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Alternatives found to restoration replacement

By Laird Harrison

You know that old restoration on Mrs. Smith's No. 4? The one that's coming loose at the margins? Instead of tearing it out and putting a new one in, maybe you should just seal over it. That's the suggestion a team of researchers made last week at the International Association for Dental Research meeting.

April 6, 2009

Digital impressions competition booming

By Laird Harrison

Cerec has had command of the CAD/CAM impressions business for nearly 20 years, but the competition among intraoral scanner companies is beginning to heat up.

March 30, 2009

Report predicts bright future for implant market

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. dental implant market might be hurting right now because of the economic recession, but it will recover after 2010 and exceed $1 billion by 2013, according to a new report.

March 29, 2009

Ondine sees sales, losses decline

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Ondine Biopharma, makers of the Periowave photodisinfection system, reported declines in both sales and losses for fiscal 2008 (end-December 31).

March 29, 2009

Delcam sales up 11% in 2008

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Bucking what has become somewhat of trend in financial results in the dental industry of late, Delcam announced that it set a new sales record in fiscal 2008.

March 29, 2009

Biomet 3i introduces zirconia abutment

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Clinicians can now provide all-ceramic restorations with Biomet 3i's new Encode zirconia abutment, according to the company.

March 26, 2009

Heraeus offers new bite registration material

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Heraeus Kulzer has introduced Flexitime Bite, a new bite registration material that enables scanning with CAD technology without powder, according to the company.

March 26, 2009

Biolase, NLT settle lawsuit

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biolase Technology and National Laser Technology (NLT) announced that they have resolved all the claims and counterclaims in the lawsuit filed last August by NLT regarding NLT's sale of used Biolase dental lasers.

March 26, 2009

Report: Dental biomaterials market still shows promise

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

According to Millennium Research Group's "US Markets for Dental Biomaterials 2009" report, although dental biomaterials are being used in a growing proportion of dental implant procedures, the market for these products will be dampened by the global financial crisis in the coming years as many patients postpone dental implant procedures or choose less expensive alternatives such as crowns, the company said in a press release.

March 26, 2009

Tissue-regeneration experts take on teeth

By Kathy Kincade

Regrowing bone and ligaments is challenging enough. Now tissue engineers and craniofacial biologists are working to sprout teeth from scratch too -- and they say success is only five to 10 years away.

March 25, 2009

SensAble launches v.2 of CAD/CAM system at IDS

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

SensAble Technologies is using the International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne, Germany, this week to launch the latest version of its SensAble Dental Lab System, an integrated CAD/CAM system for dental restorations.

March 22, 2009

All-zirconia implants hit the market

By Laird Harrison

Tooth-colored, biocompatible, and made of the hardest stuff next to diamonds, zirconia seems like a natural material for implants. So it's no surprise to hear that they're already being marketed in Europe and on their way to the U.S. But are they better than titanium?

March 22, 2009

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