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Changes and opportunities for health-care practitioners’ finances

There are many areas that can bring small and large changes to a practice’s income as well as the individual health-care practitioner. An area to take...

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J. Morita USA partners with TDO

J. Morita USA, world leader in 3-D imaging, has announced a strategic partnership with TDO, a quality-centered endodontics organization, for complete 3-D ...

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Crown or same-day onlay?

“The trend in dentistry today is clearly toward more esthetic and less invasive. Indirect resin and ceramic inlays and onlays are not only compatible ...

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Looking for ‘love’ in all the wrong places

Which aspect of your practice has the most impact on your bottom line? As a practicing dentist and a dental consultant, I know exactly where dentists are ...

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Predictable apical microsurgery: the incision and atraumatic flap elevation (Part 2)

Using a disposable CK2 microsurgical blade (SybronEndo), the incision is made. With the smaller size of this blade, very accurate incisions can be made that...

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Aurident marks 35 years of making alloys

Aurident was founded by Howard and Fredelle Hoffman in 1974 with one basic philosophy — to manufacture dental alloys that provide crown and bridge ...

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Interview: What sets Piezosurgery devices apart from others?

Implant Tribune recently had the honor of interviewing Giuseppe Vercellotti, MSc, co-owner and chief operating officer of Piezosurgery Inc. Piezosurgery is ...

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Dent-X Strato Digital now features lower dosage applications

ImageWorks recently announced that its Dent-X high-end panoramic/cephalometric x-ray, the Strato Digital, is now available with low dose and frontal ...

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International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics to meet in Boston

The International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics will meet 22 – 24 July in Boston, MA, USA. The event offers a variety of different lectures ...

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Duration air/water syringe tips

Imagine the environmental impact if every practice would stop sending more than 4,000 single use single-use plastic air/water syringe tips to landfills each...

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‘Savor the flavors’ of dentistry in New Orleans

The Academy of General Dentistry is the second largest dental organization in the world, and its 2009 annual meeting attracted more than 3,000 attendees, ...

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MiraTray Implant Advanced

HAGER Worldwide recently introduced MiraTray Implant Advanced, an implant impression tray with foil technology that allows you to easily create a ...

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Awards given at OSAP symposium

ANNAPOLIS, MD / NEW YORK, NY, USA: The Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures (OSAP) has announced the recipients of three key awards, presented ...

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Designing multiple restoration types using one dental CAD/CAM system

To date, dental CAD/CAM systems have primarily focused on creating only one specific type of fixed restoration — zirconia copings. As the digital ...

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Global lab revenues projected to exceed US$14.5 billion by 2015

Increasing numbers of elderly people and more demand for high-quality dental esthetics are cited among reasons for an increase in global demand for the ...

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Aurident’s GH gold casting alloy lowers costs

Aurident’s GH is a high noble, fine-grain, type III crown and bridge gold alloy containing 52 per cent gold, 0.1 per cent platinum, 8 per cent ...

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CAD/CAM seminar offers hands-on demonstrations

SCOTTSDALE, AZ / NEW YORK, NY, USA: Sirona Dental Systems, a company that pioneered digital dentistry 25 years ago and a leading producer of dental CAD/CAM ...

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Nobilium: History of flexible partials

Flexible partials were first developed in the early 1950s. Arpad Nagy of New York commercialized the first nylon-based flexible partial denture system, ...

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Museum’s anniversary celebration honors supporters, highlights educational initiatives

BALTIMORE, MD / NEW YORK, NY, USA: The National Museum of Dentistry recently celebrated its 14th anniversary with an exhibit opening and preview of new ...

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Emdin celebrates 25th anniversary

Emdin International Corp. is celebrating its 25th anniversary of providing premium quality dental laboratory products. The company manufactures dental ...

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Nobel holds Global Symposium in New York

NEW YORK, NY, USA: Nobel Biocare welcomed more than 1,500 periodontists, general practitioners, prosthodontists, lab technicians and other dental ...

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Midwest Stylus by DENTSPLY

DENTSPLY Midwest has introduced a handpiece with Speed-Sensing Intelligence (SSI) and Superior Turbine Suspension (STS), technologies that solve two ...

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CADapalooza meeting scores touchdown for digital dentistry

DALLAS, TX/NEW YORK, NY, USA: CADapalooza ’10 certainly lived up to its reputation and delivered an exceptional program this year. Hundreds of dental ...

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Three essential lessons for every new dentist

After years of schooling, thousands of dollars in tuition, hours upon hours of clinics and exams, and tests and on and on, finally you entered the working ...

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Air polishing primer

Adequate plaque control can prevent gingivitis, periodontal disease and dental caries. Plaque control is achieved one of two ways — mechanically or ...

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STA: essential for cosmetic dentistry

The STA Injection System (Fig. 1) available from Milestone Scientific, a computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery or C-CLAD, is not only great for ...

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Employee vs. independent contractor: What’s the difference?

Whether an associate dentist is considered an employee or independent contractor could have certain tax and non-tax consequences for the owner of a dental ...

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Interview: Outsourcing human resources

One day I was chatting with Dr Lorin Berland, and he mentioned how much outsourcing his human resources has saved his sanity. As this was something I was ...

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Enlightened and whitened: An overview on bleaching and patient assessment

A patient who is happy with his or her smile will ultimately be a more compliant patient. One of the easiest and most significant methods to achieving an ...

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The importance of endodontics in implant treatment planning

There’s a new vision in dentistry that is gradually being recognized and is referred to as the endo-implant algorithm. This new approach considers the...

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Dental Tribune U.S. No. 8, 2024