIDO Dental Member

GALLEIDO Dental Member (GDM) is said to be Japan's biggest subscription-based club for the provision of…

In Focus: Japan’s intense dental market

The average income of Japanese dentists is around 5.5 million yen, which is about a quarter…

Product: DWX-53DC Dry Dental Mill

The DGSHAPE DWX-53DC dry dental mill boasts automated functions for an efficient uninterrupted 24-hour production.

3D printers outperform milling machines in crown production

Crowns produced by 3D printer DLP showed consistent accuracy with the original data set compared to…

Aoikai develops AI diagnostics system

Aoikai Medical Corporation announced it has developed a diagnostics system that analyses dental X-ray images using…

DRIPS and Yamato Transport collaborate on 3D printed aligner service

DRIPS and Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., the company behind clear aligner service Hanaravi, launched a new…

VR app for dental pain relief to be released

The upcoming release of XR Therapy, a digital pain relief app, aims to bring VR technology…

Towa Hi and Hitachi working on voice-operated dental EMR system

Towa Hi System and Hitachi are jointly developing an EMR system for dental clinics that supports…