Dental Excellence Awards 2013 finalists

Below is the list of finalists in each category for the 2013 edition of the DrBicuspid.com Dental Excellence Awards.

To see the full list of semifinalist candidates, click here.

Click here to vote in the final round. Voting begins January 7, ends midnight on January 18.

Most Influential Dental Researcher
Nasser Barghi, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Frank Catalanotto, University of Florida

Most Effective Dentist Educator
Dan E. Fisher, Ultradent
Gerard Kugel, Tufts University

Most Effective Dental Hygienist Educator
Rella Christensen, CR Foundation
Trisha O'Hehir, Dentaltown

Most Effective Dental Assistant Educator
Joe Blaes, Dental Economics
Tina Calloway

Best Practice Management Consultant
Randy Bird, Straine Consulting
Linda Miles, Miles Global

Best New Restorative Material
Filtek Bulk Fill Flowable, 3M ESPE
Scotchbond Universal, 3M ESPE

Best New Preventive Product
Logicon v.5.0.22.4 with PreScan, Carestream Dental
UltraSeal XT hydro, Ultradent Products

Best New Instrument/Device
Cerec Omnicam, Sirona
CS 1600, Carestream Dental

Best New Hygienist Product
Resin 8 scalers, Hu-Friedy
XP Double Gracey instruments, American Eagle

Best New Diagnostic/Imaging Device
Cerec Omnicam, Sirona
CS 8100, Carestream Dental

Best New/Updated Software/Service
CS SoftDent v. 15.0, Carestream Dental
Eaglesoft Clinician, Patterson Dental

Best New Consumer Product
Waterpik Complete Care, Water Pik
Zoom WhiteSpeed, Philips

Most Controversial Topic
Corporate dentistry/ownership of dental offices by nondentists
Dental therapists/midlevel providers