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Healthcare financier CareCredit is celebrating a major milestone – the 100,000th dental practice has enrolled to accept the CareCredit credit card as a means of payment for patients seeking access to needed and desired care.

I recently had the chance to sit down and chat with Kara Vavrosky, RDH, who is an accomplished dental hygienist. She runs the popular Facebook page, Dental Hygiene with Kara RDH and is also the founder of DentalHygieneAnswers.com, a question and answer platform for dental hygienists.

Kuraray America believes it is time for dental practitioners to discover Clearfil SE Bond 2. From the company which developed the original MDP Adhesion Monomer, the manufacturer says Clearfil SE Bond just got better.

The Tennessee Attorney General’s office has released an opinion which now allows general dentists to use facial injectables such as Botox and dermal fillers.

Designed to take the shock out of starting orthodontic treatment, the ClearCorrect patient starter kit includes aligners that apply gentle pressure before ramping up movement in later steps.

After making a splash at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, the KaVo Kerr Group family of companies keeps growing and expanding.

Roland DGA Corp., a provider of dental CAD/CAM technologies, announced the availability of optional milling burs for the company’s DWX-50 and DWX-4 dental milling machines that allow these devices to mill VITA ENAMIC® hybrid ceramic and 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Ultimate CAD/CAM Restorative pin-type blocks.

There’s no question that technology plays a big role every day for today’s dental hygienist … but are there pieces of technology that hygienists could add to their arsenal or use more effectively in the battle against oral disease?

Throughout her illustrious and storied career as a dental practice management consultant, Linda Miles has seen a lot of things that can negatively impact a dental practice.

Working as a consultant to dental practices around the country, I have seen way too many times a solid dental business torn apart at the seams because of inner struggles. In this article, I want to expose the three most common battles I have seen, as well as offer my suggestions on how to eliminate those problems if you’re currently struggling with them.

Despite advancements in almost every facet of impression-making, from materials to hemostatic agents to cords and retraction paste, achieving accurate impressions of crown and bridge preparations can be frustrating for practicing dentists.

The past decade has seen major advancements in the materials, technology and equipment available to dentists seeking to provide the best possible care for their patients.

Your clinical expertise is beyond reproach – but that matters little if you can’t get new patients in the door. How do you create a practice image that invites your community to come in and be impressed?

Whip Mix has introduced Vericore® Gradient Temp Discs for temporary milled restorations. Vericore® Gradient Temp is a multi-layered PMMA material.

Dr. Samuel B. Low, D.D.S., M.S., M.Ed., explains in an on-demand webinar how using a laser can help expand dental practices.

I recently had the chance to visit with Dr. Joseph Gian-Grasso, the president of the Academy of Osseointegration and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Dental Products Report.

At a CAD/CAM media event that took place yesterday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sirona offered a preview of CEREC software 4.3, which will be available July, 1 2014.

So exactly how happy are dental hygienists around the country? That’s what we set out to explore through a recent Modern Hygienist survey where we asked hygienists from around the country to tell us about not only how happy they were in the practice where they work.

I recently did a podcast with Dayna Johnson, a practice management consultant and dental software implementation and training expert with Rae Dental Management. In the podcast, we discussed best practices and how to succeed with a dental software implementation.

The Zenotec select mill is an extensive CAD/CAM system that is comprised of products and services for the entire digital processing chain. 

Vision USA has unveiled their new line of Task-Vision professional portable electronic digital magnifiers that are designed to make life easier for any professional who needs magnification.  

With the recent announcement that Straumann had teamed up with 3Shape and 3M ESPE to offer their CARES system to a wider user set, a system that had previously been fairly closed is now available to a larger user base than ever.  

Baseball Hall of Famer, Tony Gwynn, was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer in 2010. After a four-year battle that involved radiation therapy and two operations to remove tumors, Gwynn lost his life to oral cancer on June 16, 2014. He was 54 years old and left behind a wife and two children.

UltraBond Clear is a light-cure resin cement formulated for bonding Lumineers® and other ceramic or composite veneers. Featuring a viscosity that’s designed for optimal handling when placing veneers, as well as highly translucent clear and natural shades, UltraBond Clear reportedly ensures that dentists and patients are satisfied with the final esthetics.

We talk with Scott Mappin, VP of Operations for Strategy Milling, in this exclusive Q&A.  

In this on-demand Q&A with Dr. Scott Ganz, we talk about his upcoming involvement in the 7th International Congress on 3D Dental Imaging. Plus, we tell you how to save $250 on your attendance registration.

In celebration of VITA’s 90th anniversary, the VITA VACUMAT 6000 M ceramic furnace is being offered for a limited time in eight vibrant color choices.

Being prepared for change, keeping the audience in mind, staying committed to the plan and working with industry experts are four of the essential skills dentists need to get the best bang for their digital marketing dollar.

The primary benefit of using digital images is that they are–wait for it–digital! It seems obvious and yet it is often overlooked. So, what makes digital images so special?