Dental

Natural Dental Implants and Absolute Ceramics launch manufacturing and marketing partnership at IDS

berlin, germany – march 22, 2011 – berlin-based natural dental implants ag,the developer of the replicate non-surgical tooth replacement system™,today announced its partnership with absolute ceramics, a leading manufacturer of all-ceramic dental restorations using state-of-the-art cad / cam technology.  absolute ceramics will manufacture replicate system™ components at their facility in leipzig, germany and sell the product … Read more

From the ADA News – The times they are achangin’

January 17, 2011 Letters to the Editor Oral physicians By Donald B. Giddon, D.M.D., Ph.D. and Brian J. Swann,D.D.S.,M.P.H. Dentists should take their heads out of the sand and recognize the inevitable. The public will ultimately succeed in obtaining more accessible and less costly dental care, and it will not be too long before they … Read more

Strategic collaborations – and what is THIS telling you about the dental future?

Heraeus and Sensable Dental Continue Advancing Digital Dental Restorations   Heraeus Licenses its Acclaimed Premium Tooth Library to Sensable for Integration into Intellifit™ Digital Restoration System Image by Rob Enslin via Flickr SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Heraeus Kulzer, provider of esthetic dental solutions, and Sensable Dental, leading provider of Touch-Enabled dental … Read more

Endodontic retreatment of failing Thermafill obturation

Before I present this case, I’d like to clarify that many of these entries are obtained by scouring the Internet, looking at primary sources such as Dr. Bicuspid and Dental Tribune and then looking deeper into their resources for addendum material. In a majority of the entries, the information is simply topical and FYI…..the byline … Read more

Astra Tech at the IDS

Check out the link on the Astra Tech website for their technical videos Astra Tech Videos  Products At Astra Tech Dental we aim to provide dental professionals with the freedom of unlimited possibilities when it comes to implant therapy. Our products and solutions are designed to help make your job easier, but we never compromise … Read more

Is articaine better for infiltrations?

By Laird Harrison, Senior Editor -Dr. Bicuspid — Articaine worked better than competing anesthetics in seven out of 10 randomized clinical trials of infiltration analyzed for a review presented at the recent American Association for Dental Research (AADR) meeting in Washington, DC. But articaine and lidocaine appeared very similar in potency in this research, and a clinical study … Read more

It never was a 2 dimensional world………

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

Get ready for the Pacifist Dental Conference…huh? Oh, Pacific – sorry!

Vancouver, BC: Dental professionals are invited to attend the 2011 Pacific Dental Conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This is the meeting’s second year in this venue, and organizers say the new home of the PDC has brought the conference to a fresh and exciting level. Last year’s attendance was over 12,000. Image by photodreamz_ … Read more

Journal of Dental Research releases large studies on osteonecrosis of the jaw

February 11, 2011 Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a debilitating bone condition that affects the jaws and occurs as a result of reduced local blood supply to the bone. The literature in this area has been severely limited since most investigations cannot evaluate sufficient numbers of afflicted individuals to accurately determine the incidence of … Read more

bioAnalytics launches HeartFriendly™ Dentist Program with the Dental Health Group of Burlington Using Biosign UFIT® Health Monitor

TORONTO, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ – Biosign Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BIO) and bioAnalytics Inc. announced today that the Dental Health Group in Burlington, Ontario, has deployed the HeartFriendly Dentist™ program, which utilizes the UFIT®TEN-10 Health Monitor. “Our mandate for the HeartFriendly™ Dentist program is to support patient health and help improve vital sign testing in dental care,” stated Steve Colivas,President of bioAnalytics. … Read more

Experiencing the Lava C.O.S. System

The other night I had the pleasure of attending a seminar put on by 3M ESPE and Dental Services Group. The seminar was entitled “Digital Dentistry: From Prep to Crown” and it featured the Lava C.O.S. (Chairside Oral Scanner) from 3M ESPE. As the presenter, Dave Best from 3M ESPE explained, Lava is a brand … Read more

Top 30 dental blogs – the winners

http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/top_dentists/ Click on “winner” in the horizontal image map….a literal treasure trove of invaluable information Image by kendosolns via Flickr Related articles DrBicuspid.com Taking Nominations for 2011 Dental Excellence Awards (prweb.com) Perio Protect Recognized Again for Top Product in Dental Industry (prweb.com) Dental Quasi-Parable (cogdogblog.com)

The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

Mey Alhabib’s mice just might put the Tooth Fairy out of business. Alhabib (SDM’12,’14),a postdoctoral student and endodontic resident at BU’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and her research supervisor, George Huang, the Herbert Schilder Chair in Endodontics and director of the school’s postdoctoral program in endodontics, have begun regenerating two major human … Read more