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When ForsythKids visited an elementary school in the Cape Cod area, we met nine-year-old Mattie,* who suffered excruciating pain from a mouth full of cavities. The pain was so bad, she couldn’t concentrate on homework, and it woke her up at night. Our lead hygienist Carley Zamorano’s warm smile and gentle exam of her teeth…

CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2024 — The American Dental Association (ADA) and the ADA Forsyth Institute (AFI) are proud to announce the formation of ADA Corporate Partners, a new collaboration aimed at uniting key leaders in the dental industry. This initiative seeks to leverage the combined strengths of the ADA, AFI and elite leaders in the…

ForsythKids, a mobile dental program bringing care to underserved communities, will expand its school-based program in Quincy, Massachusetts thanks to support from Delta Dental of Massachusetts, the leading dental benefits administrator in the state. A storied Boston charity program with over a century of service to the community, ForsythKids is led by the nonprofit ADA…

Scientists have identified many types of bacteria in the mouth, but many problems remain in understanding how they work with one another. One of the problems is that microbes assemble themselves into densely packed multi-species biofilms. Their density and complexity pose acute difficulties for visualizing individual cells and analyzing their interactions at single-cell level. ADA…

Cambridge, Mass. — The 2024 IOF-ADA Forsyth International Orthodontic Symposium, held in Cambridge, MA, USA, on October 5-6, brought together thought leaders from around the globe to discuss the latest innovations and advancements in orthodontics. This milestone event marked the first of three joint symposia by the International Orthodontics Foundation and ADA Forsyth Institute to…

ADA Forsyth’s fourth annual oral health innovation summit, dentech 2024 took place Oct 24-25 and drew the largest crowd to date, with more than 120 executives from industry, academia, government and venture capital.   The meeting convened experts and decision makers to continue conversations from previous meetings, and to discuss how to drive innovation and promote…

Cambridge, Mass., (10/31/2024) – ForsythKids, a mobile dental program bringing care to underserved communities, will expand its school-based program in Canton, Massachusetts, alongside Delta Dental of Massachusetts, the leading dental benefits administrator in the state.  ForsythKids has been providing preventative dental care to children in the Canton Public Schools district for four school years and were…

ADA Forsyth Institute Center for Clinical and Translational Research is conducting a dental research study. Read the information below to see if this study pertains to you. If you are interested and have the following conditions you may be eligible: To learn more about the study, please contact: Molly Dunne or Elida Salazar 617-892-8600 or…

ADA Forsyth Institute Center for Clinical and Translational Research is conducting a research study on tooth sensitivity. Read the information below to see if this study pertains to you. If yes, you may have “dentin hypersensitivity” (tooth sensitivity) We are inviting volunteers (at least 18 years of age) with dentin hypersensitivity (tooth sensitivity) to participate…

ADA Forsyth is going to SmileCon for the first time! Join ADA Forsyth for the brand new AFI Innovation Hub at SmileCon, ADA’s annual conference, Oct. 17-19 in New Orleans. Showcasing 12 of the top companies in dental AI, diagnostics, devices, software as a service (SaaS), and business-to-business (B2B) solutions, the Hub will include hands-on experiences…

Media Contact: Jill Sirko, [email protected]  Cambridge, Mass., September 30, 2024 – The ADA Forsyth Institute (AFI) has been awarded a $6.2 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Funded under the highly competitive RM1 mechanism, this five-year award will support a groundbreaking project to develop next-generation smart materials for dental fillings…

F. nucleatum triggers the onset of gum disease, and is associated with colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease Cambridge, Mass., September 3, 2024 – The ADA Forsyth Institute, a leading oral health research organization, and Flightpath Biosciences Inc are excited to announce a groundbreaking discovery in the fight against severe gum disease and related…

Given our new partnership with the ADA, dentech 2024 is taking things to a new level. Join us to explore the future of dentistry!

Scientists discover dangerous multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogen, Klebsiella, thrives under starvation conditions found in hospital settings.

ADA Forsyth’s Inaugural Golf Tournament is right around the corner. Today we are pleased to highlight the event’s Course Sponsor, Voyager Dental in this Q&A with the company’s CEO, Steve Floe. Like ADA Forsyth, Voyager Dental places an emphasis on positive community outcomes driven by innovation. We are grateful for the support provided by Voyager…