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Ultradent announces initiatives to support relief efforts in Japan
March 21st 2012SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, March 2011 – In response to the evolving humanitarian crisis that resulted from the recent 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Northern Japan, Ultradent announced plans for two initiatives to support relief efforts in Japan. Both initiatives will support AmeriCares, a non-profit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate emergency response and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs around the world.
A closer Look at clinical hypnosis
March 21st 2012There are various psychological theories of how hypnotic trance works. The simplest explanation is to go to its origins, viewing hypnotic trance as an instinctive behavioral response of primal man to cognitively modulate his fight or flight psyche stress. In other words primal man used rapid trance to instinctually dissociate from the stress and conflict of the reality of a survival threat. This provided him the time space in his mind to problem solve a fighting tactic and/or an escape route of which to become absorbed in.
Health professionals petition FTC for relief from red flags rules
March 21st 2012CHICAGO – In light of a recent federal court decision, four national organizations representing dentists, physicians and veterinarians called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today to exclude health professionals from controversial new regulation intended to combat identity theft.
Double Take: "Eaglesoft is intuitive and easy to use."
March 21st 2012Eaglesoft Practice Management software has continued to change over the years but two things have remained consistent-the exceptional customer service and the superior level of technology. I have been a Patterson Dental customer since the late 1980s and was the 82nd person to begin using Eaglesoft.
University graduate prosthodontics programs visit DENTSPLY Prosthetics and Professional
March 21st 2012York, Pa.-Recently students and faculty from The Ohio State University and The University of Maryland Graduate Prosthodontics programs were accompanied by personnel from the NIST/ADA Paffenbarger Research Center for tours of DENTSPLY Prosthetics and DENTSPLY Professional manufacturing facilities.
Zahn Dental hosts training events at Conn. facility
March 21st 2012Zahn Dental held its first Dental Wings Training class at the Zahn Education facility in Wallingford, Conn., on June 1-3rd, 2011. The course was designed to make trainees proficient in the operation of DWOS™ and design of dental restorations using CAD technology.
Whip Mix Lean Education Symposium Sept. 23-24
March 21st 2012Whip Mix Corp. will hold its annual Lean Education Symposium of Dental Technology September 23-24, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. The Lean system is designed to improve quality, reduce delays and total costs by emphasizing the prevention of waste, allowing the lab to gain additional capacity for production.
GCAT to Accept 3Shape Scan Files
March 21st 2012Starting June 1, GC Advanced Technologies (GCAT) will begin accepting remote scan and design electronic STL files for custom abutments and copings from 3Shape users. This new enhanced digital relationship with 3Shape will allow for dental laboratories that have the 3Shape scanning system to remotely scan the models, design the case in lab, and send the electronic files to GCAT for milling. Or, the dental laboratories can choose to just remotely scan the models and send the electronic files to GCAT for design and milling of the Custom Abutments or Copings.
A-B Tech hosts state's second largest dental clinic
March 21st 2012ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College hosted the North Carolina Dental Society's second-largest Missions of Mercy (MOM) free dental clinic Aug. 13 and 14, providing about $400,000 worth of care to nearly 900 people.
Nobel Biocare appoints Senior VPs of business development, sales
March 21st 2012Nobel Biocare announced today that Melker Nilsson has been appointed Senior Vice President of Business Development for North America. Melker takes over the responsibility for Marketing, Training and Education, Customer Support and Clinical Support. He will also assume responsibility for coordinating the activities of several other central functions.
NCOHF reaches 1 million children
March 21st 2012With February being recognized as National Children’s Dental Health Month, this is a good time each year to raise awareness of the importance of good oral health in kids. But it’s also a good time to recognize achievements like those accomplished by the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation.
Linda Ruggiero-Gehringer, VP of Sales for Schick Technologies
March 21st 2012An industry veteran of nearly 20 years, Linda Ruggiero-Gehringer has continually set a standard of excellence with the field of dental sales. “I’ve been fortunate to have been part of a period of rapid growth within the dental industry and I’ve loved the successes and challenges that came with it.”
Scanner manufacturers develop model-generation options
March 21st 2012Even as more and more intraoral digital impression capture systems come onto the marketplace, for labs working with dentists who prefer to follow the traditional tray-based route of impression capture yet want to eliminate models from there workflow procedures, there is an increasing number of options for scanning the tray impression from the dentist directly into a CAD system using a benchtop scanner.
