Expert interviews

What happens when the greatest minds in the dental consulting industry get together? The answer is an amazing weekend of brainstorming and sharing about the current and future states of the dental industry.

Q&A with Dr. Bryan Couch, DDS, Complete Smiles Dentistry, Coppell, Texas

Sunstar Americas, Inc., a proud member of the globally trusted Sunstar Group of Companies that manufactures and markets innovative oral care products under the GUM®, Butler® and Guidor® brands, has moved its North American headquarters from Northwest Chicago to Schaumburg, Ill.

Q&A with Dr. John Flucke, chief dental editor, DPR, and Dr. Michael DiTolla, DDS

Q&A with Dr. Jose Marcano, DMD, Orlando, Fla.

We recently sat down with Dr. John Flucke, technology editor and chief dental editor for Dental Products Report, to talk about the GXS-700 sensors from Gendex.

Q&A wth Dr. Kaveh Ghaboussi, DMD, Madison Smile Solutions and Dr. Dan Indech, DDS, Desert Ridge Periodontics & Implant Dentistry

Q&A with Dr. Darryl L. Hatchett, DDS, Denver, N.C.

Q&A with Dr. Kevin Morgester, Morgester Dental, Chesterfield, Mo.

Q&A with Dr. Jack Hahn, DDS, Implant Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

For more than 40 years, ZEST Anchors has been an innovator in product solutions for edentulous patients.

Q&A with Nicolle Campion, vice president of sales and marketing

Q&A with Dr. Paul L. Child, Jr., prosthodontist/independent consultant, and Dr. Liang Chen, chief scientist of BISCO

Q&A with George R. Zehak, DDS, President-elect, Chicago Dental Society

Q&A with Dr. Marie T. Fluent, DDS

Technology keeps moving and changing with noticeably different and better results. In the author’s career, he has been fortunate enough to be involved with several full-mouth restoration cases.

Dentatus, well-known for Swedish precision and control, now offers Profin IPR Tips to be used in conjunction with the Profin Directional handpiece.

Keystone Industries expanded its dental industry boundaries wider than ever before during the past couple years, and the impact was said to be felt amongst members of the Latin America dental community this May.

A lot of things have changed since 2005 (Twitter wasn’t even around then), but one thing that hasn’t is 3M ESPE’s place at the top of a ranking of the dental industry’s most innovative companies.

This is the final part of a three-part DPR series discussing cement selection and related issues with dentists from a variety of practices. We’re asking them about their individual priorities and techniques with cementation and how their practice focus affects the materials they choose.

Many people are afraid of going to the dentist, but most will muster the bravery to go in when their teeth start falling out. However, most people are not Angie Barlow of England.

One of the most important aspects in the success of a restoration is the bond between the tooth and the restoration. There are many luting agents currently on the market with differing formats of adhesion and techniques for use.

GuttaCore obturators are said to be the first cross-linked Gutta-Percha core obturators to deliver warm Gutta-Percha throughout the canal system. GuttaCore is designed to create a dense, 3D fill in minutes, and the cross-linked Gutta-Percha core removes easily.

As a pediatric dentist, he knows how important it is to teach children the value of maintaining their oral health from an early age-and to make visiting the dentist as stress-free and fun as possible. He wants his patients to enjoy their time at his practice, and to leave looking forward to their next visit. 

Creating a video for use in your dental practice is a fun way to engage patients.

Rugby players are a carousing type who appreciate a good time, and one beer company is making it even easier for several players to enjoy the revelry.

BEGO’s new Varseo 3D printing system offers eight different high performance resins that can be changed from one job to the next in less than 30 seconds.

The 1970s called-they want their wall-mount unit back!

i-CAT™ a brand of the KaVo Kerr Group, exhibited at the recent 2015 AAO Annual Session at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Unique to this meeting, and as part of the company’s “Their Story” campaign launched in November 2014, i-CAT introduced the latest “Their Story” featuring Dr. Sean Carlson and his patient, Natalie. 

During our annual pilgrimage to the California Dental Association spring session in Anaheim and Lab Day West in Garden Grove, Calif., some new products caught the eyes of our editorial team.