This is such a routine procedure and yet it is fraught with risk……there is something close to 20K dentists in Canada, 19K alone in the GTA. Surely, don’t call me Shirley, someone has a clinical example of this concern that they would be willing to share with the 3 other folks who read this blog….rest … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – Kathy Kincaide Standardization is the key to just about everything in technology from cables to open source code….in the dental world, like CONNECTIVITY – it’s the only way to make TRUE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY pervasive. July 22, 2011 — A Canadian software developer and intraoral scanner manufacturer is working with some of … Read more
That’s BILLION with a “B”…….Rupert Murdoch speak……..I hacked his financials, I know it’s a “B”. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – According to a new report by iData Research (www.idataresearch.net), the leading global authority in medical device and dental market research, the U.S. dental prosthetics market, including crowns/bridges, inlays/onlays, veneers and dentures recovered from the economic recession … Read more
From Starget The work of Pierre-Simon Laplace, a French mathematician – think Descartes et al – was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy and physics. He formulated Laplace’s equation and pioneered the Laplace transform…… Read more – Page 38
By Rob Goszkowski, Assistant Editor of Dr. Bicuspid May 16, 2011 — Joining CAD/CAM fabricated veneers to CAD/CAM fabricated zirconia frameworks can reduce veneer chipping frequency and speed the fabrication process. Researchers at Ivoclar Vivadent evaluated the fatigue behavior of two different systems during cyclic/static loading and found that the IPS e.max CAD-on fabrication technique with lithium disilicate … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – May 13, 2011 Sirona Dental Systems unveiled its newly revamped Cerec dental CAD/CAM system this week at the California Dental Association (CDA) spring meeting in Anaheim. “This is much more than an upgrade,” noted Roddy MacLeod, vice president of CAD/CAM for Sirona. “This is a major re-engineering of the Cerec software platform.” … Read more
From Dentinal Tubules: By Anand Krishnamurthy – 19/03/2011 Dr Krishnamurthy presents a case of implant placement using CAD CAM planning and involving block grafting, before positioning and placing dental implants The initiative with Oral Health and My Dental Hub intends to go one step beyond what you see below into blended learning. It will include … Read more
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In a world of CAD/CAM dentistry, the inevitable has to be that people will share the information on their dental treatment as much as they will share their visit to Costa Esmeralda (a stay in the presidential suite of the Hotel Cala di Volpe is 35K a night) or the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives with … Read more
DO VISIT STRAUMANN’S website Straumann® CARES® Digital Solutions represents a complete dental solution, from digital impression-taking using intra-oral scanning to the computerized production of prosthetics using state-of-the-art CAM processing. Each individual step is well-coordinated, seamlessly interlocking and is designed for high quality. Digitalization will impact all aspects of dentistry. Straumann is committed to bringing the … Read more
From Dental Tribune: Two new products from Sirona Dental Systems have been named among 2010’s most innovative tools for the dental laboratory industry by the Journal of Dental Technology (JDT). Sirona’s inEos Blue desktop scanner and CEREC and inLab Biogeneric software share the honor as 2010 WOW! winners. VISIT SITE For the sixth annual WOW! … Read more
Copenhagen, December 23, 2010 – 3Shape A/S, the user-acclaimed worldwide leader in 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, has released its next generation Dental SystemTM2010 to the market. This latest pacesetting software for Dental CAD/CAM solutions brings new and highly sophisticated indications never before seen in the digital arena, offering unsurpassed productivity and business gains for … Read more
by Allan G. Farman, BDS, PhD, MBA, DSc; William C. Scarfe, BDS,MS,FRACDS; and Michiel van Genuchten, PhD While dentistry of the future will likely include interventions such as biologic scaffolding and tissue regeneration, dentistry of the present and near future will continue to be based on the orthodontic movement of teeth and the prosthetic reconstruction and … Read more
According to new dental reports by iData Research, the U.S. market for dental implants is expected to regain double-digit growth by 2013, and will help drive the dental prosthetic market to reach over 82 million prosthetic placements by 2016. In addition, the dental bone-graft-substitute (BGS) market is estimated to double in value. Adoption of new technologies such as … Read more
I’m posting this for our roving reporter, better known as Oral Health’s senior publisher, Melissa Summerfield: The first day of CEREC 25 has come to an end and it was quite a full one! It started with an opening address from Michael Augins, President of Sirona US, and was followed up by Imtiaz Manji who … Read more
Cadent and The Pankey Institute Establish iTero Grant Program Image via CrunchBase CARLSTADT, N.J. – April. 16, 2010 – Cadent, the leading provider of 3-D digital and CAD/CAM solutions for orthodontics and dentistry, announced today the establishment of a grant program in association with The Pankey Institute, a leading provider of post-graduate dental education. Cadent … Read more
DALLAS, USA: Dentistry will be presented bigger than ever on the world’s largest high-definition screen. That’s according to organizers of CADapalooza ’10, an event scheduled for 17-19 June at the new Cowboys Stadium in Texas. Dental professionals are invited to join a high caliber lineup of speakers in what could be the event of the … Read more
The Lava™ Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S. has captured the imaginations of industry leaders and analysts in every area of dentistry. Computer-assisted design, computer-assisted machining (CAD/CAM) systems fall into two general categories. One is a laboratory-based system. This type of system requires a dentist to send a traditional final impression to the laboratory where it is … Read more
Image via Wikipedia At the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting, Straumann introduced an array of integrated computer-based technologies that have been designed to increase confidence,safety, precision and reliability in implant and restorative dentistry. Under the new umbrella brand of Straumann Digital Solutions, the company now offers state-of-the-art computer-guided surgery, intra-oral scanning and CAD/CAM prosthetics to … Read more