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General dentist Dr. Alizia Westfall discusses her experience with XLDent Suite dental software.

A Q&A with Dr. Rod Kurthy on Evolve Dental Technologies' KöR Whitening products.

CEREC celebrates its 27th-and-a-half birthday with the launch of an intraoral camera. Sirona also launches a digital sensor and image management system.

CBCT imaging can be a difference maker with endodontic cases.

IRVINE, Calif. – J. Morita announced the 3D Endo Symposium continuing education event. This full-day course is tailored for endodontists on the topic of 3D/CBCT technology and will include lectures, as well as an interactive session and hands-on training.

The largest benefit of a paperless practice is the ease of which you can protect your practice’s data. That may sound a bit odd with all of the technology scare stories out there, but it really is true.

There is no group of products quite like the “Best of Class” honorees, in large part because it would be almost impossible to recreate the process by which they were selected.

Thais Carter, Director of Content for Dental Products Report and host of DPR Friday, recognizes the dental companies that are part of this year's Corporate Profiles special section.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 8, 2012 -- Dr. Allen Moses, inventor of The Moses® oral appliance for treating snoring and sleep apnea, was awarded the Haden-Stack Award during the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACP)’s 27th Annual International Clinical Symposium on July 27.

The second part of the Tech Census offers insight from DPR Technology Editor Dr. John Flucke on the five technology categories covered. This section focuses on digital radiography technology.

Dr. Steven Koos, DDS, MD, tells us why he chooses Hu-Friedy dental products based on the brand's craftsmanship, precision and innovation.

Watch DPR Friday now to find out what's new in digital dental products and also to learn how to score yourself a free copy of a book on caries management.

Over the past month, information about 28 products new to dental lab technicians has appeared on dlpmagazine.com. In case you missed any of them, here's a recap:

Over the past month, 32 information about 32 new dental products has been posted on dentalproductsreport.com. In case you missed any of those products, here's a recap:

With a wide variety of materials now available to use with the E4D Dentist System, this how-to by Dr. Walter Renne, DMD, offers up examples of restorations and a review of material choices.

The Eco-Dentistry Association's  former Director Susan Beck discusses the ways paperless systems are not only beneficial to a dental practice's bottom line, but also to the planet. Going paperless provides a way for practices to improve efficiencies and also become more friendly to the environment through a variety of high-tech ways.

Athletes at the peak of health may set world records and win gold medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, but there is a way they can be even stronger and more fit. 

I’ve been buffering my local anesthetic injections with Onset from Onpharma for almost two years now-and so I’ve got a pretty good idea how it benefits my practice. Getting profound analgesia more quickly and predictably allows me to stay on schedule and makes my day go smoothly. For this article, I wanted to compare my perception with the perceptions of the four other people who also are intimately familiar with my practice: My dental assistants, my patient coordinator, and my hygienist. Here is what they said:

I guess one could say I was not instantly convinced. My introduction to digital impressions began in 2003 with a CEREC® 3 demonstration at a dental convention. From the beginning, I was fascinated with the digital imaging portion of the technology, but was resistant to change.

You’re good at what you do. Your staff and patients love you. You’re at the top of your game and feeling good about your career-no one can stop you.

DUX Dental, located in Oxnard, Calif., is well known for its quality dental products that range from leaded aprons, to temporary cements, to disposable bib holders and much more.The company, which has manufactured and distributed these products worldwide for more than five decades, has now conducted its “Bib-Eze for Boob-Eze” campaign for four years.?

The world’s largest distributor of health care products, Henry Schein, Inc., is growing even larger with the recent acquisitions of three companies in different parts of the health care industry.

Photo-polymerization, i.e. light-initiated polymerization, has become an integral part of modern dentistry.

High-tech doesn’t have to mean bad for the planet. In fact, upping your practice’s use of technology is one of the easiest ways to lighten your environmental impact and make your practice more attractive to patients looking to lighten their own impacts. Whether through reduction of waste, energy savings or simply by promoting an eco-friendly wellness model of care, all of the these product categories qualify as “green.” Click here to see a slideshow of the product categories and thoughts on what makes each one "green." 

Well known author and expert on relationships, Alan Cohen, said, “In our culture, presence in many relationships has been reduced to a trickle. In our fascination with labor-saving devices, mass production, lightening speed dental technology and unprecedented busyness, the human factor is often relegated to a low priority.

Digitalization in the dental office can add to-not take away from-your focused attention on quality dental care and excellent “people care.” The third installment to Dental Products Report's Paperless Video Series breaks down the top three ways a paperless system can enhance the dental patient's experience.  

This week's episode of DPR Friday features Dr. Leonard Hess's column on preventing clinical failures. Getting it right the first time is just one of the Dawson Academy team member's tips. The three major forms of failure that Dr. Hess will explain are bacteria, force management and esthetics and patient comfort.

Fifteen new dental products debuted on www.dentalproductsreport.com for the week of July 16, 2012. The products categories represented by these newcomers range from digital radiography and technology to equipment and infection control.

The second installment to Dental Products Report's Paperless Video Series highlights the practical benefits associated with going paperless. While paperless workflows create large, big picture benefits for a dental practice, this portion of the series dials back to the simpler, more practical advantages.  

  Two sets of milling tools and a desktop 3D printer highlight the products that debuted during the week of July 19, 2012 on dlpmagazine.com. In case you missed those products, here’s a list of them with links to the information and the company websites: