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CHICAGO, IL – March 4, 2010 –Hu-Friedy, a global leader in the manufacture of dental instruments, acknowledged the work of two Dental Hygienists by sponsoring their trip to attend the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, which convened at McCormick Place February 25-27.  

January 2011 | Dental Lab Products The CAD/CAM Chorus Blurring the lines Dr. Gary Severance – Vice President for Marketing and Clinical Affairs, D4D Technologies by Noah Levine, Senior Editor

The old adage, “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression” is so appropriate when thinking about the opportunity to convert a first-time caller into a loyal patient. The first minute of the call can make or break the relationship. A shared goal

September 9, 2010-In January 2010, a 43-member team representing the New York University College of Dentistry-Henry Schein Cares Global Student Outreach Program carried out the most comprehensive oral health assessment and treatment program ever undertaken in a Caribbean country, hosted by the governments of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique.

I fantasize about your aromas, your presentation, and that special way you titillate my taste buds.  (dirty dog) I admire your nutrients, and value your satiating abilities. But you are elusive, you little stinker.  

The opportunity to do some professional concert photography came about as a surprise bonus from the freelance writing I’d been doing for a number of music publications. I was offered an assignment covering Lollapalooza as long as I could provide them with both the copy and accompanying images, and even though I hadn’t done much serious photography since taking a handful of classes back in college, I wasn’t about to turn this opportunity down.

Creating a successful dental practice can take years of hard work. Your professional skills, relationships with patients and business ability surely assist in bringing the practice to the high level of professionalism necessary for determining if it is the appropriate time to sell it.

Berkeley, CA (April 5, 2011) – The Eco-Dentistry Association™ (EDA), an international membership association formed to promote environmentally sound practices in dentistry, officially launched its  redesigned website, www.ecodentistry.org. 

It is now well known in the health professions and in the general media that diabetes is one of the major public health concerns in the United States.

February 2011  | Dental Products Reportproduct watch: benchmarkDENTSPLY Caulk's Surefil SDR flow Catapult presents its review of this new material, based on feedback fro

Day 1 Okay. I bookmarked those job sites, contacted the temp agencies and…Oh! I want to call that dentist about Fridays. He may need someone. Resumé updated. Well, kind of updated. Why is font selection such a battle with me? Just pick a nice font, woman. Times New Roman…boring. Arial…yuck. Tunga! Oh, yeah. Tunga, baby. In italics. Classic…wait…is that my phone? Please be a job. Day 1 Goal: Try to relax.I’m not alone.

The concept of market segmentation has been a part of the marketing scene since long before the phrase was coined. Any time someone with something to sell (or say, for that matter), identified and spoke directly to “…a sub-set of a market made up of people or organizations with one or more characteristics that cause them to demand similar product and/or services based on qualities of those products such as price or function“* they employed a market segmentation strategy.

FORT MYERS, FL-Liptak Dental Services has opened a new franchise location in the Fort Myers, Florida area. Owned and operated by Jim Whitelaw, Liptak Dental Services is a dental technology consulting business specializing in computer support and software training exclusively for dental practices. Whitelaw’s business will serve Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Naples and Cape Coral north to south Tampa.

The take-aways Treatment planning should involve the entire team, including the patient, lab technicians and specialists. Today, there are plenty of high-tech options to help you get your patients to the smile they want. You have more control than ever before.

January 2011 | Dental Products Report products in practice: 5 reasons to buy Power and convenience Tuttnauer USA’s Elara11 Compiled by Noah Levine

01. You opened your dental technology lab when you were 21. What do you find fascinating in your profession? In my opinion, dental technology is a wonderful profession. I love my job because it is a combination of artisanship and genuine traditions that requires a large margin of artistic creativity. Those who are serious about this profession are faced every day with ambitious challenges and have many occasions for professional growth.

We all like and enjoy being in a contest to see who is judged best, and more importantly, who wins bragging rights among their colleagues.

“Those who fail to plan, can plan to fail.” This is more than just an old proverb or trite saying, but should be considered words to live by, to be posted up on the front office of every dental laboratory and practice as well as any other myopic small business that focuses too much on day-to-day survival and not enough on setting and striving to achieve long-term goals.

Information available at laresdental.com Available in three models to meet every dentist’s needs and budget, the LightWalker line of lasers includes a single Er:YAG and two dual Er:YAG/Nd:YAG wavelength models designed for hard- and soft-tissue applications.

February 2010 | Dental Products Report products in practice: marketing Promote your material choice Teaching patients the value of Lava Zirconia. by Dr. Lou Graham  

1. With a life of 30,000-plus hours-10 times longer than halogen-the everLight eliminates the need to replace light bulbs.

Pforzheim, Germany and Danbury, Conn.-WIELAND + Technik, Germany, the recently announced the appointment of Stanley N. Maragos as General Manager of Wieland Dental System Inc.

Zurich, Switzerland – Nobel Biocare announced today that it has signed a preferred partnership agreement with Ivoclar Vivadent as part of a newly established Preferred Partner Program. The collaboration with Ivoclar Vivadent will offer Nobel Biocare additional access to high-performance ceramic and acrylic prosthetic materials, thereby enabling Nobel Biocare to expand its leading restorative and prosthetic portfolio through new products, solutions and materials.

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH 18, 2011:  Septodont, the global leader in providing innovative, safe and effective solutions for dentistry worldwide, announces the purchase of OraVerse® from Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of San Diego, California.  OraVerse is a unique anesthesia reversal agent, used when dentists or dental patients desire a quick return of sensation to the lip and tongue following a dental procedure in which a local anesthetic was administered.  

Socket grafting is an increasingly common procedure. Current conventional wisdom is that the extraction socket should be grafted irrespective of whether a dental implant placement is planned. Socket grafting helps to maintain the ridge by regenerating new bone. The result is better both functionally and cosmetically. DentoGen® is a medical-grade calcium sulfate hemihydrate-based bone graft material developed and sold by Orthogen LLC. DentoGen is indicated as:

Glidewell Dental Lab, provider of dental laboratory services and products, announced three promotions this month: one within Research & Development and two related to the Customer Relations department.

Dr. Todd Babineaux New Iberia, Louisiana General dentist, LSU School of Dentistry 1987

There are two benefits your practice realizes from getting its patients to submit posts to customer review sites* and your social media. First, people increasingly depend upon service review sites in forming their opinions about a product or service, which in turn, predisposes them to making their product or service selection.

February 2009 | Dental Products ReportExclusive Survey: Specialty CAre The take-awaysMore GPs are interested in offering specialty services to their patients. To do this responsibly, you must take the appropriate amoun

Scientists seeking to predict a person’s risk for developing dental caries by identifying the presence of harmful oral bacteria have to date identified only about 800 of the thousands of microbes residing in the human oral cavity. But now a multimillion grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the J.