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Straumann upbeat despite midyear results

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Straumann remains optimistic about its potential for continued growth in the dental implant market, despite a slowdown in patient volumes and a resulting 16% drop in profits for the first half of 2009.

August 10, 2009

Dentatrust dental lab opens in North Carolina

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Tom Nieting, C.D.T., and Norbert Ulmer, M.B.A., have opened a new dental laboratory, Dentatrust, in Charlotte, NC.

August 10, 2009

Dentsply launches 3D diagnosis and planning software

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentsply International has released VistaDent 3D, a diagnosis and planning software package for interpreting 3D DICOM data.

August 9, 2009

Kerr offers strawberry retraction paste, curing light discount

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Kerr Dental is now offering its Expasyl gingival retraction paste in strawberry flavor and a discount on the purchase of two Demi LED curing lights, the company announced.

August 9, 2009

Great Lakes Orthodontics offers digital split fabrication

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Great Lakes Orthodontics is using 3D laser scanning, custom-designed software, and state-of-the-art machining to digitally fabricate splints, reducing splint adjustment time and saving chair time, the company announced.

August 9, 2009

Researchers tout custom-made implants

By Laird Harrison

Forget your one-size-fits-all, screw-in-place, run-of-the-mill implants. The artificial teeth of the future could very well be custom-made in the same shape as the natural teeth they replace.

August 9, 2009

State audit cites Texas dental board shortcomings

By Kathy Kincade

A report released this week by the Texas State Auditor's Office takes the State Board of Dental Examiners to task for failing to adequately regulate dental licenses and keep the public informed of complaints.

August 5, 2009

3M ESPE adds to educational courses

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3M ESPE has expanded its list of Espertise Educational Seminars, which now includes seminars on digital impressions and implant dentistry.

August 4, 2009

Report: Dental implant firms pushing digital dentistry

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Although 2008 was tumultuous year in the dental implant market, many implant companies continued to invest in digital dentistry, entering into a series of partnerships and acquisitions, with the goal of emerging from the economic crisis as innovative market leaders in the burgeoning field, according to a new report from Millennium Research Group.

August 4, 2009

Advanced Automation, PracticeWorks partner on training facility

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Advanced Automation has partnered with PracticeWorks Systems to design a training facility in Atlanta that showcases the latest in digital x-ray integration and dental technology.

August 3, 2009

Imaging Sciences launches Tru-Pan for i-CAT

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Imaging Sciences International has introduced the Tru-Pan software for its i-CAT cone-beam CT system.

August 3, 2009

Sirona proposes public secondary stock offering

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Sirona Dental Systems announced a public secondary offering of 7.5 million shares of its common stock by Sirona Holdings Luxco.

August 3, 2009

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