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Ultradent has acquired these eye protectant shields, which can go on top of eyewear and loupes to protect from lasers and lights.
2015 "Best of Class" Technology Award winners announced
June 8th 2015Every day, innovative new products and technologies are pushing the dental industry forward, streamlining the job and redefining practice management, patient care and treatment. While there are many exciting emerging technologies and cutting-edge products, there are some that rise above the rest. These are the recipients of the seventh annual Pride Institute Best of Class Technology Awards.
DentalEZ enhances family of NextGen® dental cabinets with two new additions
April 13th 2015DentalEZ®, a supplier of integrated products and services for dental health professionals worldwide, announced two recent additions to its DentalEZ® NextGen® line of dental cabinets, the new NextGen® Sterilization Center and NextGen® Basic Cabinets.
Why Dr. Jeff Dalin calls CariVu from DEXIS a 'godsend' for his dental practice [VIDEO]
April 13th 2015Dr. Jeff Dalin describes himself as “an early adopter who does a little bit of everything” at his general practice in St. Louis, Mo. He’s also someone who believes strongly in the power of technology to help his practice and improve the lives of his patients.
I Use That: DentiMax Dream intraoral sensors
April 2nd 2015In this installment of “I Use That,” we asked Dr. Michael Davila and Dr. Andreea Mada-Davila, as well as Dr. Tauseel Khan of Philipse Manor Dental Associates, about their use of DentiMax’s Dream Sensor in their practice. They share how converting to DentiMax’s Dream Sensors benefitted their practice efficiencies, front-desk employees and bottom line.
Step-by-step with Sirona inLab: Great detail work with one workflow [VIDEO]
February 10th 2015Completing a 7-unit lower anterior bridge using CAD/CAM scanning equipment requires a variety of detailed steps. Fortunately, today’s modern CAD/CAM systems, such as Sirona’s inLab system, can help speed up and simplify scanning, designing and milling.
Sirona introduces new milling machine to inLab line [VIDEO]
February 10th 2015Sirona Dental, Inc. recently unveiled the inLab MC X5 disc milling unit, a new milling option for dental laboratories. The inLab MC X5, a five-axis milling and grinding machine, is designed to process a variety of material discs and blocks while seamlessly switching between both wet and dry functions.
Products in practice: Greater accuracy, faster impressions with digital scanning
February 10th 2015By now, most of us are familiar with the concept of digital scanning. However, if it’s been awhile since you’ve thought about whether you should add one of these devices to your practice, now would be a great time to review.
Unveiling the BIOLASE Epic X Diode Laser
January 5th 2015We have seen some tremendous advances in our beloved profession of dentistry in the last 25 years or so. As computing power has increased, research and development in many areas of dentistry has allowed us opportunities to perform procedures that would have had G.V. Black as happy as a hungry shark in a swimming pool full of tuna.
A-dec’s Inventions for Field Dentistry—A Legacy of Smart Engineering
September 18th 2014When dental professionals travel around the world to perform charitable work and treat patients with limited access to care, they typically face one very basic problem: How can they set up a reliable dental unit and chair in a location that may not even have running water or electricity? This was one of the problems that A-dec founder Ken Austin set out to solve almost 50 years ago when he was a young member of his community’s Rotary club.
Straumann CARES brings new options to bars and bridges [VIDEO]
September 2nd 2014Straumann has long been an industry leader in innovation when it comes to their CARES® system. This system presents a variety of solutions that allow dental laboratories to scan and design in the lab and then send a file to Straumann for milling.
How the BIOMET 3i Encode Impression System has gotten even better
June 5th 2014BIOMET 3i's Lab Designed Encode is a new workflow for the Encode Impression System, that enables a new level of control in abutment work - and it's saving time and money for Artifex Dental Laboratories in Virginia. Here's what Artifex owner and CDT Tony Prestipino had to say about the system.
How to make abutment placement a snap with ATLANTIS Abutment Core File [VIDEO]
June 5th 2014In 2012, DENTSPLY Implants unveiled the ATLANTIS™ Abutment Core File solution, which provided a perfect digital edition of an ATLANTIS patient-specific Abutment to the lab designing the full case. ATLANTIS Abutment Core File solution to an even wider group of scanner users, as the system now works with 3Shape scanners and has undergone updates to fit comfortably in a fully digitized workflow.
How Komet USA’s Expert Kit 4573ST yields precise preparations for all-ceramic lateral crowns [VIDEO]
May 19th 2014The Komet® Expert Kit 4573ST focuses on crown preparations with special attention directed toward the specific requirements of all-ceramic crowns produced through CAD/CAM or conventional techniques.