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TUSDM alum founds startup in effort to make dentistry more sustainable

Dental Entrepreneur interviewed Dr. Don­nie Wiggins, D22, for an article titled How Dr. Donnie Wiggins is Bridging the Gap Between Sustainability and Dentistry.

A general dentist in New York City, Wiggins is also the CEO of Syber Biomaterials, a biotech company that develops biodegradable plastics. His business partners include Dr. Gerard Ku­gel, D85, professor emeritus for the Department of Compre­hensive Care, and Dr. David Kaplan, professor for the De­partment of Biomedical Engineering.

Early on, Wiggins noticed how much plastic waste was produced in dentistry. He soon learned that approximately 1 billion toothbrushes were thrown away each year. It was this statistic that inspired Wiggins into action. Wiggins’s ini­tial goal for Syber Biomaterials was to bring environmental­ly friendly toothbrushes to the market but, as the problem of plastic waste extends far beyond the dental industry, his goal now is to replace all commodity plastics.

Congrats, Dr. Wiggins!

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