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You want to provide the best care possible, and give patients a reason to come back to your practice. You need to find a way to set yourself apart, to get patients talking about your practice and the great experience they had while there.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Jan. 11, 2013 – Effective Jan. 1, 2013, 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Ultimate Restorative will fall under the CDT Code’s broadened definition of porcelain/ceramic materials, thus allowing Lava Ultimate restorative to be classified as a porcelain/ceramic.

Experience this video series that explores both preparation and handling techniques to ensure amazing esthetics and unique functionality when using Lava Ultimate Restorative.

A little more than 2 years ago, an engineer at 3M ESPE put out a challenge to the rest of the team. He wanted to find a way to use consumer technology to revolutionize the digital impression industry. That’s exactly what the team of about 8 core people did, with, of course, help from others on the 3M ESPE team. Here, Shannon Scott, Senior Systems Engineer, tells us about the process and what makes the 3M™ True Definition Scanner such an important advancement in dentistry.

Outfitted with panoramic capability, the versatile SCANORA 3Dx 3D imaging system by SOREDEX can reportedly produce detailed, high resolution, localized images for endo or periodontics, or full skull images for orthodontics and OMS orthognathic surgery.

1. Specially suited for CAD/CAM restorations, 3M ESPE's RelyX Ultimate covers the whole spectrum of indirect indications for final cementation. 2. Offers dentists maximum versatility as it can be used for total-etch, selective-etch or self-etch procedures.

While many different spruing instructions available for use state that there are rules users “must comply” to regarding spruing techniques, this may not actually always be the case.

Dr. Jeffrey R. Cecil provides a step-by-step live-patient demonstration of a dental crown procedure using the 3M True Definition Scanner and the Trifecta Restorative Method.

In an effort to unify the company name with its popular E4D brand of dental solutions, D4D Technologies will begin doing business as E4D Technologies.

The benefits of 3M ESPE’s RelyX Ultimate Adhesive Resin Cement and why you might want to incorporate it into your practice.

A clinician’s view of Caries Management By Risk Assessment, or CAMBRA, by CariFree and how it's benefited his patients and his practice.

After launching the material to chairside CAD/CAM users late last year, 3M ESPE is now rolling out Lava™ Ultimate Restorative to the dental labs that make up the Authorized Lava Milling and Design Centers as well as through Jensen's Digital Network. It also is available to labs working with Straumann's CAD/CAM production center.

The Bien-Air Optima MX2 INT is an invaluable instrument that Dr. Howard Glazer uses on a daily basis for nearly every patient he treats. Here's why he thinks you should, too.

A hygienist’s take on Cetylite’s Cetacaine Topical Anesthetic.

One patient and dental staff member tells us how The Wand from Aseptico saves both patients and team members from discomfort.

Learn how to rehab patients' smiles with this case study using Tokuyama's Estelite Omega Composite

Hygienist Shelley Rice RDH, GDH, tells us why she would recommend the DIAGNOdent caries detection tool to any practice.

Introduced to the U.S. market in September of 2012, Tokuyama’s Shield Force Plus desensitizer was recently named Dental Advisor’s top desensitizer of 2013.

How Invisalign helped one patient finally get the smile he’s always wanted.

Atlantic Precious Metal Refining’s new Strategy Milling center will reportedly provide dental professionals with convenient, affordable and previously unavailable milled full contour gold crowns and bridges.

3M ESPE recently released a video in which a dentist, dental clinician and patient offer high praise for the company’s prescription-strength Clinpro™ 5000 anti-cavity toothpaste.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), according to HealthDay News, recommends that physicians discuss oral health with all patients, including those who are pregnant or postpartum.

See Kerr’s Nexus RMGI in action with these three technique videos.

When the research and development team at Argen started developing dental alloys they found themselves in a challenging spot. The materials that were being utilized at the time were both expensive and limited. Today they have found a solution in NobleBond™. 

PatientActivator’s free online reputation scorecard pulls data from hundreds of websites to offer up-to-date statistics about your practice’s online listings, social media presence and patient reviews.

The 51 handcrafted instruments in the Black Line Surgical Instrument Collection feature a specially engineered coating that reportedly enhances contrast and decreases light reflection for better clinical outcomes. 

Slated for a global launch later this year, Hu-Friedy’s Clear Collection of transparent orthodontic aligner instruments provides four designs that reportedly aid in accenting, individualizing and optimizing the in-office clear aligner’s biomechanics.

Want to go behind the scenes of product development? Here we talk with Nicholas Domanico, Product Manager, Permanent Cements, about what it took to develop Kerr’s new dual-adhesive system, Nexus RMGI.

Dental lab marketing has been forever transformed.  Over the past 15-20 years, the ever-increasing influence of the Internet on how people get information and consume media has caused a sea change that has slowly but surely trickled down to the dental profession. Dental lab owners hear buzzwords like social media, search engine optimization, and online communication at every turn. 

The List: Quick bites for personal development and overall lab success