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How the 3M™ True Definition scanner and Lava Esthetic Zirconia help streamline the lab workflow.

How can link building grow your practice? Three experts weigh in.

The textbook focuses on the current best evidence available to support decision making for recommended preventive interventions.

The 2017 Florida Dental Convention (FDC), conducted by the Florida Dental Association, will be held from June 22-24, 2017 in Kissimmee, Florida. Get Connected: Team to Technology is this year's meeting theme. Bert Hughes, D.M.D., the FDC General Chairman, says attendees should come for the CE and stay for the fun. The gathering will include 7,500 dental pros, more than 100 CE courses and lectures, and 350 dental product and service exhibitors. The resort city of Orlando is nearby offering a quality assortment of dining and entertainment possibilities.

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Pat Little, D.D.S., FAGD, CFE, is a dentist who has reinvented himself as an expert on dental fraud and patient data security. His companies, Dental Risk Concepts and Prosperident, have ferreted out numerous dental practice fraudsters. Here's what Little had to say on the subjects of data security and practice embezzlement at the Hinman Dental Meeting.

The Dentist's Money Digest® editorial team made trips recently to the Hinman Dental Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia and the American Association of Orthodontists Annual Session in San Diego, California. In addition to interviewing key opinion leaders in the general dental and orthodontic fields, editors also covered continuing education sessions. Here are five quick tips gleaned from the expert speakers.

A look at some of the products and solutions on display at dentistry’s biggest show.

A look at some of the products and solutions on display at dentistry’s biggest show.

Regardless of the literal structure of your dental practice, you need to picture it as a building with two towers. One tower represents your clinical abilities, the skills you learned all throughout dental school. The other tower represents your business acumen. Which of these towers have you devoted more of your attention to? Odds are, it's the former. To be successful in the dental business, you need to devote time toward expanding your business skills. You can start with this suggested reading list.

The days of having a data server in your dental practice may be numbered. Health care, including dentistry, is embracing the shift toward cloud-based computing. One study expects a complete shift to cloud storage in the next five years. The cloud computing change has specific implications for dentistry.

Serving as the executor of an estate is no small task. While you might feel honored or flattered if your parents ask you to take care of this major responsibility, you need to know what you're in for. You don't need any legal or financial expertise, but you do have certain obligations to uphold. What follows is an overview of what's expected of you under the law.

The patent-pending system is formulated to improve postsurgical recovery and optimize oral health.

Apps can make traveling easier. Four new apps remove the stress of buying airport food in time for your connecting flight, booking a day rate at a hotel, selecting lodging with your travel companions, and walking to places you want to see in a city. Download these apps now to streamline your next travel experience.

A new sedation mask, created by Crosstex International and Accutron, Inc., is intended to improve how nitrous oxide and other anesthetic gases are delivered to patients. The single-use mask is designed to have a better seal around patients noses to keep gas out of their eyes. The mask, which can also be steam sterilized, should help dentists avoid the use of tape or nasal cannulas.

Solo and partner practices don't need to be overwhelmed by the DSO trend-if they take the right steps now.

The anesthetic gel will now be available in a Cool Mint flavor.

Four additional grants will be awarded over the next two years.

Researchers have discovered a new benefit of grape-seed extract.

The results of the study were presented at The International Liver Congress in Amsterdam.

How one technician used his inLab system (Dentsply Sirona) to make a digital solution from analog dental information.

Millennial dentists are growing up quickly and changing the face of the industry. With a focus on technology and patient experiences, they've issued a challenge to older more established dentists: Adapt, or get left behind.

Sure, you make the bulk of your investments in money market funds to minimize risk. But what are you getting in return? You can boost your portfolio's yield safely with a dollop of REITs and floating-rate funds, in addition to some tax savvy.

Mitchell Gardiner, D.M.D., has had a great deal of experience as an expert witness in dental malpractice cases. Among the many things this experience has taught him is that successful defense of dental malpractice suits involves the entire dental team, not just the doctor. In this clip, Gardiner, who is also a clinical instructor in restorative dentistry at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, explains how your team can help you.

How the Formlabs Form 2 3D printer helped one lab achieve an ideal workflow-at an affordable price.

Jordan Greenberg of hyperDENT explains how CAM software has come into its own.

Why your design decisions have a much bigger impact than you might think.

A technique showcasing how the millable VITA ENAMIC IS block enables same-day results.

Whether you're looking for a thrill ride on a modern, steel coaster, or you appreciate the classic wooden variety, American theme parks are debuting some new, exciting options this summer. Find out where to ride the best of this summer's new roller coasters. Busch Gardens is rolling out the wooden coaster, InvadR. Several Six Flags locations are cashing in on the comic-book movie buzz with a new Joker ride. And Sea World, San Antonio has created a new roller coaster that simulates an animal rescue.

Researchers have known for years that the shape of a person's jaw can be used to determine the likelihood of certain diseases and disorders. However, new research out of the University of Washington School of Dentistry shows that jaw shape may correlate to which hand is a person's dominant hand. The data indicate that people with slender jaws tend to be left-handed.