Midmark Corp. announced the grand opening of its experience and technology centers located on the company’s Versailles, Ohio campus, about 45 miles north of Dayton.

The brand-new, state-of-the-art facilities are designed to advance Midmark’s capabilities as a clinical environmental design company for the medical, dental, and veterinarian industries. The centers are set to become the focus of the company’s efforts to enhance the patient care experience.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is profoundly changing the point of care in practices, spotlighting how important it is to share new ideas, create new processes and develop new technologies. Our medical, dental, and animal health customers now have a place where they can learn about operational and clinical workflows, combined with healthcare technologies to design their own best practices,” said Jon Wells, president and chief commercial officer, Midmark. “At the same time, our research and design teams will apply customer insights and interactions to build upon our understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by them. This collaborative approach will fuel innovation to best serve our healthcare customers and their patients.”

The expansion includes a dental venue, which focuses on ergonomics, safety, and workflow.

The experience center is 21,000 square feet and is designed to help the company’s healthcare customers in making design decisions. This center features an interactive opportunity to learn best practices and how Midmark designs fit into the various healthcare settings.

The 56,000 square-foot technology center is designed to allow Midmark engineers, designers, and industry experts to develop new approaches and technologies that will be showcased in the experience center. Both centers will be a collaborative focal point with the companies partners from around the world.

These additions are part of a larger expansion to the Versailles campus, which is expected to be completed in early 2022. For more information, visit 

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A critical component in helping provide access to oral care that was hit hard this past year looks to be getting a big boost. Designed to help mobile dentistry programs relaunch after being shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, MouthWatch, LLC today introduced its TeleDent™ Mobile Dentistry Accelerator Awards.

Prior to the pandemic, the number of new and expanding mobile dentistry programs were growing at a rapid pace and were providing access to oral care to those who were not able to visit a dentist, whether due to living in facilities such as nursing homes, being located in rural areas, being disabled, or due to poverty.

“Mobile dentistry programs whether they be for profit or non-profit were instrumental in breaking down the barriers to care. Unfortunately, COVID-19 caused many of these vital programs to curtail or delay their services,” says Brant Herman, founder and CEO of MouthWatch, LLC, a provider of innovative teledentistry solutions, digital case presentation tools, and intraoral imaging devices. “Now that restrictions are loosening up, MouthWatch wants to help fast-track the rebound of mobile dentistry with the TeleDent™ Mobile Dentistry Accelerator Awards”.

The TeleDent™ Mobile Dentistry Accelerator Awards were created to support qualified for-profit or non-profit mobile dentistry programs at any stage of development. Five winners will be awarded in total. Each winner will receive the following:

One 12-Month license of the award-winning TeleDent all-in-one teledentistry platform for five users—a $1,848 value

Comprehensive training and onboarding for the entire mobile dentistry team by an experienced MouthWatch teledentistry specialist

The opportunity for the mobile health program to be promoted by MouthWatch via social media, press release, published case study, etc.

One award-winning MouthWatch Intraoral Camera, 500 OptiClear™ intraoral camera sleeves, and a MouthWatch Intraoral Camera wall mount or counter mount—a $477 total value

One free individual annual membership to the American Mobile & Teledentistry Alliance

A copy of the ground-breaking workbook on teledentistry profitability, “Pathways to Prosperity” by Patti DiGangi, RDH, and Cindy Purdy, RDH,—a $30 value.

Non-profit and for-profit mobile dentistry programs alike can enter themselves online for the TeleDent™ Mobile Dentistry Accelerator Awards at 

. The deadline for entries is May 5, 2021. Winners will be announced by June 30, 2021.

Non-profit and for-profit mobile dentistry programs can enter themselves online for the awards by May 5.

MouthWatch’s TeleDent Mobile Dentistry Accelerator Awards to Give Mobile Dentistry Programs a Boost

ContacEZ is the newest addition to the DirectaDentalGroup, which also includes Topdental, Parkell, and Sendoline. The Swedish manufacturer has announced its acquisition of ContacEz, the manufacturer of the ContacEZ Restorative Strip System and other interproximal products. ContacEZ also produces a range of Strip Systems for dental laboratories.

DirectaDentalGroup markets and manufacturers dental consumables, materials, and electronics for the dental industry. All members of the DirectaDentalGroup, now including ContacEZ, are managed independently and have full control over day-to-day operations.

ContacEZ products were included as part of Directa’s product range in January 2021.

“Since its successful debut in October 2006, ContacEZ and its founder Dr Daniel Kim have researched, developed, and distributed ingenious solutions to current practice problems, steadily expanding its product line in close cooperation with the dental profession in a way that very much resembles Directa’s philosophy,” a statement from DirectaDental Group read.

Swedish manufacturer DirectaDentalGroup has acquired US manufacturer ContacEZ.

ContacEZ acquired by DirectaDentalGroup

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BIOLASE is hoping to help clinicians provide periodontal and implant services while promoting the adoption of dental laser technology with the launch of the new Waterlase Perio Academy (WPA).

Built on the success of the company's Waterlase Endo Academy, is based on a community of periodontists who provide peer-led education and mentorship through online meeting and expert case reviews. The WPA leadership group includes Paul Chang, DDS, MS, Curry Leavitt, Stephen John, Todd Jorgenson, James Papp, and Bret Dyer.

The academy is open to all periodontists using BIOLASE's Waterlase dental laser systems. New training sessions will be added to teach new techniques as they are developed, and BIOLASE will update the WPA community on new product releases as well.

The new education platform aims to help dental professionals to enhance their periodontal and implant skills while promoting the adoption of dental lasers.

BIOLASE to Launch Waterlase Perio Academy

Ivoclar Vivadent has announced it will launch 2 new scanning systems in the US. The PrograScan® One intraoral scanners will be powered by 3Shape.

The PrograScan One is designed to integrate with the PrograMill®—Ivoclar Vivadent’s chairside milling machine designed to fabricate IPS e.max®—for a completely digital workflow. There will be 2 different versions of the scanner available—PrograScan One and PrograScan One+.

Both scanners are designed to capture high-quality digital impressions and will utilize AI technology to remove automatically remove soft tissue artifacts from the digital impression. Clinicians will be able to record a patient’s dynamic occlusion to ensure the best fitting restorations. Other features included with both scanners are the color scan and shade measurement. In addition, the PrograScan One+ provides optimized handling with wireless scanning technology.

The scanners will be fully integrated into Ivoclar Vivaden’ts PrograDesign software, which will connect both scanners to the PrograMill One. This will allow for single-visit dentistry and guided workflows.

The PrograScan One scanners will be released during the second quarter of 2021. For more information, visit 

The company plans to release 2 versions of its new PrograScan One intraoral scanner this year.

Ivoclar Vivadent plans for the release of 2 intraoral scanners

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Designed to make digital impressions accessible and simple to integrate into any practice, the INTELLISCAN 3D intraoral scanner from Intelliscan is a user-friendly, open-source, economical system.

The scanner captures full color digital impressions using structured light technology without the need for a scanning contrast powder. The scanning wand is smaller than average, and the anti-fog scan head helps it capture scans efficiently. 

Motion sensing technology in the scanner allows it to be operated without the need to touch the laptop, which can reduce cross-contamination risks. The system is open-source without any scanning- or data-related fees, allowing scans to be saved and sent to almost any digital dental software application for a wide range of clinical applications.

This new digital impression solution provides the features of leading intraoral scanning solutions at an economical price point.

Intelliscan launches INTELLISCAN 3D Intraoral Scanner

Already known for its LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robots, Xenex Disinfection Services has a new product designed to meet the need for targeted disinfection, especially in compact areas like dental exam rooms, ambulances and cockpits.

Xenex, a global provider in UV technology-based disinfection strategies and solutions, has launcged Deactivate™, a high-powered, handheld LED device designed to quickly disinfect surfaces in confined spaces.

Recognizing the need for targeted disinfection in small spaces and compact areas, the company designed Deactivate, which utilizes high-powered LEDs to create ultraviolet (UV) light proven to deactivate pathogens, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19. Deactivate does not require warm-up or cool-down time, and does not leave behind any chemical residue. Post-disinfection, the area is immediately available for use.

Evidence-based testing performed at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute demonstrated that the Deactivate device achieves a 99% level of disinfection against SARS-CoV-2 in 30 seconds at 1 meter, 99% against vegetative bacteria (methicillin-resistant 

 – also known as MRSA, Escherichia coli – also known as E.coli) in 1 minute at 1 meter, and 99% against bacterial spores in 2 minutes at 1 meter, according to Xenex.

 is a high-powered, handheld LED device designed to quickly disinfect surfaces in confined spaces.

Many businesses need targeted, rapid disinfection, especially compact areas like dental exam rooms, ambulances, office cubicles, and cockpits. The company wanted to offer an effective technology for disinfecting small spaces that are hard to clean and that’s what Deactivate is designed to provide.

The LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots have been deployed by hundreds of healthcare facilities worldwide for no-touch room disinfection. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, LightStrike robots are now used in airports, schools, hotels, sports arenas, police stations and correctional facilities, convention centers, and more to quickly disinfect large rooms and areas, the company states.

Xenex launches new product proven to destroy SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in 30 seconds.

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