Expert interviews

Dentrix Enterprise has some big news, and product manager Nate Nelson took a few moments recently to chat about it and how it impacts dental practices.

In this video, Lisa Marie Spradley shared tips that can help hygienists, assistants, and front office personnel who may be dealing with a micromanager in their own dental practice.

Research into the science behind ultrasonic scalers, used by dental professionals to remove built up plaque, has identified that the formation of tiny bubbles around the head is key to the cleaning process.

Posterior maxillary restorations have reportedly never been easier. Watch how this revolutionary base composite flows and self-levels, adapting to the anatomy of the proximal box and providing a smooth interface for the overlying restoration. SDR™ technology reduces polymerization stress by up to 60 percent, allowing bulk fills up to 4 mm.

Kara Vavrosky, RDH, the editorial director for Modern Hygienist, was in the Windy City and stopped by the Hu-Friedy booth to learn more about the EverEdge technology.

CEREC now provides a completely new process in the dental practice: combining the new CEREC SpeedFire furnace and CEREC Zirconia material, dentists can now deliver full contour crowns and small bridges made of the full-strength, high-quality zirconium oxide in a single visit.

5 Dental Minutes, a new video curation and sharing platform, has been announced for the dental industry.

Learn how to use this new material in a patient with mandibular right first premolar with an open contact and a defective composite restoration.

You’ve been on your feet seemingly forever, putting in a long day hard at work in the dental practice. Now you’ve finally got a chance to breathe; but how should you spend your precious moments of free time? We think you deserve a break – and a good dose of the lighthearted, fun and downright silly side of dentistry.

KOMET's 4562ST expert set was compiled in close cooperation with six renowned experts from dental clinics and practices to simplify and systemize the precise shaping of cavities prior to receiving ceramic inlays and partial crowns.

I started practicing dentistry in 1975 just about the time that light curing of restorations was being introduced.

Bethany Valachi, PT, MS, CEAS, offers you two exercises that can help your day at the dental practice go more smoothly.

In an era when CE courses designed specifically for assistants are often overlooked, Modern Dental Assistant and Yankee Dental Congress have teamed up to ensure that doesn't happen at the Boston meeting.

Henry Schein, Inc. unveiled the Henry Schein ConnectDental® Pavilion, which reportedly brings together for the first time the industry's broadest array of open solutions designed to help any practice or laboratory enter the digital age, at the Greater New York Dental (GNYDM) Meeting.

Our insurance editor, Teresa Duncan, tells you what you need to know.

Used together to efficiently achieve optimal esthetics, Komet Q-Finisher carbides and CompoBrite polishers simply and effectively finish and polish composite restorations without multiple instrument changes.

On the opening day of its Power of Digital Dentistry Conference, Planmeca unveiled its new PlanScan with optional color capability and optimized scanning speed in the latest software update: PlanCAD 5.7.

The use of lasers in dentistry today has evolved from its beginnings in 1960.

In the last 14 years, the LOCATOR® Attachment System reportedly has grown to be the market leader for implant-retained, tissue-supported overdenture attachments.

The Cavitron Touch™ ultrasonic scaling system combines touchscreen technology and the new fully rotating, detachable Steri-Mate® 360° handpiece

Losing a tooth is a right of passage of sorts, and some parents are ensuring that it is a memorable one for their loose-toothed children. We gathered up the nine most creative, bizarre and downright insane ways that folks have pulled loose baby teeth, and boy, are they impressive.

The Aquasil Ultra Single-Unit Procedure Kit offers a unique combination of products to help ensure a predictably perfect impression every time.

The NX3 XTR cementation system reportedly blends the versatility of NX3 Nexus™ Third Generation Universal Dental Cement with the adhesion superiority of OptiBond™ XTR Self-Etch Universal Dental Bonding Agent for a new standard of permanent cementation for all esthetic materials.

Online videos are quickly becoming a powerful influence on consumers today. Why? Video is incredibly engaging. According to research published by Atlas, video is six times more effective than print or online promotions.

When asked about 3D technology in the dental practice, Dr. David Little makes no bones about his feelings.

SATURNO is a one-piece narrow-diameter implant with an o-ball connection featuring a patented, pivoting cap technology similar to the function of LOCATOR®.

The emergence profile of the Straumann® Bone Level Variobase® for CEREC® features a concave collar design, designed to provide easier cleaning procedures compared to convex collar design Ti-base options. There is no change to the existing workflow.

The JUVORA Dental Disc is a high performance polymer that can be used in metal-free prosthetics.

The festivities opened with some of Sirona’s big chiefs and top educators. The company announced the new clinical director of Sirona Dental will be Dr. Mike DiTolla.