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Planmeca dental equipment to aid ice hockey championships

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Planmeca will provide a Planmeca Compact idental care unit and Planmed Verity extremity scanner for the onsite emergency room for the Ice Hockey World Championship 2012 in Finland.

March 11, 2012

Aribex unveils revamped website

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Aribex has redesigned its website to feature more interaction for users of the company's Nomad portable x-ray system.

March 11, 2012

Study puts spotlight on CBCT's role in orthodontics

By Kathy Kincade

When it comes to dentistry, the adoption of cone-beam CT has so far been strongest in orthodontics. But a new literature review in the Journal of the American Dental Association questions whether CBCT should be as widely used as it is in orthodontics.

March 7, 2012

Straumann launches CAD/CAM software update

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Straumann has begun the official rollout of CARES Visual 7.0 to CAD/CAM customers in Europe and North America.

March 5, 2012

CBCT can predict IAN exposure during third-molar surgery

By Rosemary Frei, MSc

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) appears to be as accurate as 2D panoramic radiography for predicting whether the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) will be exposed during mandibular third-molar extraction in adults, according to a lit review presented at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry's Research Day.

March 5, 2012

Study: Thyroid collars reduce CBCT radiation dose

By Kathy Kincade

A new study in the European Journal of Radiology lends further support to the use of thyroid collars during cone-beam CT imaging to reduce radiation dose exposure in the thyroid, esophagus, salivary glands, eyes, and other vital organs in the oral and maxillofacial region.

February 27, 2012