Stan Goff

After car crash and funny TV interview, Australian media focus on this man's missing teeth. Everyone knows a great smile helps with both appearance and with how you are perceived by most people. Shiny, functioning teeth can also help with self-esteem and quality of life. But the opposite is also true. Someone missing teeth might be perceived as unhappy or troubled, but that may not always be the case.

Today’s dental lasers keep getting better and better, and easier to use. Add to that a big drop in price in recent years, and now may the best time ever to take advantage of the technology if you have yet to already do so.

Today’s dental lasers keep getting better and better, and easier to use. Add to that a big drop in price in recent years, and now may the best time ever to take advantage of the technology if you have yet to already do so.

MacPractice’s ‘all-in-one’ dental software is said to feature best-in-class billing, next-generation charting, digital imaging, EDR, reputation marketing, online patient registration, online scheduling reputation marketing that works, secure messaging, network fax and more.

Today’s intraoral scanners allow clinicians to improve their data and information, eliminate poor impressions, and best of all, help deliver great restorations to patients in a quicker, more comfortable fashion. Take a close look at the intramural scanner systems on the following pages and make sure to look into finding a system that can help you and your patients take advantange of this great technology

Today’s intraoral scanners allow clinicians to improve their data and information, eliminate poor impressions, and best of all, help deliver great restorations to patients in a quicker, more comfortable fashion. Take a close look at the intramural scanner systems on the following pages and make sure to look into finding a system that can help you and your patients take advantange of this great technology

Using DEXIS Platinum digital sensors and DEXIS CariVu.This comprehensive group practice consists of brothers Drs. Lester, Stuart and Joel Appell, and their nephew, Dr. Aaron Appell, and these clinicians discuss the benefits of DEXIS™ digital imaging products for every aspect of this multi-specialty practice.

The LiteTouch™, from Syneron Dental Lasers, is described as a fast-cutting, high-energy non-fiber Er:YAG dental laser for treating both hard and soft, oral and maxillofacial tissues. Innovative Laser-in-Handpiece technology offers all the benefits of laser dentistry with the familiar feel of a turbine drill. This design makes it easy to achieve cleaner, gentler treatments with less anesthesia and minimal recovery time. Here Alan Miller, CEO and Founder of AMD LASERS, and Dr. Ron Kaminer, a pioneer in dental lasers, talk about the new laser.

The i-CAT FLX V-Series is an upgradable solution that allows you to start at one sized field of view, but provides the flexibility to add additional fields of view as your practice needs change. Choose the i-CAT solution that’s right for your practice now, and be confident knowing that your investment can grow as your practice grows.

Dental implants can provide the greatest financial opportunity for dentists, but you “have to communicate differently to patients and the entire dental team.” That was one of the messages emphasized by Dr. Tom Dawson at a Friday lecture in Peoria, Illinois in front of a packed room at the 12th DAL Dental Appreciation Continuing Education Event. The Dental Arts Laboratory event, held at the WeaverRidge Golf Club, was sponsored in part by Dental Products Report, with Dentsply Sirona Prosthetics serving as anchor sponsor.

ACTEON North America's PSPIX2 is a completely redesigned next-generation device for scanning dental X-rays from phosphor plates. It combines a small footprint with an intuitive touchscreen designed to deliver the easy and efficient taking of dental X-rays. It described as the first cordless digital imaging scanner, and the system works in Windows or OS X® and is single or multi-user ready.

When Dr. Michael T. Kelly first heard about a newer laser technology that targeted hard tissue, he knew had to give it a try. Once he got his hands on the Solea laser from Convergent Dental, he was convinced the technology was indeed great for cutting hard tissue. What he learned soon thereafter really had him hooked ­- that this CO2 laser system also was perfect for his soft tissue procedures.

A look at the first self-etch/self-adhesive resin cement to offer a Color Cleanup Indicator.

To get an in-depth look at Dentsply Sirona’s line of Treatment Centers, including the newest Transcendental Treatment Centers, DPR asked Dentsply Sirona Product Marketing Manager - Treatment Centers Stéphane Leduc to address a few topics and answer some questions about this integral piece of every dental operatory.

CariVu from DEXIS offers the clinician a precise picture of caries by using near infrared transillumination technology to give clinicians a view of carious lesions and cracks.

Dental Lab Products gives an in-depth look at the new Ceramill Zolid FX Multilayer Zirconia from Amann Girrbach.

Dr. James Thomas, DDS, MS, of Bellevue, Wash., explains how using Curve Dental practice management software has helped his practice work more efficiently, thrive.

At the Greater New York Dental Meeting last fall, AMD Lasers announced that it was expanding into the hard-tissue dental laser market. The company then officially launched the LiteTouch all-tissue laser at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting to much fanfare at its booth as well as at a product launch reception on Feb. 26 at the Hilton | Asmus Contemporary Art Gallery in Chicago.

How i-CAT 3D imaging technology helped diagnose and correct constricted airways for a young girl, her siblings and her father. Dr. Robert Kaspers’ orthodontic office in Illinois handled the treatment.