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There are untapped cosmetic dentistry opportunities waiting for you in your practice. Here’s how you can instantly increase patient awareness of your cosmetic dentistry services… starting as soon as tomorrow!

Nicolle Folven, VP of Sales and Marketing for Zirc Company, discusses the benefits of the recently introduced Mr. Thirsty device.

Jon Newman, Digital Product Manager for Air Techniques, discusses the Spectra Caries Detection Aid from the ADA show floor. The Spectra has been a recipient of the Pride Institute's "Best of Class" Technology Award three years in a row.

The Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics (ACE) launched its new mobile app, ACE Dental World (ADW), which allows dentists and dental professionals the ability to access the ACEDentalWorld.com forum directly from their mobile device.

Quality Dental Plan (QDP), the leading in-house dental membership plan in the nation, announced the recent launch of increased public relations efforts to gain attention for its member dentists in local and national media outlets by leveraging the current emphasis on health care reform in the mainstream news media and the recent report by the U.S.

With the Presidential Election less than two weeks away, just about everyone has an opinion on who should be the next commander in chief and why. It’s a hot topic, but not one for the dental office.

The 3Shape TRIOS® intraoral scanner was showcased at the International Dental Society's meeting in Cologne, Germany last year and ever since has experienced rapidly growing acclaimed success in Europe.

The American Dental Association (ADA) today installed Robert A. Faiella, D.M.D., M.M.SC., of Osterville, Mass., as president and Charles H. Norman III, D.D.S., of Greensboro, N.C., as president-elect. The installations took place during a meeting of the ADA House of Delegates in San Francisco.  

Ivoclar Vivadent Marketing Manager Jonathan VanNortwick discussed the Tetric EvoCeram Bulk Fill composite material this past weekend at the ADA Annual Session.

This past weekend during the ADA Annual Session, Dental Products Report editors caught up with DENTSPLY Professional's Clinical Educator Karen Hays to discuss the Oraqix noninjectable anesthetic gel.

A motivated team is a team that provides the best care possible for your patients. That’s why it’s so important to keep your team members involved and to set goals for them to work toward.

QSI Dental is working to not only get dentists’ heads thinking about the Cloud, but putting their practices into it. Demonstrations of the company’s QSIDental™ Web cloud-based solution are being held at their booth throughout the ADA’s 153rd Annual Session this week in San Francisco. “We are a experienced, proven vendor that for 33 years has successfully supported dental practices over the long haul,” said Kathleen Noll, Vice President Technical Marketing Implementations.

As promised, Komet USA unveiled its new logo and look at a press conference here at the Annual Meeting of the American Dental Association in San Francisco.? ? The video further down on this page beautifully captures the evolution of the logo since the company’s inception in 1923.

Oral-B donated $5,000 to promote awareness of the link between oral health and overall health and announced, on Thursday, a new Deep Sweep Power Brush during the ADA 153rd Annual Session in San Francisco.

You have to know your limit. All too often, dental offices try to squeeze in unrealistic numbers of procedures into a day, which only leads to a stressed out staff and annoyed patients. 

The American Dental Association (ADA) honored Dr. Peter Milgrom at the ADA’s 153rd Annual Session and World Marketplace for his selection as the 2012 winner of the Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research. The ADA awarded him $5,000 and a commemorative plaque.

You know you need to step up your marketing game, but how? For a marketing plan to work, your team has to be on board. Staff members are a huge part of internal marketing, from the way they greet patients to what they say to patients while they’re in the chair. Make sure the message they’re sending patients is consistent. Take the time to meet with them on a regular basis to keep them up to date on the latest marketing initiatives and to get them excited about the possibilities.

DentiMax owner David Arnett discusses the new DentiMax 2013, which features several paperless features for a dental office and complete integration with digital sensors.

American Dental Association (ADA) President Dr. William R. Calnon presented Dr. Albert H. Guay with the 2012 ADA Distinguished Service Award Friday, Oct. 19, during the ADA’s 153rd Annual Session and World Marketplace in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center. Dr. Guay is the ADA’s chief policy advisor emeritus and an ADA member for more than 50 years.

Favoring bottled water over tap could be causing children to get more cavities. When the dentist had to fill six cavities in her 4-year-old son’s baby teeth, Amy Wilson was shocked. The New York City mother of three scanned her family’s habits, trying to figure how Seamus, now 7, could have developed such tooth decay so early.

At the ADA Annual Session this weekend, we celebrate the launch of the DEXIS Imaging Suite 10.0.4. In the spirit of product that helps the dentist see more in his or her images, we've compiled a list of articles to help dentists see more about the many benefits to digital radiography.

The show floor for the American Dental Association’s (ADA) 153rd Annual Session opened this morning and will run through Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Bisco Executive Vice President Dr. Paul Child discusses the DUO-LINK Universal resin cement at the ADA Annual Session 2012.

Louisville, Ky. - Dr. Craig Ian Brawner, a graduate of Oregon Health Science University School of Dentistry in Portland, Ore., is the 2012 grand prize winner of the “Hanau™ Best of the Best:  Excellence in Prosthodontic” award from Whip Mix. The award is presented to the graduating senior who has excelled in the study and clinical applications of prosthodontics.

The DentalEZ Grou unveiled its RAMVAC® Osprey family of dental air compressors this week during the ADA’s 153rd Annual Session in San Francisco. “We’ve been developing this for the past two years,” said Ryon Waddington, Senior Product Manager for DentalEZ. “We had to make sure it was going to be as reliable and bulletproof as other RAMVAC systems.” The quiet design of the compressors provides clean, dry, oil-free air in even the busiest dental office environment.

We were able to catch up with Patterson Dental's Technology Marketing Manager and Top 25 Women in Dentistry finalist Jana Berghoff Thursday on the ADA show floor, where Dental Products Report Director of Content Thais Carter and Berghoff chatted up the new relationship that has formed between Patterson and Liptak Dental.

ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) has elected Dr. Leslie E. Grant to lead its executive board of directors for the 2012-13 fiscal year. Grant has accepted the chair position for the infection prevention advocate.  

Accepting or rejecting treatment plans always comes down to time, money or fear. Address these issues with your patients.

Oliver Brix, MDT, recently visited the Ivoclar Vivadent Implant Esthetics Center for Excellence in Sarasota, Fla. 

J. Morita is introducing its new TorqTech attachments at the ADA’s 153rd annual session in San Francisco this week. The company is so excited about the new attachments that they are giving them away.