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Founder Dr. Anthony Hatch has transformed his new Scripps Rock Dental office in San Diego, Calif. from a conventional business park office with a white-walled interior into a vibrant, colorful space that sings. The move from Hatch Dental on Wexford Street to the new Scripps Rock Dental in Scripps Ranch was a labor of love. With everything from musically inspired artwork to traditional and trendy guitars on the walls, Scripps Rock Dental seems to be hitting all the right notes with its patients.

How long have you used the Demi Plus curing light? I have been using the Demi Plus for a few years. Why is it your curing light of choice? It’s lightweight and ergonomically designed. The output is more than 1,100 mW/cm2, so I get good deep curing. Why would you recommend the curing light to a colleague? I have been using Demetron lights for many years going back to the halogen days and they work with no down time.

Can you explain in detail how the proprietary optics in the FLASHlite Magna 4.0 curing light work? An optical element in the curing light more effectively focuses the light emitted from the LED, maintaining its focus and minimizing divergence. After traveling through the optic, the beams are roughly parallel or collimated. Typically, the light emitted from a curing probe or handpiece extension exhibits divergence that increases with distance. The FLASHlite Magna 4.0 produces a curing beam with significantly less beam spread.

You’ve used other models of bluephase curing lights. Why do you like the bluephase Style curing light best? It offers me a variety of advantages over curing lights I have used in the past. My team and I really enjoy using the bluephase Style because it allows us to hold it however is most comfortable for us. Why is it your curing light of choice? The slim design is great because not only is the light easy to manage for those of us with small hands, but it also can fit into hard-to-reach places in the mouth.

Dr. Peter Dawson’s CV is formidable. To look at all he’s achieved-the textbooks, the international recognition, the patients’ lives changed-it is easy to look at his career and assume that it is his story, exciting to listen to but impossible to emulate. But one of the greatest parts of the Dawson story is his commitment to making it accessible to the masses, to helping general dentists be better and see incredible results in their own practices.

As the provider of the Industry’s only dental unit water line solution that uses NASA Technology, DentaPure has established itself as the “newest old company” in dentistry.

Adding a digital radiography system brings a range of operational improvements and efficiencies to a practice, and despite significant initial costs, these systems can even save a practice money over the long term. However, if the new, high-tech gear is not properly used and cared for, practices can find the price tag unexpectedly growing and eating away at the return on their investment.

Planmeca, maker of the ProMax 3D imaging system, announced Friday that it has named Henry Schein, Inc. as a US distributor of its full line of dental equipment, software and other products, including its category-leading digital imaging products

Entering into its fourth cycle of honorees, you could say the Pride Institute “Best of Class” Technology Award is entering its senior year-with all the enthusiasm, maturity and eagerness to make its mark in the world that metaphor suggests.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan. Millions of people were glued to the images of the maelstrom that ensued. Few maintained that level of interest as the Japanese started on the less glamorous path of recovery.

It all started with a scared little girl who found comfort in a puppy. The little girl, Maya, came to Dr. Allan Pike’s pediatric dentistry practice in Portland for a pulpotomy, a procedure they needed to get done right away. But things weren’t going well, at least not until dental assistant Julie Dubansky offered to bring in her puppy, Madison. That seemed to calm Maya down, and was the beginning of what some of Dr. Pike’s patients drive as many as three hours to experience: Dog day at the dental office.

Jane Pak, CEO of the National Association of Women Business Owners, spoke with Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Bill Dorfman to put together a top 10 list of the most useful small business tips for dental practices.

Japanese dentist Hideki Watanabe has invented a sculpted pot that will automatically stir its contents as they heat up. Watanabe came up with the design for the Kuru-Kuru Nabe (the "Round and Round Pot") while experimenting with dental plaster at his dental practice.

DPR Friday, Dental Products Report’s weekly product news broadcast, is a 2012 Telly Winner, taking home a Bronze Award for top Internet/Online Program, Segment or Promotional Piece.

DentalEZ Group has added on a showroom to its StarDental manufacturing facility that provides a way for dental professionals to see how they can create a customized operatory with a full range of ergonomic dental products.

In this CDA 2012 video interview, Laurel Lubin from Henry Schein Practice Solutions talks about the latest release from Dentrix, the Dentrix G5 practice management software. "G5 brings improved efficiency and enhanced security," said Lubin. "We are very excited about a new partner program that we have created. It will allow third-party vendors to have integrated tools to create G5-friendly software."

America undeniably loves the Internet. More than 180 million Americans use the Internet at least once a month. Close to 80 percent of Americans use the Internet to search for health information, and among them, 54 percent specifically look for healthcare providers. Given these statistics, it’s no surprise that there are over 11 million Internet searches for dentists within a given month. 1. Your Practice is Open to the World 24/7, 365 Days a Year

Maryland dental school professor Huakun (Hockin) Zu, PhD, and a team of researchers at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry are using nanotechnology to create a new dental composite that has the potential to aid dentists in the task of removing more harmful bacteria from a cavity and go one step further – rebuild the tooth.

Today's HOT How To features a technique demonstrating the use of KOMET USA's S6856XL.FG.021 extended-length diamonds to help ease crown preparations when gingival recession is present. Case presentations are performed by Christine M. Yonker, DDS, and Sergio Rubinstein, DDS, from Oral Rehabilitation Center in Skokie, Ill.

A statement released today by Patterson Dental announces the promotion of Josh Killian to vice president of digital technologies. Killian will lead efforts in CAD/CAM and digital imaging, including cone beam, as well as various software products and web-based applications. Patterson Dental is the exclusive provider of Schick digital radiography products.

Dr. Thu Tran first tried Premier Dental’s Traxodent Hemodent Paste Retraction System about three years ago when she was asked to review the product for a dental magazine. She was so pleased with its consistency and how easy it is to use, it’s been part of her practice ever since. What benefits does the Traxodent Hemodent Paste Retraction System bring to your practice?

I have been a prosthodontist for more than three  decades, concentrating in Oral Rehabilitation, and have done more than 50,000 units of crown and bridge. Each tooth has been prepared with a Midwest Quiet-air. A practice like mine is a litmus test of any highspeed. Probably the most severe service a handpiece can endure is cutting off old bridgework, particularly non precious prosthesis. For this you need a handpiece that can deliver high torque as well as high speed to get the job done.

The QUATTROcare PLUS handpiece maintenance system offers incomparable thoroughness, economy and ease of use. Four handpieces can be maintained in one minute with the press of a button. The system is designed to eliminate time consuming and expensive individual maintenance. The new QUATTROcare Plus offers a chuck care maintenance attachment that provides the optimum cleaning, lubrication and purging for the handpiece chuck.

The technologies you use in your personal life can benefit your professional life as well. We have talked with dental professionals who have already put the latest technologies to work in their practices.

While high tech options continue to evolve and offer us ways to simplify our personal lives, transferring those same advantages into the dental office just makes sense. Here are the stories from dentists, like you, who are already finding success using some of these most recognized technologies in the dental practice setting.

The TI-Max Z95L dental handpiece from NSK Dental is a durable, high performance, titanium-bodied electric handpiece. It features a small head and slim neck dimensions allowing operational visibility like never before. Very Quiet: It performs at a remarkably low noise level with virtually no vibration to aid the clinician’s focus and to enhance patient comfort.

No dental professional sets out to become Gordon Christensen - not even Dr. Christensen himself. And while today he is able to fill conference rooms, influence product development, and help direct attention to key trends and causes, it wasn’t something that happened overnight.

Dental Lab Products Managing Editor Noah Levine talks with Vident Product Marketing Manager, Peter Newell, about the VITApan Plus Denture Teeth Line. "The VITApan Plus is an extension to the VITApan, which has been in the market for over 30 years," said Newell. "The anatomical, as well as the ergonomic look of the characterization of VITApan Plus is what really sets it apart in the marketplace."

Dental Lab Products Managing Editor Noah Levine talks with Ted Smudde, Managing Director for Candulor USA Inc., about the top denture cases from the KunstZahnWek "Art of Denture" Competition North American show. "We had 50 people who registered to participate in the competition," said Smudde. "We were pleasantly surprised by the quality in the final results."

In this live CDA video interview, Executive Editor Stan Goff talks with J Rousek Toy Company Vice Chairman Allan Pietrasanta about dental toys and give-aways and