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The Greater New York Dental Meeting and ADA Annual Meeting are right around the corner, and there will be plenty of new dental products to see at this much-anticipated shows.

What makes a city a great place to live? The answer can vary depending on a person's generation. These cities are the best bets for people 35 and under.

As we enter the fall season, chances are that you have patients with remaining dental benefits who also require dental care. According to Forbes, only three percent of patients use all of their benefits in a given year.

Midmark Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. Anne Eiting Klamar as chair of the board of directors.

Komet USA’s seven-instrument crown-preparation kits have been developed to meet the challenges and practicalities of preparations for all-ceramic crowns.

Young Innovations, Inc. and Oral-B, two widely recognized and respected brands with deep dental industry expertise, are now partners in creating professional dental products.

You all think it, but it is taboo to say out loud … so I will do the talking for you.

In this 10 Questions article with Dental Lab Products, Rita Acquafredda explains how Zahn Dental works with laboratories to bring the digital workflow to the benchtop.

Anyone who’s had a fixed orthodontic appliance knows how frustrating oral hygiene can become. Fixed appliances often make the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and plaque, which can accumulate under the appliance. In an attempt to abort development of bacteria, researchers recently examined if daily doses of xylitol could make a difference.

It’s a monthly ritual. A mystery shopper calls your practice, chats with a random staff member and delivers a score. Your staff member has been rated on a scale of one to five for her phone skills. But do the rubrics mystery shoppers use really measure the abilities of your staff?

The new RAMVAC® Amalgam HoG from DentalEZ is said to be a high efficiency filtration system designed to safely and effectively remove harmful waste in an environmentally responsible manner.

I know an associate won't stick around for very long. I know because it happened to me several times for various reasons. It is not unusual for associates to leave the first position they take.

As of September 10th, 2015 the American Dental Association (ADA) and Darien Rowayton Bank (DRB) agreed to an exclusive arrangement to allow ADA members an opportunity to refinance existing federal and private student loans at a potentially lower interest rate.

Buddy Shafter of Bay View Dental Laboratory tells Dental Lab Products what his experience has been using PREMIOtemp temporary material from Primotec USA.

Tthe 3M True Definition Scanner was chosen as a 2015 New Product of the Year by the Business Intelligence Group.

The NX3 XTR cementation system reportedly blends the versatility of NX3 Nexus™ Third Generation Universal Dental Cement with the adhesion superiority of OptiBond™ XTR Self-Etch Universal Dental Bonding Agent for a new standard of permanent cementation for all esthetic materials.

When it comes to technology and the integration of it, there are many ways to skin the “Technology Cat.” For many, it might mean integrating computers into your daily clinical routine. Or it might mean finally embracing digital radiography and adding that component to your office armamentarium.

Alexander Wuensche and Christian Ermer talk about the Ceramill CAD/CAM system from Amann Girrbach.

Nitrous oxide has been used in the dental setting for well more than 100 years, and it is commonplace in the dental office of today. States differ on what involvement the dental assistant will have in utilizing nitrous oxide.

As millennials are becoming more important to our practices, it is vital to understand how and where we can get their attention.

Online videos are quickly becoming a powerful influence on consumers today. Why? Video is incredibly engaging. According to research published by Atlas, video is six times more effective than print or online promotions.

As the second most common OSHA violation, most dental offices already have the Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) on their radar. Each office should have at least one staff member who understands the requirement to keep safety data for products both “readily available” and “up to date” in a work area regularly used by employees.

Visual Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vista Dental Products, is focused on developing transformative life changing technologies for cancer screening, detection and intervention through the use of molecular markers.

In some weird dental news, a former Air Force contractor is alleging that she was accused by coworkers of being a "Hindu witch" and that her meditation invited demons into her.

When asked about 3D technology in the dental practice, Dr. David Little makes no bones about his feelings.

With the debate about Planned Parenthood raging, Louisiana attorneys set out to put together a list of health care providers that could provide equivalent family-planning care should Planned Parenthood be defunded. However, the list included some unconventional options – options that left many people skeptical and scratching their heads.

LVI Clinical Instructor Dr. Jim McCreight and Tanya Dunlap, managing director at Perio Protect LLC, team up at the International Association of Physiologic Aesthetics (IAPA) conference held at the Las Vegas Institute on Friday, Oct. 23, to present the course Kill 'em Quick, Dead and Often.

Argen Digital has introduced a new super translucent zirconia, ArgenZ Anterior.

Remember the Jim Carrey movie, Yes Man? In it, Carrey’s character is challenged to say “yes” to everything that he’s presented with. Of course, embellishments abound, craziness ensues and he ultimately realizes the value of the word “no.” While this may just be the plot of a fictional Hollywood movie, there’s a lesson here for dentists: Don’t say yes to every opportunity, especially when it comes to dental marketing.