Here are five updates from the dental technology sector that Becker's reported on in April:
1. Align Technology announced plans to repurchase $150 million of its common stock.
2. An assistant professor at Penn Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is working on a new implant that could be less susceptible to infection.
3. Boston Micro Fabrication received FDA clearance for its UltraThineer material for dental veneers.
4. David Brooks, DMD, completed his 700th robotic dental implant.
5. Dental technology company Medit launched its newest intraoral scanner, Medit i900.