Showing up as his best self
Brett Kessler, D.D.S., to become 161st president of ADA

It’s 5 a.m. On any given morning. Dr. Brett Kessler’s alarm rings.

There’s a grunt, a moan. He gets up, sits down in his home office, and does a guided meditation while he’s sipping his coffee. The audio meditation usually has a topic, which will lead Dr. Kessler to write in his journal what he thought about and what insights he gathered. There are some days he skips the stationary meditation, turning toward another form for him: running.

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 ADA News | Kelly Ganski | September 03, 2024

The Future of Digital Dentistry: AI Robot Successfully Places Dental Crown

In a frankly, quite crazy development that may revolutionize the field of digital dentistry in the future, the world’s first fully autonomous robot-performed dental crown placement has been completed. Insane! Something that has been joked about – robots doing dentistry – is now somewhat a reality. This milestone event, achieved by Perceptive’s AI-driven robotics system , marks a significant leap forward in integrating artificial intelligence and robotics in dental care.

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 Institute of Digital Dentistry | Dr Ahmad AL-Hassiny | August 14, 2024

Daily cannabis use potentially linked to head, neck cancers

A new study found that patients diagnosed with cannabis use disorder may have an increased overall risk of developing head and neck cancers. In the study, published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, investigators analyzed a database of 4 million electronic health records and found more than 116,000 diagnoses of cannabis use disorder among patients with head and neck cancers.

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ADA Dental News | ADA Morning Huddle | July 2024