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This week's Product Bites podcast features new launches from 3sixty, Roland DGA, Myerson, Convergent Dental, and Clinux.

Product Bites – December 15, 2023

Welcome to Product Bites, a weekly podcast from Dental Products Report, providing you with a rundown of recently launched and updated dental technologies, materials, instruments and everything else you might use with patients or while running your practice.

I'm your host for this week DPR editorial director Noah Levine and on this week's podcast, we've got a quintet of new products, as we'll be covering the latest from 3Sixty, RolandDGA, Myerson, Convergent Dental, and Clinux. So no time like now, let's find out more about these products.

First up 3Sixty recently expanded their product line with an aim of helping enhance dental practice workflows. The new products include 3Sixty Crystals Aligners, 3Sixty Crowns, scalloped guides, and other guide variants. According to a company press release, these new offerings were strategically curated to elevate efficiency and empower dentists to help foster clinical versatility and patient centric approaches.

Next up Chairside Zirconia from Roland DGA. Compatible with the DGSHAPE DWX-42W series of wet mills, this new material is designed for streamlined, chairside workflows. It features an exclusive 3-layer gradient design, made up of 25% incisal 25% transition and 50% dentin translucency. This allows the material to better mimic natural tooth material. Chairside Zirconia does not require sintering after milling but still provides an average flexural strength of 500 MPa. The material aims to make a simple prep, scan, design, mill, and seat workflow possible for same day dentistry.

Meyerson Dental's new Trusana Premium Denture System is a complete solution for high quality 3D-printed dentures. Powered by the patented Trusana formulation, this digital denture solution offers high flexural strength, wear resistance, and still provides lifelike esthetics. A 1-step bonding process saves time during production and multiple shades are available for both Premium 3D Tooth Resin and Premium 3D Denture Base Resin. The Trusana Premium Denture System is available exclusively through Zhan Dental.

Next up, Convergent Dental recently announced the availability of Solea Protect, a new application for the Solea all-tissue dental laser. This application, developed after decades of research, aims to reduce mineral loss in dental enamel, providing protection against acid attacks and caries. Solea's 9.3 micron wavelength CO2 laser gently heats the surface of tooth enamel. This removes impurities and creates a strong crystallike structure that is more resistant to decay than untreated enamel.

Finally, Clinux CAD is a cloud-based CAD software application that now allows clinicians to mix and match different design methods on a tooth by tooth basis. Other newly expanded design capabilities include inlay and onlay indications and a margin function tool. With a range of flexible license options, the platform is designed to make digital dentistry easily accessible to anyone.

And that does it for this week's Product Bites from Dental Products Report. Stay up to date on all the latest dental product news by visiting dentalproductsreport.com/newdentalproducts. I'm Noah Levine saying thanks for listening. We'll be back next week with all the latest new dental products on Product Bites from Dental Products Report.

Product Bites makes sure you don't miss the next innovation for your practice. This week's Product Bites podcast features new launches from 3sixty, Roland DGA, Myerson, Convergent Dental, and Clinux. [4 Minutes]

This week's Product Bites podcast features new launches from SprintRay, Formlabs, VITA North America, Kenvue AKA Listerine, and ZimVie. 

Product Bites – October 20, 2023

Welcome to Product Bites, a weekly podcast from Dental Products Report, providing you with a rundown of recently launched an updated dental technologies, materials, instruments and everything else you might use with patients or while running your practice.

I'm your host for this week DPR editorial director Noah Levine, and on this week's podcast, we've got a bunch of new products we'll be covering, including new launches from SprintRay, Formlabs, VITA North America, Listerine, aka Kenvue, and ZimVie. So let's not waste any time and jump right in to learn about these new innovative dental product solutions.

FDA-cleared for fixed, implant-supported denture prosthetics, OnX Tough 2 3D printing resin from SprintRay is said to provide industry leading fracture toughness without compromising esthetics. Featuring the company's proprietary NanoFusion technology that optimally suspends ceramic within the resin formulation to minimize mixing and enhance structural integrity, dentists can now utilize this material in an integrated streamlined 3d printing chairside workflow. OnX Tough 2 can be used for the production of high-quality full-arch fixed denture restorations. The workflow can produce up to 10 fixed dentures in just 30 minutes. The resin is currently available in shades bleach, A1, and A2.

A Class I FDA-registered biocompatible material, IBT Flex resin from Formlabs is a 3D printing resin designed for the production of indirect bonding trays and direct composite restoration guides, both of which require highly accurate production. With enhanced flexibility, tear resistance and translucency, this material is said to be part of an efficient and cost effective workflow for clinics or labs who need to produce highly accurate patient specific parts.

VITA North America recently announced an enhanced VITA VIONIC SOLUTIONS portfolio of denture materials. This expanded portfolio includes the VITA VIONIC Dent Disc multicolor, which is designed for the CAD/CAM production of teeth for partial and full dentures. Composed of an inorganically filled PMMA composite material, it is said to be more abrasion resistant than comparable products. The disc features a unique integrated shade gradient to produce denture teeth with lifelike shade matching and enhanced color stability.

Also part of the expanded portfolio VITA VIONIC BASE DISC HI is designed to produce impact resistant and durable denture bases. Available in three gingiva shades, the discs are suited for fabrication of both full and partial dentures, and the material is said to produce optimal fits at the alveolar ridge.

Finally from VITA North America, the VITA VIONIC Digital VIGO Denture Library can be used to digitally design and setup both partial and full dentures for either milled or printed production. The library allows users to choose from seven predefined setup concepts. Designs can be exported for fabrication of try-on, dentures, denture bases and tooth elements, or for denture design in combination with the prefabricated VITA VIONIC VIGO denture teeth.

Kenvue, the maker of Listerine has launched its Listerine Clinical Solutions mouthwash line with three distinct formulations each designed to help patients manage different oral health conditions. The antiseptic Gum Health Mouthwash includes more tartar preventing zinc chloride than other Listerine products, and promises a 64% decrease in gum bleeding within just one week compared to brushing alone. Additionally, it offers patients 4.6 times more prolonged plaque reduction above the gumline compared to dental flossing. Next, the Breath Defense Mouthwash offers 24 hour fresh breath via innovative technology that is said to neutralize and transform odor molecules. Finally, the Teeth Strength Mouthwash reinforces tooth surfaces by enhancing fluoride uptake and promoting remineralization. When used in conjunction with brushing, it's said to repair enamel immediately, helping prevent cavities and reportedly making teeth three times stronger.

Finally, ZimVie recently announced the launch of Biotivity A/C Plus Membrane. The membrane is designed for site coverage and protection against the oral environment. It contains a rich blend of growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, and hyaluronic acid to facilitate optimal wound healing. Derived from human placental tissue, the Biotivity A/C Plus Membrane boasts a growth factor charged composition. This biomaterial undergoes minimal manipulation using proprietary processing techniques. These methods are said to preserve natural mechanical properties, elasticities, and a host of biological enhancers, including growth factors and cytokines. The product sterilization is ensured through the Excellion process and terminal sterilization with electron beam irradiation Biotivity A/C Plus Membranes are not treated with antibiotics during processing.

That wraps up this week's Product Bites from Dental Products Report. To learn more about these and every new dental product, visit dentalproductsreport.com/newdentalproducts.

I'm Noah Levine saying thanks for listening, and we'll catch you up on more new dental products next week on the next episode of Product Bites.

Product Bites makes sure you don't miss the next innovation for your practice. 
This week's Product Bites podcast features new launches from SprintRay, Formlabs, VITA North America, Kenvue AKA Listerine, and ZimVie. [6 Minutes]

The 3D Printing Resin is an FDA 510k-cleared sedimentation-free permanent denture light-cured resin.

VOCO America Introduces New V-Print dentbase

The company’s unique multi-material, single-piece dentures are designed to offer a combination of distinctive break resistance and outstanding esthetics for enhanced patient experience, and Glidewell labs are currently implementing the solution.

3D Systems Garners FDA Clearance for Multi-material, Monolithic Jetted Denture Solution

A new study examines the emotional effects of tooth loss and dentures and calls on care providers to employ empathy in these cases. 

Research Demonstrates Emotional Struggles Associated with Tooth Loss and Dentures

The partnership between the 2 companies looks to pave the way to a more efficient world of digital dental prosthetics.

Ivoclar’s Ivotion Denture System Features Add-On Module for Integration in exocad

Industry experts share their thoughts on 3D printing resins, digital dentures, and more as we follow up on the 2024 Materials Survey.

What's New In 3D Printing Resins, Digital Dentistry Workflows

Max Milz, Dentsply Sirona Group VP, Connected Technology Solutions talks about digital dentistry and connected technologies.

The Connected Future of Dental CAD/CAM with Max Milz

My name is Max Milz, and I'm responsible for connected technology solutions at Dentsply Sirona. So basically all the equipment plus the cloud software.

Yeah, I think it's if you look at different technologies, in particular CAD/CAM, what it really did is it expanded the workflows that dentists have directly under their control in the practice, and thereby also being able to deliver better patient care, right. Because single visit dentistry wasn't possible before the invention of chairside CAD/CAM, and that's really been something that changed the way the industry works. Now, that's not just about CAD/CAM, but it's also about CBCT, right? Dentsply Sirona was the first company to introduce cone beam tomography to dental, and bringing all these different technologies together, is really where the value lies for practitioners and for the patients.

What I hear most when I talk to customers is not actually something about digital, but about the issues that they face in their practice. And typically, people face two things. They want to grow their practice, or they want to increase their efficiency, because the costs are increasing. Then when you listen to them, they don't tell you, "Give me this technology," what they're telling you, "I have issues with my staff. I don't have enough staff. This is taking too much time. I have to keep spending more money on it. My PCs get outdated. My patients don't go for the treatment plans that I propose."

So it's really all about issues that happen in the everyday dental practice. And what digital technology should do is simplify the life of a dental practitioner, in cooperation with their partners, whether they're specialists or labs. And if we look at digital technology, we're really on the cusp of making it all simpler, right? I mean, typically, when people think about digital stuff, they look at something like this, like an iPhone, right. And everybody's like happy to use it. You know intuitively how it works. That's what digital dentures will be like. It's really about simplifying, bringing things together, and making sure that you don't have to be an expert. Because people don't go into dentistry because they want to play around with technology. They go into the industry, because they want to take care of oral health problems. So technology needs to move to the back. And that's our focus, simplifying it, expanding access, and making it easier to integrate all the different pieces that have to play together.

I think digital is fundamentally about achieving more with less. So that can be on the one side, integrating additional dental procedures in your practice that allow you to make more revenue, or increasing the conversion that you have on patient cases, thereby also increasing revenue. On the other hand, helping you save costs. And the most expensive thing that you have in dental practice is the time of the doctors and of their staff. So anything that helps you save time is a real moneymaker for a dental practice. And I think that's the way we encourage just to look at their practice, right? What are the costs? What are the benefits they are getting out of it? And how can they increase that efficiency for them. And there's never a wrong time to get into digital dentistry or to expand the amount of digital dentistry, because everything that we see is a relatively fast payback. And after you have invested in and you've changed your workflow, you're not only more profitable, but you typically also achieve better outcomes for your patients.

First of all, cloud technology is not new, right? We all use it every day. If you save images on your phone, that goes into the cloud, if you listen to your Spotify, that comes out of the cloud, if you're sending an email that goes through the cloud, so cloud technology is already there. Now what's new, is that more and more, you can make procedures and software and in the future eventually also hardware more accessible from anywhere, right. Traditionally, in dentistry, you would have a machine attached to a computer and a software on that computer. And at some point, the PC ages or the software needs upgrades. And you can only use it in that spot in that practice. Now what cloud computing allows is to basically decouple the machine, the computing and the procedure. So that means nowadays, you can scan in one room, the image goes into the cloud, you can trigger the opening off your design software from any of the screens as long as it has a web browser wherever you're at home, or wherever you're in the practice. You can view it on any device, whether it's an iPad, or whether it's a PC or if it's a big TV screen. And then you can trigger the manufacturing of that, whether you do it in your practice or whether your lab does it for you. So it's really about giving you more flexibility of how you work and giving you more options of how you use different workflows in your practice.

The first piece that I would always start with is actually lean in, right. Be curious about it, and also take courses, try things out. Because digital sounds very scary if you don't feel like you're a very digital person. But a lot of it is actually fairly easy. But it's really about getting your hands dirty and trying it out. The second thing is I would always start with, what's the focus of my practice today? What am I really doing? What's the biggest procedure or the focus that I'm working on? Am I restorative doctor? Do I focus on prevention, and so forth? And then figure out how can digital technology help me in what I'm already good at, because then you don't have the dual learning curve of learning a new procedure that you might not be confident in, and bringing in new technology that you're not gonna be confident in. Start with what you're comfortable with and figure out how you can use more digital technology to do that better, faster, more efficiently, and increasingly, also involve your entire practice. What we see is that if you want to have a digital practice, that means not only yourself, needs to be able to use it but also your hygienist, your assistants. It's a transformation, right. And that's not just true for dental practices. That's also true for large companies like Dentsply Sirona. It's a journey where everybody needs to get involved and go stepwise. Start with the processes that you're really good at, make those better, and then branch out as you get more and more confident.

Thank you. I think the main wish for me is it's really about leaning in, and ensuring interoperability because wherever the industry likes it or not, dentists like to combine things from different OEMs. And it should be our job to make sure that workflows are interoperable, because only through that, can we empower our customers together.

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Max Milz, Dentsply Sirona Group VP, Connected Technology Solutions talks about how digital dentistry and connected technologies benefit dental practices and dental patients. [7 Minutes]

3D Printing

At the Greater New York Dental Meeting 2023, Dental Products Report had a chat with presenter, educator, and technician Robert Kreyer, CDT, to discuss TrueDent.

Greater New York Dental Meeting 2023 – Interview with Robert Kreyer, CDT

Hi, I'm Robert Kreyer, Applications Engineer for Stratasys. And I just presented TrueDent, a multicolored polychromatic, monolithic denture. It's truly revolutionary and it's going to change removable prosthodontics. The ability to have more control of color, and form and function for prosthodontics is amazing. We're seeing improved fits, much better fits, improved occlusal function, and as well as patient satisfaction has been greatly improved with this solution in removal prosthodontics.

Again, the TrueDent denture solution is going to revolutionize removable prosthodontics. I've been here at the New York meeting for the last few days. Absolutely great. I think the one thing that excites me at the poster presentations for all the students have seen how students now are really looking at not only restoring the intraoral environment, but the extraoral too. So many great presentations on how to scan the face and look at how to cosmetically restore the patient's facial features as well as creating a wonderful smile. So thank you very much. Look forward to seeing you next year.

At the Greater New York Dental Meeting 2023, Dental Products Report had a chat with presenter, educator, and technician Robert Kreyer, CDT, to discuss TrueDent 3D printed dentures from Stratasys. [2 minutes]

Greater New York Dental Meeting 2023

Tokuyama Dental America Product Manager Annie Ngo talks about some of the benefits of the Rebase III hard denture reline material.

With Ease of Use and Comfort, Rebase III Makes a Strong Impression

Hello everyone, my name is Annie Ngo. I'm a product manager at Tokuyama Dental America being responsible for all the marketing activities of Rebase III, OMNICHROMA Flow and the majority of Tokuyama Dental’s legacy brands of composites, bonding agents, cements, denture relines, and desensitizer. Thank you for having me today.

Following our missions of innovating tomorrow's dentistry today, we have worked diligently to continue developing new and improved products that will help make dental practices even more successful, we are very happy that our efforts are being recognized.

Rebase III is the maturation of chairside hard denture reline material, replacing Rebase II and continuing 30 years of Rebase brand legacy. Rebase III reaches new levels of quality and dependability that made Rebase III the preferred choice for chairside hard denture reline. Designed for all long term complete and partial acrylic hard denture reline applications, Rebase III further optimizes the overall chairside procedure through enhanced mixability, cutting the mixing time they have and achieving less bubble formation extended handling time without lengthening the overall procedure, maintaining the flowable consistency longer to be applied as a thin washed layer immediately after meeting. 

Increased flexible strength outlasting the most durable hard denture relines available on the market.

But not all new features and benefits are held exclusively for dentists. Rebase III eliminates intraoral discomfort by removing hash chemical odors and tastes that are commonly associated with hard denture reline treatments. Rebase III remains methyl methacrylate free. Rebase III is pleasant for the patient and now easier than ever to use.

Tokuyama Dental America Product Manager Annie Ngo talks about some of the benefits of the Rebase III hard denture reline material. [2 minutes]

A Dental Lab's Necessity for 3D Printers

A conversation between contributing writer Robert Elsenpeter and Senior Lab Manager at Dental Laboratory Applications for Carbon's Jamie Stover about the importance of 3D printing in dental labs. 

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