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The most challenging question ceramists face today is which material, what ingot, or what layering porcelain is best for specific patients with unique expectations and prescriptions.

Isolite Systems, Inc. this week introduced the newest member of the Isolite product line – the Isovac  Dental Isolation Adapter.

We talked with Air Techniques Engineer Manager Dennis Allmer about this caries detection aid and how it can benefit dental practices as well as patients.

Contemporary Product Solutions presents its review on Safe-Vac’s non-latex single disposable HVE suction tip.

Different ideas and feelings are always competing for our attention. So, how do we maintain focus? Here’s help.

Premier® Dental Products Company has announced its new anterior Morse 0/00 and three handle option for its posterior 135 hygiene scalers - Big Easy® Ultralite™, Big Easy® and Light Touch™!   

An interview with Colleen Rutledge, RDH, on her “Do-It-Yourself” Dental Hygiene Department Consulting Kit.

Ultradent Products, Inc. has introduced its new groundbreaking fluoride varnish, Enamelast.

DenMat, manufacturer of innovative esthetic dentistry and advanced oral health solutions, has introduced SplashMax, a premium quality VPS impression material.

What do you do? Dentistry. Really? Dentistry? That’s what you do? What about the people you work with? What about the patients you serve? What about the family?

Dr. Jill Wade and Donna Starford, RDH, of Stonebriar Smile Design in Frisco, Texas, received the Orkos Award for professional excellence treating a patient at high risk for periodontal disease. Prescription Perio Trays® helped play a major role in this patient's success.

3M ESPE recently partnered with the Minnesota Vikings and Team Smile to offer free dental care and education to 300 underserved children from area elementary schools.

When Drs. Derek Fine and Alan Steiner got fed up with the dental software options for their Macs, they didn't complain; they joined a group of like minded dentists and put together a team to code the system they wanted to use.

Patients at elevated risk for developing cavities benefit from applying prescription fluoride directly to their teeth at home or having their dentist apply it in the office, according to new clinical recommendations from a multi-disciplinary expert panel convened by the American Dental Association (ADA) Council on Scientific Affairs.

Tekscan has announced T-Scan® Software version 8.1 now integrates with Dentrix G5, offering real-time synchronization with the patient database.

Bulk fill composites allow clinicians to provide patients with fast and easy direct posterior restorations, without compromising marginal integrity, esthetics or long-term predictability.

Whiter Image Dental is again showing the dental industry why they have been nominated as a Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Top 40 innovative company with the upcoming release of its sensitivity-eliminating In-Office Whitening Gel.

This Wednesday, I’m heading down to New Orleans for my first-ever American Dental Association Annual Session.  But just because I’m green doesn’t mean I’m not heading in with a plan or things to do– some of the biggest and best brands in the dental industry will be showing off new and recently launched products, and I’ll be checking out as many as I can.  Read on to find out what products and events are on my list for the ADA session and should be on your radar, too.

Opportunities to recognize excellence seem few and far between. When the moments do present themselves, it can seem like the requirement is to find something good to say about everything and everyone. To call out one person or one product as “greater than” is somehow impolite. Now in its fifth year, Pride Institute’s “Best of Class” technology awards have never been about being polite, but rather, being honest about the technology rapidly reshaping the GP’s approach to practice management and patient care.

Kevin Henry, Dental Products Report group editorial director, talks with David White of Lexicomp about the Pride Institute award-winning Lexicomp Online for Dentistry featuring VisualDX Oral.

We recently talked with Paul Pierson, Principal Packaging Engineer R&D, and Richard Burde, Senior Brand Manager for indirect restoratives, on this new retractionless tissue managing impression system. The team at DENTSPLY Caulk decided there had to be a better way to take impressions.