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The dental industry and the oral health care arena have been changing rapidly in the past 5 to 10 years. What do you see as the most significant of those changes?

WATERTOWN, MA:  June 10, 2010- The Pulpdent website now includes case studies from Save That Tooth, the popular book by Pulpdent founder Dr. Harold Berk. The excerpts describe evidence-based, research-supported techniques for treating the vital pulp and the pulpless tooth. Case studies on the site include “Congenital Defect, Youngest Pulpotomy Case Ever Reported” (Baby Gilbert), “Traumatic Injury” (Johnny the Newspaper Boy), and “Ectopic Eruption of a Dilacerated Central Incisor” (Kirk).

Fig. 1:  T-bands with wooden wedge (Note: Isolite mouthprop is used.)

September 2010 | Dental Products Report 10 questions: Julie Charlestein Q +A: Julie Charlestein President of Premier Dental Products September 2010 | Dental Products Report 10 questions: Julie Charlestein Q +A: Julie Charlestein President of Premier Dental Products  

Telio is a comprehensive, fully integrated product system for temporary restorations designed for dentists, CAD/CAM users and dental technicians. All Telio materials are well suited for the manufacture of conventional and implant-borne temporaries. The materials are compatible with each other and their shades are optimally coordinated.

Laboratory ceramists and their dentists often are faced with restorative cases that demand the use of a singular material capable of simultaneously providing conservative esthetics and sufficient functional strength. Lithium disilicate is increasingly being used in clinical situations demanding the highest physical and optical characteristics.

An investment in patient comfort, Gluma is economical to use at less than $1 an application. Plus it’s billable to insurance. The only desensitizer proven to penetrate exposed dentinal tubules up to 200µ, Gluma has received numerous accolades including “Top Desensitizer” from The DENTAL ADVISOR and Reality’s Choice 5-Star Award 7 times. Acts as a microbial barrier, inhibiting bacterial growth that can result in pulpal inflammation, secondary caries and restorative failure.

How does Glidewell view the current dental implant market in the United States?

CAD/CAM has been a topic of discussion in the dental lab business for a number of years now, and there are numerous opinions about it-examples of many appear in this issue of DLP. Now that we have you thinking about CAD/CAM, I figure this is a good opportunity to get my 2 cents worth out there too.

For Robert Lash, president of Moskey Dental Laboratories in Cleveland, the business of operating a dental lab is what he was meant to do. Though he earned a law degree in the early 1980s, the practice of law didn’t suit him, and he decided to return to the lab business started by his grandfather, Nathan Lash in 1924, and continued by his father, Phil Lash.

A Smile MakeOver can transform your patient’s self-image in one or two easy visits.  Popularized by television shows, our patients have learned that this can be done with minimal tooth reduction and without the conventional angst patients often feel about dental visits.  Some patients actually refer to it as “fun dentistry”.  And it is.  For the patient, the dentist and the entire dental team. 

CBC News reports that tooth decay is on the rise among preschoolers. Health reporter Kelly Crowe talks with dentists who say that daily brushing is just too much for many parents, and this is resulting in a tooth decay epidemic among children.

WIESBADEN, Germany-Fascination Ceramics has long been closely associated with Oliver Brix and for the exclusive seminars he has conducted for ambitious dental technicians throughout the world for many years. Now in order to better convey his knowledge and expertise to the steadily increasing number of interested dental technicians, Oliver Brix opened the International Training Center Oliver Brix in Wiesbaden, Germany, in July 2010.

Social media can be used to connect with long lost friends and keep in touch with distant family members, but some dentists are using sites like Facebook to connect with their patients on a new platform. “I started using social media about two years ago when I opened up my own private practice as a tool to build community,” said Chicago based pediatric dentist Dr. Grace Yum.

January 2011 | Dental Lab Products The CAD/CAM Chorus View from an early adopter Scott Udell – Manager, Udell Dental Laboratory by Noah Levine, Senior Editor

The rising demand for elective and implant-based dental treatments has led to a direct increase in the use of temporary restorations.1 Properly fitted and reliable, patients benefit from the utility and esthetics that provisional materials offer.1 Further, dentists rely on provisionals to prevent deterioration of hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity while patients await the definitive restoration.1

How’s your phone etiquette? Your team members can’t just answer the phone. They need to connect with the patient. Here’s how.

Rita Acquafredda, previously General Manager of Zahn Dental, has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager. An experienced executive with more than 30 years of experience in the dental laboratory industry, Rita will continue to lead the Zahn Dental laboratory business. Known for her strong customer and vendor relationships, Rita was recently elected to the Board of the National Association of Dental Laboratories.

August 20, 2010-The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry offers cosmetic dentistry’s most recognized advanced credentialing program for dentists and dental laboratory technicians.

January 27, 2010 | dentalproductsreport.com Web Exclusive Equipping the world Organizations such as IMEC are helping move surplus equipment and supplies to countries in need.

Intraoral cameras should be used on every patient because doctors and patients alike can reap benefits from the images they take, Drs. Jason Luchtefeld and Frank Clayton said. They also have specific recommendations about what images they see as musts for each of their patients.

Do you have employees who work from home? Or employees such as sales reps working on the road with no set home base? Or how about employees working in an established location but being managed by an off-site manager such as in a satellite lab?. If you do, you know managing off-site employees in each of these scenarios has its rewards and challenges. If you are considering a remote management situation or are being challenged by an existing situation, keep the following key points in mind. Choose the right people

01. As the pioneer of chairside CAD/CAM, how does Sirona view the role of the lab technician now and in the future? We see it is a more and more integrated role in which the technology will allow the technician and the dentist to work more closely together and in a more efficient way and in ways that enhance the type of dentistry that they’re doing.

Year in Review: Top products and people who defined innovation in 2010  Behind the scenes: Worthy of the spotlight Serving, selling what's best for dentists, patients Online and mobile apps Taking a different approach Special people delivering special care Consumer technologies Outside looking in The benchmark: Year in review

Bill McCormick, CDT, owner and manager of Heritage Dental Laboratory, was on a path that would have taken him to law school when he happened to see a dental lab project that his brother-in-law, who was attending dental school, was working on. Seeing that project entirely changed McCormick’s career path.

Establishing an outstanding elective cosmetic dentistry practice is easier to do today than at any time in the past twenty-five years.  Technological advances, patient desire and professional receptivity have all spiked at the same time. However, the one obstacle that holds many patients back from enhancing their smile is – you can guess it - the relatively high fee associated with porcelain veneers.

Did you know Christopher Columbus didn’t really prove the Earth was round? It was actually the ancient Greeks in about 6 B.C. This is such a common misconception, that in 1945 the “Myth of the Flat Earth” was listed in a pamphlet produced by the Historical Association of Britain as being the No. 2 most common error in history.

In an environment where many labs are trying to go “niche-y” you remain dedicated to being a full-service lab. Why is that important? We continue to be a full-service lab because our dentists need both removable and fixed dental products. Depending on the issue, a partial denture may be more suited for a patient than a fixed restoration, for example. And, as the economy continues to struggle, removable appliances are typically more affordable.

The quest for a direct dental restorative material that combines the ease-of-use and durability of amalgam with the biocompatibility and esthetics of composites has lead a team of scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio to develop a material concept on a nanometer (10-9 meters) scale.