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The absence of recommended toothbrushes and dental supplies in the marketplace can lead to frustration for patients.

When it’s time to invest in handpieces, we know you want to get your facts straight. You want to separate the facts from the myths so you can make an informed decision that’s best for your quality of care and practice efficiencies. Thinking about investing in electric handpieces for your practice? Here, we debunk several myths about electric handpieces that no longer hold true in the industry.

Core3dcentres® and VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG have announced that Core3dcentres has been recognized as the only Authorized Milling Center for VITA ENAMIC® across North America.

There will plenty of new dental products to see as dental professionals descend on McCormick Place West for the 150th annual Chicago Midwinter Meeting. The exhibit hall is open from Feb. 26-28, and to help you navigate the aisles and booths in the Windy City, DPR is showcasing 28 products that should be on your must-see list.

Your handpiece is a crucial part of your equipment. When it comes to making a handpiece work its best for you, these valuable tips can not only maximize the results you get with your handpiece but give you easy-to-use tips to make them last longer for your practice.

Visalys® Veneer Chairside is the latest addition at Kettenbach LP. They are prefabricated, polymerized, radiopaque veneers made of a highly filled hybrid composite.

Dental Products Report sat down with Implant Direct President Tom Stratton to discuss the company’s offerings, emerging products and plans for the future.  

From the beginning of time there has been a chasm between dental software vendors and their customers. For the most part, this has been due to miscommunication between parties and limited technical knowledge on the side of the dental practice. At the end of the day, in many cases this has built up a limited trust with software vendors.

Snails may be small, but their teeth pack a huge punch. Limpet teeth, or those belonging to aquatic snails, have strength comparable to those of the strongest man-made fibers, according to a recent study published in Royal Society's journal Interface.

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. recently signed the Grammy award-winning rock and roll band Train to perform during its upcoming CEREC® 30th (CEREC 30) Anniversary Celebration.

Integrated Dental Systems' founder and CEO Carey Lyons announced the 11th Annual Mega’Gen International Symposium – This Changes Everything, which is focused on faster, easier and better patient-focused implant dentistry. The symposium will be held May 1-2, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

Dentists, expanded function dental auxillaries (EFDAs) and dental assistants traditionally harbor conflicting thoughts about fabricating anterior provisionals.

Money tends not to grow on trees, and given the current state of the economy – not to mention issues specific to the dental industry – buying new equipment is rarely a frivolous endeavor. Doctors have to weigh the pros and cons of their needs and wants against their available funds before making purchases – no matter the size.

The growth of multiple options to serve patients’ esthetic and functional needs and desires requires mastery of disciplines that usually necessitate a coordinated and collaborative team approach with multiple specialties.

Roland DGA Corporation has announced a new wet milling dental machine, the DWX-4W, to be exhibited at key dental conferences worldwide beginning in February 2015.

In 2008, the American Dental Educators Association (ADEA) formed a committee charged with assembling a glossary of terms for dental educators. Their labors were published in July 2010 Dental Clinics of North Americas. They found this necessary because the teaching of dentistry had changed in light of CAMBRA-Caries Management by Risk Assessment. 

On the cusp of the organization’s 30th anniversary, OSAP’s thought leaders sat down again with Dental Products Report for a candid roundtable discussion on how far infection control has come in the dental industry … and how far it still has to go.  

There’s no question that Patti DiGangi and Shirley Gutkowski shook things up when they wrote their article, “3 reasons why a Modern Millennial Hygienist does not perio chart.” The article by these two respected dental hygienists took social media by storm and was passionately discussed by their peers throughout the country.

As the organization enters its fourth decade, OSAP's thought leaders once again sat down with Dental Products Report for a candid roundtable discussion on how far infection control has come in the dental industry .. and how far it still has to go.

DentalEZ® Group has introduced the new DentalEZ® TruSim™ Clinical Practice Simulator.

BIOMET 3i announced the release of the BellaTek Portal V1.4?an enhanced version of the original portal that is designed to offer new tools and increased user-friendly functionality.

I can’t help but speculate that the aversion to performing a feasibility study is as much emotional as it is financial. Clearly, there is a cost factor that may dissuade the fiscally faint of heart-despite its proven worth.

A new survey from Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Dental Medicine found parents in the general population bring their children to the dentist for the first time at the average age of 2.5, while parents who fall under the U.S. poverty threshold bring their children to the dentist for the first time at approximately 3.5 years old.

Flexibility is the name of the game in today’s dental insurance world. Administrative roles have shifted greatly in recent years to include the growing, evolving role of insurance in the dental office.

Thanks to the generosity of The Patterson Foundation and Patterson Dental, Minnesotans will be smiling a lot more in 2015.

As crazy as this may sound, I always wanted to be a dentist. At the age of three, I declared my intentions to my family and then worked toward that goal.I never wanted to be a policeman, a fireman or anything else (OK ... maybe for a few days I wanted to be James Bond, but that had more to do with the girls and gadgets than anything else).

There was a time when the purchase of a new piece of software came with a user’s manual the size of a phone book. Now, both phone books and instruction manuals are all but extinct. Instruction duties have been transferred to trainers, online classrooms and tutorials. Unfortunately many dentists don’t take advantage of training opportunities, which is a big mistake.