AAO Innovation & Transformation Fund Invests in Dental Start-Ups Synapse Dental and Bright Referral

The objective of the AAO Innovation and Transformation Fund investment strategy is to support innovation within orthodontics, drive non-dues revenue for the association and have the potential to improve patient care or improve the business of r unning an orthodontic practice. “The AAO Innovation and Transformation Fund is committed to investing in new technologies from like-minded companies that can help orthodontists provide the best possible care to their patients,” said Dr. Myron Guymon, AAO President. Synapse Dental, co-founded by AAO Member, Dr. Cosmo Haralambidis, won the 2023 AAO Ortho Innovator Award for developing the Dental Pain EraserTM and competed in the 2023 AAO Ortho Tank start-up pitch event. The Dental Pain Eraser is a handheld solution that uses patented PulseWaveTM technology to prevent and relieve oral pai n within seconds without needles, drugs and numbness. The PulseWave technology, a type of neuromodulation, interrupts the oral pain cascade and histamine response by using proprietary subsensory electrical stimulus. The company has achieved patents in multiple countries and the technology has broade r usage outside of dental and orthodontics in ENT and facial surgical procedures. “We are excited to partner with the AAO Innovation and Transformation Fund,” said Dr. Cosmo Haralambidis, Co-Founder of Synapse Dental. “The AAO’s support will help us accelerate our growth and bring the Dent al Pain Eraser to even more orthodontists and patien...
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