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Supervising a non-profit, dental clinic in Minneapolis, Minn., Jamee Rosell has witnessed the overwhelming need for dental care among poor, uninsured, unemployed, elderly, immigrant and other underserved populations.

January 13, 2009 | dlpmagazine.comNewsDelcam releases new version of DentCAD design softwareDelcam announced the release of the 2010 version of its DentCAD dental design software.  The ne

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February 15, 2010News SmartPractice partners with organizations active in Haitian ReliefPHOENIX, Arizona--SmartPractice has responded to the global need for medical, dental and infection control supplies by partnering with organizat

Crest and Oral-B might foot the bill for your next dental check up

Cosmetic dentistry is one of the few services the dental profession has to offer that is “want” based. You may have heard the expression, “people buy what they want and rationalize it as what they need.” But dentists and team members do not like to sell. The good news is you don’t have to.

February 23, 2010 | dlpmagazine.com web exclusive Should you have a dental professional on staff? Having a dentist or dental assistants on staff may be just what you need to help break

(Charlotte, NC – February 15, 2011) Digital Apparatus, a mobile entertainment company, has partnered with National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s Toothfairy® (NCOHF) for the launch of its Tooth Fairy Beacon App for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Under the umbrella of the NCOHF America’s Toothfairy Campaign, Digital Apparatus will provide a donation for dental care for underserved children each time a Tooth Fairy Beacon App is downloaded. The goal of Digital Apparatus is to help 100 children receive free preventive dental care for an entire year.

It's time to come together. With everything we know and are learning about the oral-systemic link, dentistry can no longer be the missing piece of to the health care puzzle, an entity separate from the rest of the health care team. That simply isn't good enough for your patients. You have to become involved in your patients' overall health, and that means building relationships with their medical doctors.

For many years I have been asking my patients to complete the following statement:  The best cosmetic dentistry is ____?  You can imagine some of the responses I have heard.  Some have been quite amusing. 

Provided in both anterior and posterior multi-size kits so that the practice always has the correct size and shade on hand for all pediatric patients. The professional kit includes 36 anterior crowns in regular or short length. With 20 years of experience, NuSmile has provided more than 2 million  successful pediatric restorations.

Dentists know how difficult and time consuming it is to grow their practices through marketing efforts, hard work, excellent service and building their reputations over the years. Some dentists have found an additional method for practice growth that has similarities to an investment model growth in public companies.

Load the platform with 30 dies, initiate the job and within 15 minutes, the automatic scan and design application produces final coping designs. Its 140 mm x 140 mm x 140 mm scan volume provides access for large fully articulated models.

Flexibility and efficiency are necessary qualities in products for the dental laboratory, and a recent upgrade to the 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Design Software used with the Lava™ Scan ST Design System offers both. Now, Lava CAD operators can scan abutment links without the need for a scan locator. This added flexibility and compatibility make the process of creating custom Lava abutments much simpler.

The University of Maryland's School of Dentistry has teamed up with the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center to prepare students for medical emergencies that occur in a dental setting. Medical training is a growing trend in dental education in the United States since the early 1990s.

These toys inspired you to brush your teeth at night, maybe even got you thinking about a career in dentistry. They reflect what was happening in the world at the time, and they bring back childhood memories. And now you can see them all again at the National Museum of Dentistry.

January 20, 2010 | dlpmagazine.comNewsCl?n 3D to launch intraoral impression scan

February 22, 2010 | dlpmagazine.com News Nobel Biocare signs partnership agreement with Noritake

Secaucus, N.J. – June 2, 2010 – Vatech America, Inc., the world’s leading supplier of dental digital radiography equipment, software, and service has announced today that it has named Paul Blocchi as Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  Blocchi comes from Planmeca, Inc.

LabShop is a new logistic support tool from Ivoclar Vivadent that includes a scanner option that enables dental laboratories to easily order all of their Ivoclar Vivadent products. This new logistical approach to product ordering combines the simplicity of Web commerce with the information and tools laboratories need for selecting the best in materials-all in just a few clicks.

With laptops, notebooks, and netbooks, not to mention smartphones, tablets, and cloud computing, computer portability has never been more accessible. But just because there are many ways to make a computer portable, doesn’t mean managing this portability is simple. If, like many people, you have a powerful desktop at the heart of your computing set up, using a smaller machine while traveling can make data management a nightmare.

March 15, 2010 | dentalproductsreport.com Web Exclusive On the front lines Military uses Planmeca x-ray equipment all over the world to help diagnose, treat dental situations. 

The updated Lava™ Design Software 5.0 from 3M ESPE (3mespe.com/lava) offers great flexibility for designing and fabricating custom zirconia abutments and copings.

Many labs are involved in a digital workflow in one way or another. Those involved most likely agree that digital is undoubtedly the future of our industry. From hardware such as scanners and mills in our labs, to the digital acquisition of impressions from chairside scanners in dental practices, we are transitioning away from the old school and experiencing the advantages these technologies offer.

Whether working with a milled bar or a cast bar knowing what will be built around it comes from experience. Different technicians and labs follow different protocols for working on these cases, but there are definite factors that must be taken into account when creating a denture that will be attached to a number of implants.

You would have to be living under a rock if you’re a dental technician and have not heard about, read about, or become involved in the exciting changes our industry is and will be experiencing in the next decade.

Brad Jones, an accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) and AACD accreditation examiner, is presenting an "Aesthetic Anterior Advanced Layering Using IPS e.max"  course March 8-10, April 11-13, and June 10-12 at his laboratory, Professional Dental Arts, at 8854 W.

CHICAGO (June 3, 2010) – The Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB) offers two publications that feature the most-up-to-date dental assisting requirements. DANB’s 2010 State Career Ladder Templates for Dental Assistants and DANB’s 2010 State Fact Booklet are both must-have resources for dental assistants, educators, state legislators, oral healthcare organizations, and state dental boards.

On the surface, a little growth in your laboratory business may seem like a great thing. However, if you’re like most dental lab owners, who see themselves more as artists than business owners, growth can become a bad thing, unless you quickly cut through the top layer and develop a plan to manage it.

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