Each year, the Edison Awards honor the top innovations upending the status quo and transforming the way people live and work. Selected through a thorough review process conducted by experts in the fields of science, technology, design, engineering and marketing, the 2020 Edison Awards Winners in the Dental/Medical category are the latest crop of new and noteworthy advances you’ll be seeing—and adopting—soon. Among the winners are:

• Easy Denture, arguably the most accessible denture option in the world, earned the company a Dental Innovations gold award. According to the Center for Disease Control, in the United States, approximately 40 million people are edentulous – without teeth. Easy Denture resolved to create a solution that’s a simple as boiling water. Simply Dip Easy Denture in boiling water for 60 seconds. Cool for the same amount of time. Align in the mouth and create a seal for 90 seconds. Place denture in cold water to set for 30 seconds. That’s all there is to it. One visit and done.

• With a bronze medal in the Dental Innovations category, Richmond Soft BiteBlock by Richmond Dental & Medical is a groundbreaking tool to protect patients under general anesthesia. It helps protect the airway device (Endotracheal Tube or Laryngeal Mask Airway), teeth, and tongue during emergence. The Soft BiteBlock‘s dense cylindrical shape allows for consistent compression performance when placed between a patient’s molars with the tongue positioned medially.

• ORISE Gel Submucosal Lifting Agent, a pseudoplastic/non-Newtonian viscous gel used for the creation of submucosal cushions beneath polyps, adenomas, or early-stage cancers by Boston Scientific earned a silver award in the Advanced Surgical Instruments category.

• A Silver award honoree in the Sterilization Solutions category, SciCan’s StatClave G4 vacuum sterilizer contains both pre- and post-sterilization vacuums. With the reliability and trust you’ve come to expect from STATIM, the STATCLAVE G4 is designed to deliver speed, capacity and efficiency to your practice. STATCLAVE improves steam penetration and post-sterilization vacuum to improve drying. Its 11” chamber and vacuum-assisted closed-door drying efficiently delivers sterilized and dried wrapped instruments.

Established in 1987, the Edison Awards have recognized and honored some of the most innovative products and business leaders in the world and is among the most prestigious accolades honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, design and innovation.