KaVo Kerr unveils its next-generation VPS impression material for better-fitting restorations: Take 1™ Hydro™. Featuring one of the industry’s lowest contact angles at ≤10° on uncured material, Take 1 Hydro allows clinicians to push impression materials deeper into the sulcus to capture better margins and minute details, free of voids and distortions. “For dentists, clinical … Read more
From Dental Economics by Martin Jablow Dental technology continues to move forward. Slow speed belt driven handpieces have given way to precision electric handpieces. Impressions can now be taken with a camera. We are replacing a scalpel with a laser. The time is here to considering moving from the traditional dental practice management client/server arrangement … Read more
Another example of the simplicity possible in creating a Clinical eChronicle. More detailed explanation of the procedure, the sophistication can be expanded upon by having an instructive template and the graphic inclusion in this case is aggregate, it can be simplified and standardized based upon the sequence of treatment, lab inclusion images, radiographs, video and … Read more
From Dental Tribune………. By Kevin Kim………… I evaluate about 40 cases per day. Five of those 40 cases may have inadequate impressions. In the morning, with my coffee in hand, I can easily spot them without even sifting through the work tickets. They’re demarcated with a square yellow paper with a big red stamp that … Read more
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
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