In an interview with Maxillaris, the vice-president of the Digital Dentistry Society – and member of several international scientific and academic institutions – predicts that in the future “it will be the patient who will be making more conscious decisions, assisted by artificial intelligence”.

In the last decade, we’ve seen the food industry change the way it markets what we consume. Nowadays there is much more concern about how our food is produced, packaged and distributed, and the whole organic food industry, free of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and pesticides has really impacted this process.

This past weekend was dedicated to the Bone & Tissue Days in Opatija, Croatia, a congress organised by Botiss Dental, where the focus is on dental hard and soft tissue regeneration.

Leading experts on CAD-CAM dentistry will be converging in beautiful Palma de Mallorca, in Spain, on October 3rd and 4th, for two full days of software education, partner shows and international guest speakers.

Ever since I opened the doors of the White Clinic in 1999, my team and I have always had a “start-up” mentality. Why? Because no two days are the same and we need to be prepared for anything. We always need to be on top of our game. Why? Because experience matters.

I am beyond excited to be speaking at the 50th Annual Ernest M. Jones Memorial Lecture at Washington State University in Seattle, on September 16th.

Ekaterina Miheeva reached out to me all the way from Australia after about 3 years of battling a series of physical and psychological symptoms that not only did not go away, but that more than 10 doctors, 15 naturopaths, and multiple exams, including a brain scan, endoscopies and colonoscopies, simply could not solve.

Dr. Miguel Stanley, considered one of the top 100 dentists in the world, is the founder and clinical director of the internationally-recognized White Clinic, a leading Dental Center based in Lisbon.

When I graduated from university in 1998, the internet was in its early stages and social media was in the distant future, and the yellow pages (Google it if you’re under 30) was still a place where I would go to try and find out about business contacts.

There are many challenges facing the modern dentist today. It does not really matter if you are a dentist just beginning your career or a senior practitioner with a network of clinics. These challenges all boil down to a few simple commonalities: we all have to keep our patients happy, and we all have to keep them coming back.