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Have you seen these best-read web exclusives? Here are the top articles your dental peers are reading this week.

Over the past month, information about 28 products new to dental lab technicians has appeared on dlpmagazine.com. In case you missed any of them, here's a recap:

Over the past month, 32 information about 32 new dental products has been posted on dentalproductsreport.com. In case you missed any of those products, here's a recap:

For more than a quarter century, the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention has been raising awareness and advocating for infection prevention and patient and provider safety.

Wonder what people say about you and your practice online? Need a strong denture base material and a denture brush to better clean dentures? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then dentalproductsreport.com has a product launch for you for the week of July 29, 2012.

With a wide variety of materials now available to use with the E4D Dentist System, this how-to by Dr. Walter Renne, DMD, offers up examples of restorations and a review of material choices.

Who knew there were so many uses for a typical toothbrush? Granted, its original calling as the first line of defense in better oral health and hygiene is paramount, but thanks to folks at BellaSugar, you may have a new reason to talk up the toothbrush with your patients.

As the current year starts to come to a close, many companies begin the process of planning and budgeting for the coming year. The fourth quarter often sets the sales momentum for the next year, and many companies alter their current plan to allow them to introduce new products and services to existing and prospective customers.

Two of three product debuts for the week of July 29, 2012 on dlpmagazine.com focused on dentures, while the third helps out with getting a lab a little more organized. In case you missed those products, here’s a list of them with links to the information and the company websites:

For general dentists and lab technicians looking to stay current with industry news, here’s a wrap up of some of the biggest news articles posted to www.dentalproductsreport.com during the past week.

Digital Clinic announces integration with Demandforce, a leader in online marketing and communications, to provide dental practices with digital signage in their waiting rooms to showcase live certified reviews.

November 2008  | Dental Products ReportApplying New Technologies: Invisalign AssistiStay on targetThe treatment strategy that helps keep each case on solid footing.

With an eye on making product information easier to find and use, along with giving customers better options for online ordering, Zest Anchors recently overhauled the company's website, www.zestanchors.com.

Don’t let them leave without a statement. Customers like to have receipts for services rendered. Yet, in the thousands of offices Penny Reed Limoli, owner of the Reed Limoli Group, has visited, few of them make sure the patient leaves with a walk-out statement.  ?

The newest micro-pulse-arc welding system available, the compact Orion 100c was designed to meet the needs of the dental lab market.

Remember it’s not always about money. Sure, cost is typically a factor when a patient says no to treatment, but you shouldn’t assume that’s always the reason patients don’t want to proceed, said Kathleen O’Donnell, director of consulting at Jameson Management.

The Eco-Dentistry Association's  former Director Susan Beck discusses the ways paperless systems are not only beneficial to a dental practice's bottom line, but also to the planet. Going paperless provides a way for practices to improve efficiencies and also become more friendly to the environment through a variety of high-tech ways.

1. Created to address the complications of crown-preparation requirements in patients with gingival recession, the extra-long, “perio-length” diamond (S6856XL.FG.021) is engineered to maintain an ideal position and angle of the handpiece.

Athletes at the peak of health may set world records and win gold medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, but there is a way they can be even stronger and more fit. 

Seven dental products debuted on www.dentalproductsreport.com during the week of July 23, 2012. Those products are...

A pair of recently released market analysis reports point to the steady growth of digital technologies in use in the dental space, with a projection that the global market for 3D printing will hit $3 billion by 2018 and the dental CAD/CAM market will reach $540 million by 2016.

We go through leading small business journals and websites so you don't have to. Check out this week's best small business links...

I’ve been buffering my local anesthetic injections with Onset from Onpharma for almost two years now-and so I’ve got a pretty good idea how it benefits my practice. Getting profound analgesia more quickly and predictably allows me to stay on schedule and makes my day go smoothly. For this article, I wanted to compare my perception with the perceptions of the four other people who also are intimately familiar with my practice: My dental assistants, my patient coordinator, and my hygienist. Here is what they said:

Have you seen these best-read web exclusives? Here are the top articles your dental peers are reading this week.

I guess one could say I was not instantly convinced. My introduction to digital impressions began in 2003 with a CEREC® 3 demonstration at a dental convention. From the beginning, I was fascinated with the digital imaging portion of the technology, but was resistant to change.

You’re good at what you do. Your staff and patients love you. You’re at the top of your game and feeling good about your career-no one can stop you.

A milling machine and dentures highlight the products that debuted during the week of July 23, 2012 on www.dlpmagazine.com. In case you missed those products, here’s a list of them with links to the information and the company websites:

Jeanne Godett, RDH, cannot imagine working without one. In fact, she doesn’t know why any practice wouldn’t use KaVo’s QUATTROcare Plus handpiece maintenance system.

Recently the New York Times reported that President Obama is threatening to strip the insurance industries’ exemption to the antitrust laws because the insurance industry is using “deceptive and dishonest” advertisements to derail his health insurance reform. At the same time, the Senate Judiciary Committee is conducting hearings on the antitrust exemption for insurance companies. Senate Bill S.1681 has been introduced in the Senate to prevent insurance industry price fixing, bid rigging and market allocation.