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Dr. Walker remembers vividly being in pain, sitting in the middle of an exam during her dental school days. Her shoulders hurt. Her back hurt. She could think of little other than counting the minutes until she could be done and lying flat on her back in her room.

The Soft Chrome Cobalt discs can be wet or dry-milled on any machine, don't require special burs or strategies, and are intended to decrease the lab's need to outsource non-precious metal restorations.

The Wonder Z-Ring reportedly provides an even thermal heat zone that optimizes the effects of heating up and cooling down.

Those numbers are from new market research compiled for the National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL) by Valmont Research, which includes data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Now, these technologies are used by dental laboratory technicians every day, and patients are glad for it.

More than 100 Ostrow faculty and students provided free comprehensive dental care last week to athletes with intellectual disabilities as part of the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Program. It was the first time such comprehensive care - including extractions, restorations and root canals - had been offered to the athletes with intellectual disabilities, who often have poorer oral health than their typically developing peers, research shows

Complementing Straumann’s edentulous solutions portfolio, the Straumann® CARES® Advanced Fixed Bar-commonly referred to as a hybrid bar-offers a direct connection to implants or to Straumann’s screw-retained abutments and delivers a one-piece solution.

As they prepare to launch their newest option, the DWX-4W wet mill, we talked with Brian Brooks, senior product manager-Dental Solutions, Roland DGA, about the new mill, how Roland continually pursues inovation and how the new mill fits into existing workflows.

Scanned cases can be easily sent to in-house design stations and milling units or to the Glidewell Outsource Milling Center for outsourced fabrication through Glidewell Laboratories.

Data breaches have become common. There are reports in the news almost weekly about breaches in large corporations such as Target and Neiman Marcus. While these breaches can be upsetting to consumers, they don’t fall into the HIPAA rules as they don’t involve protected health information.

We recently spoke to Larry Bodony, President of exocad America, about the company's plans for the future of the digital workflow and what new applications and software are coming out to realize that future.

These furnaces are also technologically advanced, including sophisticated touchscreens, preset and customizable programming ability and high quality LEDs, allowing you the ultimate control that produces results that will make both your clients and their patients happy.

Dr. Walter James Palmer, D.D.S., had 4,714 reviews on Yelp yesterday evening. His rating: 1.5 stars. Is he a terrible dentist? Does he have a slew of bad reviews because of his level of patient care? No. He has terrible reviews because he shot Cecil, the famous and beloved lion in Africa, with a crossbow on July 1st, then later killed him. “I needed a tooth extracted, so Dr. Palmer shot me in the neck with a crossbow, chased and tracked me for 40 hours, and (once I collapsed from pain and...” reads one review from Drew C, who gave him a five-star review.

The story of Cecil the lion broke yesterday. I think the story is tragic on several levels. Let me get this out of the way. I think it's deplorable that someone would want to trophy hunt a lion.

Dental implantology remains a major growth area in all levels of the dental workflow. DENTSPLY Implants continues to be a major factor in the implants market, releasing solutions, support and innovations that are pushing the industry forward.

How much school missed: 18 percent of parents reported their children missed at least a half a day of school, while 4 percent said their children missed one day, 4 percent reported children missing two days and 6 percent said their children had to miss three or more days.

He told us about the CS 3500, the latest intraoral scanner from Carestream, and how it improves the dentist-lab workflow, how going digital is better for everyone and more. Read on:

In the world of dentistry, your hands are crucial to your livelihood. So what happens when these indispensable tools become injured? One dental hygienist learned the answer the hard way after she tripped on a faulty sidewalk during a lunchtime stroll.

"Regardless, women will be in control of a good portion of practices, making many more major administrative and purchasing decisions. Shortly, 80 percent of all practices may be 100 percent women.

Z-Discs are made of a special blend of zirconia, diamond and ceramic composites. The discs are engineered to demonstrate a combination of thinness (ultra-thin), strength, durability and cutting qualities, said to make this disc the perfect abrasive disc for cut-off of e.max sprues, for finishing of ceramic bridges, for fine detail contouring of interproximals, and for contouring green state zirconia.

In the case of baby formula, the need to better understand human iron metabolism has become more urgent with the global popularity of formula and fortified cereals. Adding iron to formula has been an industry standard for decades, in part because about two billion people worldwide – mostly in developing nations – are thought to have chronic anemia and iron deficiency.

We recently spoke with Rob Nazzal, CEO of CAP, about some of those recent partner agreements, what it means for their customers and what we can expect to see from CAP for the remainder of the year.

Nobel Biocare has long been one of the leaders of dental implantology-in fact, they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of P-I Brånemark’s first implant patient this year. We recently spoke with Joe Day, their Vice President of Marketing for North America at Nobel Biocare, about the history of the company since Brånemark’s landmark case, how Nobel Biocare works well with labs, what's happening in the dental implant world and more

The Top 25 Women in Dentistry was designed to recognize women who excel in their fields. The honorees come from across the dental industry, including dental professionals, industry leaders and practitioners. Each of the honorees will be featured in the October edition of Dental Products Report.

Prolonged, awkward postures are the greatest culprits for the demise of a dental professional's musculoskeletal health1. Sustained muscle contractions can cause painful muscle ischemia and the development of "tender spots," or trigger points in muscles2.

The study was published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Innovation drives our profession and DLP wants to recognize the companies at the forefront.  In this Innovator Profile, DLP spoke with Alessandro Cucchiaro, MDT, General Manager of Zirkonzahn USA.

Electronic records can protect patient files from office catastrophes such as fire or natural disasters, but storing your patient database electronically poses other dangers. In a story that is becoming all too familiar, a Minnesota dentist learned this the hard way after his patient data was held hostage by computer hackers.

With thousands of British children being admitted into National Health Services (NHS) hospitals every year to treat tooth decay, a British-based company is imploring dental practices to look at how they promote and encourage regular check-ups. 

Whether it’s at the grocery store or on vacation, we’re all looking for the smartest way to spend our money. We want to make sure that when we decide to purchase something, it’s really going to be the best thing on which we can possibly spend our hard-earned cash.