MERIDIAN, Idaho — Dental R.A.T. LLC, developers of the Dental R.A.T., has been recognized as one of 16 companies to receive the Pride Institute’s Best of Class Technology Award for 2011.
Dental R.A.T. was an honoree in the Clinical/Diagnostic category.
A panel of dental technology experts, organized by the Pride Institute--a dental practice-management consulting firm based in Novato, Calif.--selected this year’s winning products through an assessment selection process. The winning technologies were selected by majority vote and divided into four categories: Foundational, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Emerging.
The Pride Institute Best of Class Technology awards were launched in 2009 as a new concept to provide an unbiased, nonprofit assessment of available technologies in the dental space. Winners of the award are invited to participate in a technology fair that is showcased at the American Dental Association’s annual meeting.
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“We deeply felt a gap in the area of technology education and integration, said Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS, president of the Pride Institute. “We feel the technology awards and fair were an ideal model to fill that gap. Pride Institute’s commitment is to provide the finest information and counsel in all areas of practice management.”
The panel consisted of seven dentists with knowledge of and experience in dental technolog. They included Dr. Shuman; John Flucke, DDS, writer and speaker; Paul Feuerstein, DMD, writer, speaker and technology editor for Dental Economics; Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, associate professor and director, Center for Dental Informatics at the University of Pittsburg, School of Dental Medicine; Marty Jablow, DMD, technology writer and speaker; Para Kachalia, DDS, Director of New Technology at the University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry; and Larry Emmott, DDS, technology writer, speaker, and dental marketing consultant.
“I feel very fortunate that a panel of this magnitude has agreed to contribute to the selection process,” said Dr. Shuman.
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