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Dental school at Boston University is going all-digital

Dr. Jeffrey W. Hutter, left, dean of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and Michael Augins, president of Sirona Dental Systems, speak during a press conference at the ADA meeting. (Photo: Fred Michmershuizen, DTA)

Fred Michmershuizen / DTA

Thu. 9 October 2014

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA: You might call them pioneers of the digital age. In a move that is certain to have far-reaching implications for the way dentistry is practiced well into the future, Sirona Dental Systems and the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine have entered into an agreement allowing the dental school to become the country’s first to go all-digital.

Michael Augins, president of Sirona Dental Systems, and Dr. Jeffrey W. Hutter, dean and Spencer N. Frankl professor in dental medicine at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, made a joint announcement during a press conference Friday morning at the ADA meeting in San Antonio.

“This collaboration provides Boston University students the opportunity to learn about the current digital dentistry landscape in fully equipped, all-digital operatories,” Augins said. “Students will have all the tools they need to do fully integrated digital dentistry.”

Hutter said that not only is digital dentistry an enormously beneficial change in the world of dental medicine and patient care, it is going to “absolutely transform” dental education.

“As a leader in dental education, our school has always been at the forefront of innovative educational, clinical, research and community-based programs,” Hutter said. “We are absolutely committed to providing state-of-the-art technology to our students, faculty and staff, and fostering its use by practitioners in the community.”

Boston University’s dental school sought to make the conversion to digital as user-friendly and seamless as possible. A task force was established to transform curriculum to a completely digital learning environment. Now, the more than 700 dental students at Boston will work in patient treatment centers furnished with equipment from Sirona’s CEREC, Schick, GALILEOS and inLab product lines.

“Once fully implemented, all patient data will feed into a comprehensive digital record,” Hutter said. “Intraoral dental images, intraoral exams and digital scans of hard and soft tissues will then be accessible through a comprehensive record.”

Hutter said the dental school’s collaboration with Sirona will allow the creation of the “virtual patient” and will thus allow comprehensive treatment planning for endodontics, implants, orthodontics, orthognathic surgery, periodontics, restorative dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and TMJ and airway disorders.

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