2026 dental imaging recommendations: what changed
The ADA and AAOMR update patient-selection recommendations for two-dimensional imaging and CBCT.
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2026 dental imaging recommendations: what changed
The ADA and AAOMR update patient-selection recommendations for two-dimensional imaging and CBCT.
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Read the collection · PDF ↗CDCP’s 2026 benefits guide: where providers should start
A reading guide to the official benefit rules, provider information and coverage questions.
Health CanadaRead article ↗
Canada’s dental coverage expansion: what the headline tells us
Read the April 2026 coverage announcement without confusing eligibility, treatment and market demand.
Health CanadaRead article ↗
Implant Studio 2026.2: how to review a software update
Use the manufacturer’s release notes to plan a focused evaluation before changing a working setup.
3ShapeRead article ↗
DS Core and Pearl: why platform integrations deserve scrutiny
A September 2025 announcement illustrates how imaging AI is moving into broader dental platforms.
Dentsply SironaRead article ↗
Canadian oral health data: read the population before the market
Health Infobase provides a useful starting point for research into oral health needs and access.
Health InfobaseRead article ↗
BC oral health standards: a starting point for digital teams
Connect the regulator’s professional standards to the responsibilities a digital service must respect.
BCCOHPRead article ↗
Dental privacy in BC: start with a data map
Understand the information a digital service handles before choosing forms, controls or a hosting arrangement.
BC OIPCRead article ↗
Dental cloud services: questions beyond server location
A practical interpretation of the privacy commissioner’s cloud guidance for a dental software purchase.
OPCRead article ↗
When is dental software a medical device in Canada?
The intended function matters more than whether a product is called a platform.
Health CanadaRead article ↗
Dental cybersecurity: prioritize recovery as well as prevention
Use Canadian baseline guidance to ask better questions about access, backups and incident response.
Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityRead article ↗
Dental data and secondary use: consent needs a clear purpose
Distinguish delivery of a dental service from later research, publication or model-development uses.
OPCRead article ↗
Computer-assisted implant surgery: read the evidence by task
A way to navigate ITI resources without turning every digital technique into the same claim.
ITIRead article ↗
Dental AI: questions to ask before accepting an accuracy claim
Look beyond a headline percentage to the dataset, task and clinical use being evaluated.
ADARead article ↗
FDI’s AI white paper: a reading guide for dental teams
Use the profession’s discussion of AI to organize a team conversation about adoption.
FDIRead article ↗
Compare implant planning software by the complete workflow
A buying framework spanning scan input, planning, guide design, laboratory work and ongoing support.
exocadRead article ↗
Digital dentistry interoperability: an export is only the start
Why buyers should test what survives a handoff between scanners, planning tools and laboratories.
StraumannRead article ↗
Scan registration results: what a useful report should explain
Understand the questions behind an alignment visual before treating it as a planning input.
ITIRead article ↗
Surgical-guide printing: evaluate the process, not only the printer
A procurement perspective on the linked stages between an approved design and a delivered guide.
ITIRead article ↗
Dental imaging datasets: availability is not research readiness
A framework for assessing whether a published dataset fits the question you want to investigate.
FDIRead article ↗
Dental technology costs: compare the cost of a working service
Move beyond the software price to training, integrations, support and laboratory dependencies.
exocadRead article ↗
Clinic–laboratory digital adoption: start with a shared problem
A practical way to decide which part of a working relationship should change first.
Canadian Dental AssociationRead article ↗
What a dental platform pilot should actually measure
Separate usability observations, operational results and clinical evidence before the trial starts.
ADARead article ↗
Dental innovation: distinguish a research result from a product
Why a paper, a demonstration and a supported commercial service answer different questions.
FDIRead article ↗
Dental software data portability: plan the exit before signing
How an export test can clarify whether a practice can retain usable records when a service changes.
OPCRead article ↗
How to read a dental technology claim without the hype
A short framework for comparing vendor announcements, professional guidance and measured results.
ADARead article ↗
ITI Study Clubs: a route into local implant discussions
Explore a professional learning network and prepare useful questions before participating.
ITIRead article ↗
Canadian dental learning: where to follow professional discussion
Find CDA publications, JCDA and CDA Oasis through the association’s professional resource hub.
Canadian Dental AssociationRead article ↗
Digital Health Canada: broadening the dental technology conversation
Look beyond dentistry for discussions about implementation, information governance and digital health skills.
Digital Health CanadaRead article ↗
Five discussion topics for a digital dentistry study group
Use focused questions to connect clinical, laboratory and technology perspectives.
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A collection of dental industry news briefs, guidance explainers and original insights for clinic, laboratory and technology teams. Each article links to its sources and distinguishes reported developments from our interpretation.
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