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Roland launches zirconia milling machine

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Roland DGA has released the DWX-30 compact computer numerically controlled dental milling machine for creating copings, crowns, and bridges in zirconia and wax.

June 22, 2010

Kettenbach now on Facebook, Twitter

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kettenbach has joined the social media movement. Users of Facebook and Twitter can now follow Kettenbach on the sites, where the company will offer current and potential customers the latest information on new products, company news, and sale offers.

June 21, 2010

Resin infiltration effective in clinical trials

By Laird Harrison

You know how to handle a frank cavity and what to do with a healthy tooth. But what about the many lesions that fall in between? New studies on resin infiltration suggest it can successfully treat lesions that are too small to restore but too big to ignore.

June 20, 2010

Pulpdent website now features case studies

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Pulpdent website now includes case studies from Save That Tooth, a book by Pulpdent founder Harold Berk, D.D.S.

June 17, 2010

Dental pulp cells show promise for stem cell banking

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Defined sets of factors can reprogram human cells to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. However, many types of human cells are not easily accessible to minimally invasive procedures. But a new study found that dental pulp cells may be a source of cell banks for use in regenerative medicine, since they are easily obtained from extracted teeth and can be expanded under simple culture conditions.

June 17, 2010

Komet releases diamonds for zirconia restorations

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Komet USA has introduced four diamonds designed to recontour and mill zirconia restorations, the company announced.

June 14, 2010

Synthetic sinus augmentation material fares well

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A synthetic biphasic calcium phosphate material proved as reliable after a year as deproteinized cow bone for sinus augmentation in a clinical implant trial reported online May 11 in Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research.

June 13, 2010

WHO envisions 'phasedown' of dental amalgam

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A global ban on amalgam would be "problematic" in the near term, but the United Nations should pursue measures to "phasedown" the material, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said at a conference on mercury reduction.

June 13, 2010

3M to consolidate dental implant operations

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3M announced that it will phase out operations at its Ardmore, OK, dental implant manufacturing facility by the end of the year. The facility, formerly Imtec, was acquired by 3M in July 2008.

June 10, 2010

FDA advisory panel to review dental amalgam

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

After receiving several petitions raising concerns about the safety of dental amalgam and the adequacy of the clinical studies used to determine how it should be regulated, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will hold an advisory panel meeting December 14-15, 2010, to discuss scientific issues that may affect the regulation of amalgam.

June 9, 2010

3D Diagnostix offers surgical guide service

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3D Diagnostix is now offering a surgical guide service for implant treatment planning designed to make using such guides more affordable.

June 8, 2010

Kerr launches impression materials mixer

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kerr Dental has launched an automix device for impression materials, the Volume Machine by Renfert delivery system.

June 8, 2010

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