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New dental products posted on www.dentalproductsreport.com for the week of July 9, 2012 include several hygiene products that patients can use at home as well as a new dental models and a new cleaning solution. Those products are...  

In light of the July 1 launch of XPsquared- an online community for dental professionals and the companies that serve them-we spoke with Managing Director Bill Martin, to see where this new offering fits into the wider landscape of trade shows and CE opportunities in the dental field.  

Jim Tobolski had been looking for the right dentist for some time but just hadn’t “latched onto one.” That is before he started visiting Dr. Edmond Suh’s Supremia Dentistry in Wake Forest, N.C. When Jim first stepped foot inside the practice, he liked the atmosphere, the look and the friendly staff. But when he had his first crowns put in using Dr. Suh’s E4D Dentist System, he was blown away.

This week's episode of DPR Friday brings you an inside look at a few of the Pride Institute "Best of Class" honorees. This feature will appear each month leading up to the ADA Annual Session, allowing the technology panel to explain why they chose this year's winners.

According to Dr. John Flucke, DPR Technology Editor, the process of digital radiography is simple, reliable and provides images that are nothing short of amazing. At this point in time if you’re still using film, the long shadow of Father Time is gaining on you… faster than you can probably imagine. To put it succinctly, digital radiography is no longer a matter of “if,” it’s a matter of “when."

A number of noteworthy new products for dental lab technicians have recently been posted on www.dlpmagazine.com. Among them are the cover products for the July 2012 issue of Dental Lab Products magazine that’s in the mail to subscribers. The cover products have been chosen because of their innovation or perceived impact on productivity and bench artistry. These products are:

Henry Schein Inc., the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, and ReDent Nova, a Tel Aviv-based dental company, have reached a new global agreement.

As a full time general dentist, as well as a practice management coach and consultant, CAD/CAM technology is a subject that has been of significant interest to me. I incorporated CAD/CAM into my practice more than 10 years ago, and have been a proponent of the technology and its efficiency ever since.

This week's episode of DPR Friday highlights the cover products from the July issue of DPR. The notable dental products include...  

Next time you walk into your dental office, pretend you’re a new patient. If you’re greeted by a wall of paper charts and a reception area featuring a sliding glass window and a clipboard, think about what you are communicating. Impersonal reception areas, clipboards and paper charts scream “yesterday.” Now consider that, rightly or wrongly, patients form beliefs about the quality of your dentistry based upon these seemingly innocuous things.

You don’t want to be the first. While there are no documented cases of a clinician acquiring a disease from laser plume, the possibility is there. That’s why it’s so important for you to wear the proper mask when using a laser.

Steve Kokal joins Millennium Dental Technologies as VP of Sales and Marketing.

This week's DPR Friday episode features a special look at a newly-developed dental composite based on nanotechnology. The dental filling reportedly kills bacteria and takes it a step further by regenerating the tooth structure. A special report on dental anxiety from the University of Sydney shows that women in their 40s are likely to have a "perceived traumatic dental experience" that keeps them from following through with treatment procedures. Watch the episode to hear more about dental phobia triggers and how to treat them.  

AMD LASERS, a global leader in dental lasers and dental laser education, announced a partnership with leading dental trade publication Dental Products Report to sponsor  a social media training series for dental professionals.

Biographer Walter Isaacson outlined core leadership strengths that can be used to characterize Apple founder and personal computing pioneer Steve Jobs in a Harvard Business Review article. These four approaches to leadership can be applied to the improvement of your dental practice. ExecTech, a practice management consulting firm, breaks them down. Focus

Digital Clinic was awarded second-place honors for the most innovative dental practice product at the Henry Schein Inc. 17th Annual Dental National Sales Meeting on June 11, 2012. The company provides dynamic, interactive and internet-linked digital signage for dental practice waiting rooms.

Clear aligner therapy-also known as invisible braces or clear braces-is a popular form of orthodontic treatment that uses a series of clear, removable aligners to gradually move a patient’s teeth. Clear aligners can be used effectively to improve the esthetic appearance and bite function of your patient.

For many years, the IPS Empress all-ceramic brand was known for the highest level of esthetics when imitating the characteristics of natural teeth. Since it was introduced, more than 37 million indirect crown and veneer restorations fabricated from the IPS Empress pressed ceramic material have been placed.

Manufacturers are developing new composite materials almost every week, yet many of the popular composite polisher formulations have not changed for a decade or more.

1. Consider offering an affordable, non-invasive veneer as an option to conventional porcelain veneers. There are several non-invasive techniques you might choose to use. Not everyone needs or can afford porcelain veneers. Sure they are a great service for our patients, but composites have evolved.

1. Sunstar America's GUM PerioShield oral health rinse represents a next generation solution to achieving and maintaining a healthy mouth. It inhibits bacterial adhesion to tooth surfaces and serves as an adjunct to normal mechanical oral hygiene. 2. The rinse provides a tool clinically proven to prevent plaque and gingivitis that could lead to periodontitis.

DMG America President George Wolfe talks Icon and Luxatemp Ultra dental products.  

1. TruFit™ Ultra Thin Gloves are made of a soft nitrile material for the ultimate comfort in examination gloves. 2. The thin nature of the gloves improves flexibility and reach for the clinician. 3. The nitrile material retains strength, allowing the glove to stay intact during clinical use.

According to the National Institute of Health’s Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries throughout Life, “Dental caries is an infectious, communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by acid forming bacteria found in dental plaque, an intraoral biofilm, in the presence of sugar.

Patients often experience oral inflammation, whether it’s from self-induced trauma or an area that must heal following a dental procedure. MIS Implants Technologies’ PeriZone™ PerioPatch® acts as a barrier while it provides relief and absorbs excess wound exudates to promote healing.

In the field of laser dentistry, patients and dentists are seeing benefits associated with the advancements in laser technology. Soft-tissue lasers cause far less patient discomfort with the ability to achieve simultaneous cutting and coagulation. The Food and Drug Administration has cleared the use of dental lasers in more than 20 dental procedures.

Sleep apnea can and should have an awful lot to do with you and your practice. Recent studies have proven that oral appliance therapy is effective when treating patients with mild to moderate sleep apnea-that’s where big opportunities can arise for dentists.

A past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry who has been in practice for more than three decades, Dr. Dean Lodding has tried a number of different dental materials.

Henry Schein Inc. ranked 303 on the 2012 FORTUNE 500 list of largest U.S. public companies, which is based on 2011 revenue. The dental products distributor moved up 14 spots with revenue of $8.5 billion, a gain of 13.3% from 2010. According to Henry Schien CEO Stanley Bergman, 54% of Schein's business is in the dental space. Technology is responsible for 13% of the company's profits. 

DPR Executive Editor Stan Goff interviews Digital Clinic about the Digital Patient Engagement System at CDA. With this cutting edge technology, released by Henry Schein Dental, dentists are able to connect their digital signage in their lobbies to their social media marketing campaigns in real-time.