There’s silver in them thar packets…

By Kathy Kincade – Dr. Bicuspid – May 4, 2011 Despite significant increases in the price of x-ray film — due primarily to the rising cost of oil and precious metals in recent years — conventional x-rays are not likely to disappear from dentistry any time soon, according to a leading provider of dental imaging … 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

Soup to nuts, CAD/CAM style

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