HOWARD STRASSLER, DMD is a professor and the director of operative dentistry at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. He practices in Pikesville, Maryland. A regular contributor to dental lifestyle magazine, he reflects in this issue on a personal milestone: 40 years in dental... CONTINUE READING
CAPTION: H. Paul Hufham III and his Friendly Benco Dental Rep Doug Yeager standing in Dr. Hufham’s Dothan, Alabama, mini-dental museum. By Chuck Cohen / Benco Dental Managing Director A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune of visiting the office of Dr. H. Paul Hufham III in Dothan,... CONTINUE READING
A: One strand at a time, according to Larry Cohen, who has over the past half-century Larry Cohen collected hundreds of unique dental artifacts, which reside at Benco Dental's home office in Pittston, Pennsylvania. Silk dental floss debuted in the late 1800s - saving people, at... CONTINUE READING
It took over 60 years to develop the first CBCT. Sixty years after that, we're all still calling this breakthrough by its original name: Panorex. The technical term is "generic trademark," but it really ought to be called "the marketer's dream": It's when your brand name becomes synonymous... CONTINUE READING
Dr. Horace Wells, Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor, Dr. Francis Mouyen -- women and men who have helped transform dentistry from craft to science. Inspired by these thinkers and pioneers, one family-owned distributor set out to create an exceptional customer... CONTINUE READING
A. The Queen Isabella Association. What does it have to do with dentistry? Good question. On researching the history of Lucy Hobbs Taylor, the first woman in American to graduate with a dental degree, I found out she belonged to this remarkable group. In fact, the story of how she became a... CONTINUE READING
The Weber P-64 played a key role in enabling dentists at long last, to take a load off and get comfortable. Ready for a dental history lesson from Larry Cohen? Benco Dental Chairman and Chief Customer Advocate has over the past half-century collected hundreds of unique dental artifacts which... CONTINUE READING
"Women's History Month reminds us how far we've come and how far we need to go," said Dr. Lucy Hobbs, as portrayed by Benco Dental Database Publishing Production Specialist Jenn Ochman. She should know, as Lucy Hobbs was denied entrance to dental school in 1861 solely based on her... CONTINUE READING
While you're coordinating your calendar for 2017 and planning your April 27 visit to the The Lucy Hobbs Project 5th Annual Celebration in Philadelphia, clear an extra day or two to enjoy a city of firsts. One historical stop: the Kornberg School of Dentistry's Historical Dental Museum... CONTINUE READING
In the middle of the Depression, coal miners needed dentures ... and the Universal Dental Company needed a distributor. What you see here (shown) isn't my old stamp collection, or a portfolio of war medals. This is the Universal Dental Company's mold guide for Five Phase artificial porcelain... CONTINUE READING
