RD Online Dental Education

Free webinar on Atlantis – now owned by Dentsply…….hmmmmmm, I wonder……. http://www.prodentalcpd.com/members/webinars Related articles Kodak Dental Systems: Free Online Webinar (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) ACE Dental Education (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Annual session course on dental labs first of its kind (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Open Wide – The Official Blog of The Chicago Dental Society (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) ‘By applying hypnotherapy, dental anxiety and phobia … Read more

White lines or white lies?

By Rafael Michiels, Belgium – from Dental Tribune With the recent development of new file systems–WaveOne from DENTSPLY Maillefer and RECIPROC from VDW–endodontists have been having controversial discussions about their usefulness. This is partly due to the aggressive marketing of these products. Great emphasis is laid on simplifying the endodontic procedure. The thought behind this … Read more

Dentsply and Astra Tech sitting in a tree, D-o-m-i-n-a-t-i-n-g

Personally, bigger is never better. Customer service and the value of the enduser goes out the window in lieu of margins and bottom lines. Perhaps Bret W. Wise may see this as an opportunity to turn the corporate culture of Dentsply around, but I’m not going to hold my breath. We’ve become a market driven … Read more

Standard Oil – Dentsply International – do the math?

One has to wonder whether a colossus is the answer to the future of dentistry. Does a monolithic entity that detaches itself at the corporate level, further and further from it’s client base, r Image via CrunchBase eally bring needed change to an industry and in turn does it deliver the needed products to their … Read more

Astra Sells Dental Unit for $1.8 Billion

By Margot Patrick from the Wall Street Journal LONDON–AstraZeneca PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to sell Astra Tech to Dentsply International Inc. for $1.8 billion,after a sale process that attracted strong interest from private-equity firms and strategic buyers looking to tap into growth in the dental-implants market. The transaction, expected to close in the second half, will … Read more

DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties introduces WaveOne reciprocating file system

From Dentistry IQ – June 14, 2011 “Single file shaping of an entire root canal system may sound like a myth to some…… Nuff sed…Read more Related articles Endodontic Parousia – Nullius in Verba Redux (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Drilling away at dental costs New website, new insurers’ approaches shake up market (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) And now for something uplifting … Read more

DENTSPLY Friadent’s long-term treatment success under the IDS banner

Solutions for every individual case “from root to crown”: DENTSPLY Friadent offers a comprehensive portfolio, from the pinpoint accurate digital planning, through the stable base for implantation, right up to the esthetic completion of the treatment. This complete concept is now being complemented by further innovative solutions. DENTSPLY Friadent is featuring these and a special … Read more