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Dental Lab Products 2023 Innovation GuideDental lab industry leaders share what they see ahead for the industry in the coming year.
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Award winning smileWe all like and enjoy being in a contest to see who is judged best, and more importantly, who wins bragging rights among their colleagues.
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How to: Power-whiten teeth in-officeThe teeth bleaching (or whitening) industry has seen massive growth since its onset in the late 1980s when the first in-office bleaching light was used. Today, there’s a plethora of procedures and products sold within dental offices-and retail stores-for whitening. Entrepreneur Magazine estimated that total revenue from dental whitening services in 2011 was $11 billion.
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Dentist charged with falsifying dental records of fire victimsDr. Paresh Patel, 41, a resident of Edison, NJ faces insurance fraud charges along with charges of tampering with dental records and obstruction of administration of law for providing the Middlesex County Medical Examiner with false records, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said in a statement today.
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Mind your business, mind your instruments: Gaining the Zen and keeping itPreviously, we found our Zen through the right instrumentation that suits the needs and desires of you as well as all the great gums you are gardening on a daily basis. You have learned the tools to get you towards therapy bliss through instrumentation. Now, how about how to take it to the next level and be a great business partner with your employer to acquire these awesome accoutrements?
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REVIEW: Patterson Dental's CAESY Cloud for patient educationWe all know proper patient education can make a big difference in case acceptance, but it can be difficult to ensure each staff member is providing consistent messaging in his or her talks with each patient. It also can be challenging to describe some procedures and recommendations without graphic illustrations.
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What You Should Know as Kids Return to School and Your Dental OfficeDentists and dental teams need to be aware of a variety of emotions that children (and their parents) are experiencing after a pandemic as they make their way back into practices this school year.
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The best in oral cancer and caries detectionEvery day is the perfect day to screen for oral cancer, but, as we move into November, now is an excellent time to make preparations for Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (OHNC) Awareness month coming up in just 6 months.
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Smart marketing with billboardsWhen it comes to marketing laboratory services to potential clients, Dena Lanier, owner of The Lab 2000 located in Columbus, Georgia, has always thought outside the box. So when she saw an opportunity to engage her clients by tapping into the potential new business presented by the soldiers stationed at Fort Benning military base in town, she needed to think big. That’s when she decided to turn to billboards. She wanted to drive the public to dentistry and indirectly to her laboratory.
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American Dental Association Code Maintenance Committee Approves Code for Use When Requesting Reimbursement DEXIS CariVu ImagesDEXIS, LLC, a brand of the KaVo Kerr Group, reports that the American Dental Association (ADA) meeting notes include reference to a code for caries detection, which is appropriate for use when requesting insurance reimbursement for images taken with DEXIS CariVu™.
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How to: Better place posterior compositesAmbient light in the dental office or operatory is one of the most common causes of direct restorative failure due to premature polymerization of composite resin materials.1,2 Premature polymerization has been directly related to an increased risk of staining, bacterial accumulation, marginal leakage and secondary caries.3 It also will prevent the clinician from bringing restorations to full contour, increasing the time in finishing and
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You and Your Lab: Focus on improved impressionsFor the past 25 years, I’ve had a good working relationship with Pittman Dental Lab. Shane Treadaway and the rest of the group at Pittman are great people who strive for perfection in every piece of work they produce, just like I do. Of course, longevity is only one measurement of a successful relationship.
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How the Good Fit™ All-in-One Denture Tray helps deliver excellent dentures in as few as two clinical visits [VIDEO]In this how-to video, Dr. Stephen Ginsburg demonstrates how the Good Fit™ All-in-One Denture Tray helps you get all the impressions and measurements you need for complete denture fabrication - all in one visit.
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Monolithic lithium disilicate restorations continue to emergeThe science and research behind Ivoclar Vivadent's IPS e.max restorative material validate its strength, longevity and quality.
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The continuing evolution of implant productionDental laboratories are currently witnessing a strong increase in demand for dental implant abutments. Dentists are performing implant procedures at an increasing rate, substantially driving the request for stock and custom abutments. On average, U.S. dental labs currently produce about 30 implant abutments each month, half of which are custom abutments. Of the implant cases handled by the dental labs, 75% are single unit cases and 15% are implant-supported bridges.
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Meeting the challenges of digitizationThroughout the course of several articles last year, we explored the future of digital dentistry and how it could help your lab counter business threats, grow and help you do highly esthetic work in a more cost-effective and efficient way. But what comes after digitization?
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How to quantify the risk of suspicious lesions and oral abnormalities using SaliMark™ OSCCOral cancer is the sixth most prevalent form of cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 43,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year.
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G-CEM ONE Offers a Simple Solution for Everyday ProceduresEvaluators found GC America’s dual-cure, self-adhesive resin cement to be a reliable, efficient cementation product.
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The dental hygienist salary stack-upDentalPost, an online dental job board, helps dental professionals and dental offices to fulfill their employment needs. Their mission is to maintain the most active and extensive resume database the dental industry has ever seen.
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Creating a profitable hygiene departmentThe dental hygiene component of a general practice can and should be a profit center for the practice. Yet in too many practices it is viewed as a break even, or even worse, a loss leader. The following miss-steps contribute to the perception that a hygiene department is unprofitable:
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Case Report: EndoPilot Technology Expedites Multidisciplinary Dental TherapiesRead this case study, sponsored by KOMET USA, to learn about technology designed to make multidisciplinary care more efficient.
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4 rules to make sure staff meetings don't turn into staff beatingsRemember, problems in the dental practice aren’t going to go away just because you put your head in the sand. Communication and creative problem solving are essential for a team to thrive.
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Top free iPhone dental appsBrought to you by dentalheroes.com... As part of our 2011 Top 100 issue last December, we published what we thought were the top 5 dental apps from 2011 from a clinician's perspective. The apps in the following list are geared more towards helping your patients prevent cavities, gum disease, seek information on things like braces, and to teaching kids to brush their teeth properly.
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Three tips for shade matching in a Class II dental restorationDENTSPLY Caulk's innovative resin-based composite simplifies shade matching by covering the full VITA® range with just seven shades. It’s also the only resin-based composite with both low and high viscosity handling options so you can work the way you choose, faster and with confidence in achieving a natural look your patients will admire.
