The Guru computer-based interactive patient education library provides customized patient explanations, notations, and images to help patients make informed decisions about proposed treatment. Tightly integrated with both Dentrix and Easy Dental practice management software, it also is offered as a stand-alone system. Price, $2,499 plus a $449 annual content-update plan.

Engineered to replace conventional chairside material-based impression techniques for any indirect restorative procedures, the “next-generation” iTero Digital Impression system improves scanning time over the original system and offers flexibility in designing accurately fitting prosthetics. Major enhancements include reducing the overall digital capture-and-scan time and faster real-time display of the 3-D digital model, along with an expanded shade library featuring Vita 3-D Master. The upgrade also offers the user choice of background color options (both solids and gradients) for added depth, and a modified foot pedal for increased stability.

The lightweight, portable USBCam2 intraoral video camera features a universal fixed focal range that delivers sharp images—from extreme close-up to full arch—with no focal adjustment needed. The camera’s focus-free optics and proprietary eight-LED light source ensure consistent high-quality images. Power on/off and one-click capture buttons are located on the rear of the camera. The camera connects directly to any computer via highspeed USB 2.0, and its multiple mounting options allow flexible installation.

The Kodak P712 Dental Digital Photography System’s 7.1-mp camera offers 12X optical zoom and 3.3X digital zoom along with image stabilization. It also features 32-MB internal memory, a distance guide, and a large 2.5-inch LCD screen with a positioning grid for easy framing. The camera has two preprogrammed dental settings—one for portraits and intraoral photography, the other with enhanced lighting for mirror shots. The system also includes a 256-MB memory card and a printer dock with a battery charger that ensures optimal power and offers fast, high-quality 4x6-inch dye-sublimation prints and image transfer.

The DEXIS 8 digital radiography system incorporates ClearCapture image processing technology to optimize the signal path between image acquisition and on-screen display. Additionally, the system offers an improved ClearVu image enhancement tool, flexible display options, expanded communications options that allow annotated images to be shared in different formats, and a clinical sensor placement guide for pediatric patients.