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CDA 2012: Video interview with Millennium Dental Technologies Founders
May 4th 2012Millennium Dental Technologies’ founders Robert Gregg, DDS, President and Chairman, and Delwin McCarthy, DDS, CTO/Co-Founder, speak with Thais Carter, Advanstar Dental Media’s Director of Content, live on the convention floor of the California Dental Association’s trade show.
CDA 2012: Video interview with Acteon North America
May 4th 2012Mike Cindrich, North American Sales Manager with Acteon North America, provides a demonstration of the AIR-N-GO polisher to Stan Gogg, Executive Editor, Dental Products Report, live from the convention floor of the California Dental Association trade show.
CDA 2012: Audio with Posca Brothers Dental Lab - SoundCloud
May 4th 2012This CDA SoundCloud audio interview with AJ Posca from Posca Brothers Dental Lab highlights the company's new ThermoDent material for denture bases. Posca Brothers Dental Lab is family owned and operated, and has been providing dental professionals with excellent service and top quality products for over 40 years. Posca Brothers Dental Lab is located at Booth #2540.
CDA 2012: Video interview with DINO
May 4th 2012Kamarin Shakibkhou, of DINO, talks about the Kid’s Dental Chair with Stan Goff, Executive Editor at Dental Products Report, live from the convention floor at the California Dental Association trade show. “It’s just for kids,” said Shakibkhou. There’s a fox model that has monitor, a light and a moving head that looks like a fox.
CDA 2012: Video interview with GrindCare
May 4th 2012DPR Director of Content Thais Carter kicks off the California Dental Association's Scientific Session in Anaheim, CA with an interview featuring GrindCare's Product and Marketing Director Ernst-Ulrik Haxthausen. GrindCare has developed a new, breakthrough device that measures and quantifies bruxism in dental patients. The bruxism management device can also be used to help treat bruxism. Bruxism, or teeth grinding, is a common problem many of your patients are possibly suffering from.
CDA 2012: Video interview with Patterson Dental
May 4th 2012In this CDA live video interview from the show floor, DPR Executive Editor Stan Goff talks with Patterson Dental President Paul Guggenheim about Patterson's role in the future of oral healthcare. "Patterson is excited about the future of oral healthcare and our position in that important future," said Guggenheim. "We're very focused on enhancing the patient experience."
CDA 2012: Audio with HealthSouk - SoundCloud
May 4th 2012This SoundCloud audio clip from the California Dental Association's Scientific Session features an interview with HealthSouk. Healthsouk.com is an online dental plan that allows dentists to set their fees on-demand and offer discounts with no traditional patient claims. Named for after the word for an open-air marketplace, the service aims to provide that for the dental space. The concept is based on letting dentists stimulate demand for their services by offering competitive appointment times and prices.
Backing up your data with Liptak Dental's DDS Rescue system
May 3rd 2012If you’ve read my dental columns over the years, you know I’m incredibly finicky about computer backups. A digital office is absolutely dependent on a consistent and repeatable backup schedule. I cannot stress that fact enough. The saying among geeks like myself is, “The failure rate of hard drives is always 100%.”
CDA 2012 Coverage: More than 140 dental products to debut
May 3rd 2012Whether you are attending this week’s California Dental Association’s (CDA) Anaheim tradeshow or not, this is the place you want to be to find out everything that will be going on at the show throughout the event, courtesy of the team from Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products.
The Hot How To: Ivoclar Vivadent's Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill composite
May 1st 2012The development of bulk fill composites for direct posterior restorations has provided a simple and efficient alternative to conventional composites. Prior to bulk fill composite materials, to achieve successful direct posterior restorations the layering technique was the necessary procedure, requiring competence, proficiency and dexterity.
NASCAR event opens a lane for dental screening, education
April 27th 2012Dental Products Report, the No. 1 product magazine in the dental industry, is continuing to expand its coverage of industry events. The editorial team’s efforts to draw attention to not only good products, but products in the service of good, takes them to Richmond, Virginia on Friday, April 27 for a special 10th anniversary of the Give Kids a Smile program.
Doubletake: A dental clincian's view on SybronEndo's EndoVac irrigation system
April 20th 2012Dr. Stephen Gordon was never that interested in doing root canals. He’s always been fascinated by the latest and greatest in technology, and root canals didn’t really fit. But that all changed two years ago at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting. He sat in on Dr.
How to: Rebuild an arch using a hybrid implant
April 20th 2012Many advancements have occurred in dental implantology in the past several decades. Perhaps one of the most significant developments that provides the dental patient with the greatest benefit is the hybrid implant. The hybrid implant is a small diameter implant that offers full prosthetic versatility. It has been proven to provide long-term success in a myriad of clinical cases. One of its advantages is providing implant anchorage in cases of minimal bone width.
Patient Perspective: Using veneers to get to a more attractive smile
April 18th 2012Lisa Holzkopf was always indecisive when it came to making major changes to her smile. She had what she describes as “smaller than normal front teeth.” They had to be shaven down after she chipped her front tooth on the edge of a swimming pool during her high school years, and one tooth slightly overlapped the other one. When she first talked to Dr.
Become an environmentally friendly dental practice
April 16th 2012A positive trend occurring within dentistry is the adoption of “green” or environmentally-friendly strategies. These strategies include the selection and use of products that are biodegradable and have less toxic byproducts, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Angry Birds land with Dr. Fresh
April 11th 2012Dr. Fresh®, Inc., maker of the best-selling FireFly® toothbrush, announced that it has entered a new licensing agreement as the exclusive U.S. manufacturer and marketer of Angry Birds® branded oral care products. Angry Birds fever has captivated a broad swath of consumers across all generations, and Dr. Fresh is the first to leverage the brand’s appeal in an innovative oral care line.
Technology Evangelist: Designing a dental practice for the best patient experience
April 11th 2012I’ve had some good times in dentistry, and in addition to the good times, I’ve also learned a lot. Of course I’ve learned a lot about dentistry, I mean a license to practice is really just a license to continue to learn, but I’ve also learned a lot about my patients and how to make things better for them.
Restore Teenage Smiles: Improved grades
April 10th 2012Having a beautiful smile would change everything for her son. Jalen’s mother had tried to get him the dental care he needed, but the family had faced hard times over the years and they were unable to afford it. Accidents resulting in trauma to his mouth as a child had left him with a broken smile.