Dental Asia May/June 2022

DENTAL UPDATES
The Aspen Group and ACE Surgical Supply partner to streamline bone grafting
solutions in US
The Aspen Group (TAG), which includes Aspen
Dental, a network of nearly 1,000 doctor-owned
dental offices across the US, and ClearChoice
Dental Implant Centres, have partnered with
ACE Surgical Supply to supply TAG’s network
of offices with a range of bone grafting and
membrane solution.
ACE Surgical Supply is accredited by the
American Association of Tissue Banks and
has built a supply chain for biomaterials,
sourcing from multiple tissue banks to ensure
a consistent supply. Over the years, ACE has
built a portfolio of bone regenerative solutions,
alongside new products, offering clinicians
more options for treating patients.
Products available to teams at Aspen Dental
and ClearChoice offices will include alloOss
Allograft, NuOss Xenograft Particulate,
NuOss Plug, MemGuide Resorbable Porcine
Membrane, RCM6 Resorbable Collagen
Membrane, Resorbable Collagen Plug, Foam
and Tape, and several of the company’s other
products.
Image: Jonathan borba/Unsplash
“At TAG, our core mission remains breaking
down barriers and expanding access to
care, keeping patients at the centre,” said
Arwinder Judge, DDS, chief clinical officer
at Aspen Dental. “We do this by providing
the best resources, training, technology
and treatment products to the doctors we
support, so they can focus on providing
attentive, tailored care to their patients.
This partnership with a world-class provider
like ACE Surgical Supply will support exactly
that.”
“We’re very excited to support TAG and
the doctors they support across the
country as they treat more patients
with bone regenerative products,” said
Michael Mancini, general manager and
COO for ACE Surgical Supply. “Due to
our abilities to process many of our
regenerative products in house, we can
be more responsive to our customers’
needs, exert greater quality control
over the product, and offer competitive
pricing.” ■
Benco Dental partners with AI dental company Overjet
Benco Dental and dental artificial intelligence
(AI) company Overjet have formed a
partnership that provides dentists across
the US access to Overjet’s US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)-cleared AI platform.
“This partnership is bringing two
companies together to improve oral health
for all through innovation,” said Wardah Inam,
CEO and co-founder of Overjet. “The
combination of Overjet’s dental AI and
Benco’s expansive dental distribution
network will further accelerate the digital
transformation of AI in dentistry.”
The platform is designed to deliver clinical
insights to improve the quality of
patient care and practice performance.
It leverages advanced machine learning
methods to analyse the content of dental
radiographs and identify and quantify
important findings, ultimately improving
case acceptance, automating administrative
tasks and increasing productivity.
Chuck Cohen, managing director of Benco
Dental, said: “Doctors have embraced
Benco as a trusted innovation pipeline,
and Overjet is leading a machine learning
revolution that, in the simplest terms,
liberates them from the considerable
workflow inefficiencies and clinical
disadvantages of being their own
radiologists.” ■
Wardah Inam, CEO and co-founder of Overjet
6 DENTAL ASIA MAY / JUNE 2022