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The line up of speakers is beginning to take shape for Modern Dental Laboratory USA's World Dental Forum, scheduled for May 31 - June 3 in Hong Kong. The biennial, international meeting is focused on helping dentists find their way in the increasingly global dental marketplace. Recently announced headline speakers include DentalTown founder Dr. Howard Farran, who will be speaking about trends in the U.S. dental market, along with practice management consultant Dr.

When parents and their children walk into a dental office in Minnesota on Feb. 3 and 4, they won't need to worry about how much the care their child needs cost, of if their insurance will cover it.

After making a big splash in the United States, Hu-Friedy has made its Hand Essentials medical grade hand care products available in Canada. For more details, see the company's press release below.

After four and a half days of networking and learning, CareerFusion came to an end Wednesday afternoon.

Florida-based Sun Dental Labs released its 2012 webinar schedule with a free informational offering each month. The online courses require pre-registration and have limited space, and feature a mix of topics with some months promoting and highlighting the services Sun Dental Labs offer and other focusing on tips for managing dental practices and labs. See the complete schedule below:

  Free Dental Exams at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Students need patients and patients need oral care, so if you're in the Chicago area, you'll want to look into the free limited dental screening exams offered at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry. Patients are needed by dental students for licensing exam. Must be age 18 or older. Screening includes free faculty selected x-rays and limited screening exam.

Today 3M ESPE announced that more than 100,000 digital impressions have been captured via the company's Lava Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S. systems. This worldwide milestone was reached when Dr. Richard Cordano captured an impression with the C.O.S. he had added to his practice last October.

  What a way to start the year. Hygienists looking to further their careers and even a few dentists gathered at The Shores Resort and Spa in Daytona Beach on Saturday to be part of CareerFusion 2012. The four-day networking event is full of opportunities for attendees, whether they’re looking to branch out into writing, sales or speaking.

Late last year DenMat holdings was purchased by a group of former Discus executives, and now it seems CEO Steve Semmelmayer and his team are bringing some familiar products brands along with them. DenMat recently announced the purchase of Discus' restoratives and impressions product portfolios from parent company Royal Philips Electronics.

The Key Group will release its first professional dental market research report that will be part of an annual series covering brand equity and loyalty measurement by leading competitors in top dental products categories. Containing data from over 500 U.S. dentists and hygienists, the report should provide dental professionals a valued resource. The 2012 U.S. Dental Products Brand Equity and Marketing Assessment Report will become available on January 15th. Read the full press release...

The online home of Primotec USA received a recent overhaul that put the company's products front and center and features a vast library of product photos to show the companies technologies, materials and other offerings up close and in use.

They say waiting is the hardest part, and apparently this was true for Sirona as the company announced today that rather than waiting the remaining 3.5 years for the CEREC CAD/CAM system's 30th anniversary, it would host a CEREC 27 and a Half Year Anniversary Celebration next August 16 - 18 at The Venitian in Las Vegas.

When John Lennon's tooth went up for auction, Canadian dentist Michael Zuk realized he had to have it.

Every year, we look forward to THE DENTAL ADVISOR posting its selections for top products of the year. Having worked with their review team on multiple projects over the year, we have a lot of respect for their internal processes and highly recommend you give their selections a closer look. The official release is below...

In a meeting held in conjunction with the recent Greater New York Dental Meeting, Shofu, Inc., President Noriyuki Negoro was awarded the title of Regent by the International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics (IADFE). The title is a big honor in the organization that seeks to promote the highest quality in esthetic care via multi-disciplinary approaches.

With a goal of creating new opportunities for clinical education on the topics of dental implants, reconstructive procedures and the technologies powering this growing area of dentistry, BIOMET 3i recently opened the Institute for Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry (IIRD) in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

The Elevance Chair was showcased at the Midmark booth at the 2011 Greater New York Dental Show from Nov. 27-30. The chair features cantaliever forward with a low seat height of just 15 inches and can extend to 36 inches.

In a great move that benefits the dental lab industry, dentists and patients, Vident recently signed on to join the IdentAlloy/IdentCeram Council and will begin providing certificates confirming the contents of the materials they use from Vident.

Debating various treatment plans, materials and approaches, a panel of four dentists helped answer participants' questions during the Nov. 29, morning CE session at the 87th annual Greater New York Dental Meeting titled "Controversies in Dentistry."

  Even though they’re not officially launching it until the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, Carestream Dental had the CS 7600 imaging plate system on hand for attendees to preview at the Greater New York Dental Meeting this week.

  At the end of each morning huddle, Dr. Mark Duncan and his staff always ask themselves which patient is going to cry that day. They all want to be there for that moment when a patient who once was in serious pain comes in and tells them their pain is gone. They want to hear about the quality of life changes their patients have experienced, changes that they know they made possible.

The Fialkoff Queens Dental Study Club, a monthly study club which provides CE credits to attending practitioners, is planning a humanitarian dental trip to Havana, Cuba in March of 2012. Organized by Dr. Bernard Fialkoff, founder of the study club, the attending dental practitioners will provide pro-bono dental work and dental education to the Cuban lay and professional community; and also donate dental supplies to the University of Havana and their clinics.

Henry Schein Dental unveiled its "Total Health Beyond the Mouth"  program at the Nov. 27-30, Greater New York Dental Meeting.

Dentistry has undergone some changes over the past five years and has become more conservative, which is good, according to the ever-popular Gordon Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD. Christensen, founder and director of Practical Clinical Courses and senior consultant, CR Foundation-Clinican's Report, was featured at a Monday, Nov. 28, afternoon CE session, "The Christensen Bottom Line - 2011," during the Greater New York Dental Meeting.

During the first day of the Greater New York Dental Meeting, Dr. Frank C. Setzer, Faculty, Endodontics, University of Pennsylvania, presented a wealth of information designed to help clinicians decide which cases are best to treat endodontically and which ones should be handled with an extraction and a subsequent implant.

Among the many products introduced Sunday, Nov. 27, on the opening day of the 2011 Greater New York Dental Meeting was the AnyRidge implant system by MEGA'Gen. The system can place an implant wider than the ridge crest; provide increased bone preservation by removing less bone; establish immediate implant stability without pressure necrosis. There are 55 implant options using only one single kit.

The day started early for the technicians and lab owners attending the 8th Annual Dental Laboratory Owners Association of California CAD/CAM Expo & Symposium, but the sizable crowd was in store for a day packed with details on the latest in dental lab technology and opportunities to meet with the range of companies selling scanners, mills, materials and associated products.

It's been a good fall season for Barbara W. Wojdan, CDT, AAACD. In September she was named as one of Dental Products Report's Top 25 Women in Dentistry, and in early October she named President of Knight Dental Group.

Former Discus Dental CEO Steve Semmelmayer will be the new CEO at DenMat Holdings LLC after his Mill Street Partners and another private equity firm acquired the California-based company known for its LUMINEERS brand of thin veneers and Snap-On Smile among other products.

In a partnership announced today, Whip Mix and Glidewell Laboratories are teaming up with Whip Mix now offering fabrication of BruxZir full-contour zirconia crowns along with Inclusive abutments, bars and other restorative components.