Cologne, Germany - During this year’s IDS exhibition, EGS will be presenting a wide range of products that cover the entire digital dentistry workflow, from digital smile design to 3D scanning and modeling. During the show, EGS will launch the new version of DScan 3 with verticulator integration, the last update of DentalCad 4.0 with Touch Screen working mode, and the new 2.0 version of Digital Smile System (DSS), now directly integrated with CAD software.

EGS will launch the brand-new DScan 3.2 with verticulator integration. It will be wearing an innovative outfit, intended to set a trend for the whole year, the “ghost cover." But the term “ghost” is not always equivalent to “scary.” EGS' “Ghost Scanner” is intended to immediately grab attention with its elegant and finished look.

DScan 3.2 is the new-generation dental scanner that uses structured blue light technology, which allows faster and more accurate 3D scanning of both the model and verticulators. Specifically designed to accommodate the verticulator (which is also shown digitally in the program), it allows automatic pairing of the models in occlusion. It comes with an integrated PC of the last generation installed directly in the scanner case, so it needs only a mouse and a monitor in order to be operative. Thanks to its new, high-quality optical detectors and mechanical components, it is one of the most reliable scanners on the market.

DentalCAD 4.0, which now boasts a touch screen, will also be showcased at IDS.The newest software version, which offers a complete solution for the dental laboratory and supports users’ experience in dental design and modeling, now adds a combination of the charm of the old manual processing and the simple efficiency of the new digital generation. With this system, in fact, DentalCAD allows technicians to work with their own hands but in digital mode, making the experience simple and interactive up to the 3D printing.

Moreover, this new version presents complete functional coverage (with just one license), powerful wax-up functions, angled implant support, and social integration to share cases and experiences on Facebook. Recognizable for its user-friendly interface and high usability performance, DentalCAD reaches the same level of the big-market players for functional coverage and job performance and supports the user within the modeling constraints allowing letting total freedom for the user's expertise.

Lastly, EGS will introduce the 2.0 version of Digital Smile System (DSS), the first software for designing the esthetic and functional reconstruction of the smile. By means of simple and automatic tools, the new 2.0 allows users to project the final result and to export it in 3D directly to DentalCAD.

The new 2.0 also offers the prosthetic tool, designed specifically for edentulous patients, usable with commercial library combination. Thanks to mathematically controlled algorithms that are able to study the patient's morphology, the automatic face shape detection tool is able to determine the suitable dental library to use. Intended also for partial rehabilitation, DSS works with a complete set of natural teeth libraries and offers the opportunity to create custom teeth libraries for all patients' needs.

Zahn Dental is running a special promotion that will allow laboratory technicians to receive free samples of Obsidian™ Lithium Silicate and/or BruxZir™ Shaded 16 Zirconia milling blocks.

Trade in used or unused lithium disilicate and/or zirconia milling blocks compatible with a CEREC^® MC XL mill to receive an Obsidian™ Lithium Silicate and/or BruxZir™ Shaded 16 Zirconia milling block at no charge. 

Complete the form below and submit it to one of Zahn's Sales Consultants to receive the no-charge samples.

Las Vegas, NV – Core3dcentres® and VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG have announced that Core3dcentres has been recognized as the only Authorized Milling Center for VITA ENAMIC® across North America. Core3dcentres underwent a rigorous certification process (including machined samples, material handling, and product training) to ensure its milling centers are meeting the high standards and quality levels that VITA demands.

As a Global Milling Centre, Core3dcentres gives the market broad and rapid access to a new range of innovative, next generation materials, which are highly aesthetic. VITA ENAMIC® is the first hybrid ceramic with a dual network structure that optimally absorbs the occlusal forces. As an Authorized Milling Center for VITA, Core3dcentres will be the first company to offer 5-axis precision milled monolithic ceramics produced to the highest standards and with approved quality from VITA.

In a press release, Core3dcentres said both companies are excited by this partnership as it opens up new opportunities for the dental industry and reinforces both companies’ commitment to using the best technologies, materials, and processes available in the market today.

Charlotte, NC – Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., the company that pioneered digital dentistry, recently signed Grammy award-winning band Train to perform during its upcoming CEREC^® 30^th (CEREC 30) Anniversary Celebration.

With popular hit songs such as "Meet Virginia" and "Drops of Jupiter," as well as current hits "Angel in Blue Jeans" and "Bulletproof Picasso," attendees of the three-day CAD/CAM extravaganza held at The Venetian^® Hotel and The Palazzo^® Hotel in Las Vegas from September 17-19 will be able to experience the super rock band live as it performs its biggest hits and more. 

Sirona Dental, Inc. President Michael Augins said: “Sirona has been rocking dentistry for the past 30 years and we are super excited to have such a legendary act headline our musical entertainment for C30. We always say that our clients are the rock stars of dentistry, and we want them to feel like they are at the ‘Woodstock of Dentistry’ as they experience C30, the World’s Largest Digital Dentistry Festival.”

In addition to Train, Sirona has enlisted a lineup of celebrity talent to perform at this year’s C30 celebration. World-renowned motivational speaker Tony Robbins will headline a lineup of dynamic business speakers recruited by Sirona, including Fred Joyal, well-known speaker on dental practice marketing, and Bernie Stoltz, CEO of Fortune Management. All speakers within this curriculum will present on topics that combine world-class clinical business education and leadership skills that can be applied directly in the dental practice.

In addition to an impressive lineup of musical talent and motivational speakers, the CEREC 30^th Anniversary Celebration will also provide clinical education, and attendees can earn up to 18 CE credits across a comprehensive spectrum of digital dentistry topics and tracks. CEREC 30 also will feature an exhibit hall showcasing top dental companies and their products and services. 

All dental and dental laboratory professionals are encouraged to visit www.Cerec30th.com for additional information as it becomes available.

Brea, Calif. – Harvest Dental has earned a place the Orange County Business Journal’s list of the county’s fastest-growing private companies for a third consecutive year.

Harvest Dental credits its consistent double-digit growth with realizing its mission to refresh and revitalize stagnant product categories in global markets with new and improved product offerings, which are characterized by better quality with heavy value added propositions. In addition, Harvest Dental’s emergence as a marketing leader in the area of CAD/CAM Machinable Polymers, coupled with its growing brand equity, have been heavy contributors to its 72% year-over-year growth. 

“When we started Harvest 10 years ago, our goal was never to make the quick sale, but to build a strong brand with positive associations in the areas of quality, innovation, education, and value.” said Sasha Der Avanessian, Managing Director. “With our strategic global distribution network, we are able to communicate our brand message on a global level, not just in word, but in deed. We are extremely excited about the future.” 

Spokane, WA – The Aurum Group of Companies is inviting dental professionals from across North America to attend the Dental Technology and Business Growth Summit from October 1-3, 2015 in Banff, Alberta.

This continuing education event will bring together some of the industry's top leaders, innovators, and visionaries.

Chris Hadfield (Astronaut and First Canadian Commander of the International Space Station) and Arlene Dickinson (CEO of Venture Communications and YOUINC.COM and "Dragon" on TV’s Dragons’ Den) have been retained as keynote speakers. They will be joined by a diverse group of opinion leaders on applied technology and the art and discipline of entrepreneurism — including Andrew McAfee (Cofounder of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy); Dr. Jonathan Ferencz (Diplomate American Board of Prosthodontics); Verne Harnish (Author of the #1 best-selling business book "Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make it…and Why the Rest Don't."); Vince Barabba (Cofounder and Chairman of Market Insight Corp.); Avi Kopelman (Founder of Cadent and Inventor of Itero) and more.

Early Bird rates are available until April 30. Contact the Aurum Group Continuing Education Department at 800-363-3989 or ce@aurumgroup.com for more information, or go to aurumgroupsummit.com.

Copenhagen - 3Shape, a global leader in 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced that dental professionals now can access the Biomet 3i family of implants in connection with 3Shape Implant Studio™.

Dentists, implantologists, and dental technicians access implant systems such as Biomet 3i when using Implant Studio software to assist in their implant planning.

“We are glad to add the Biomet 3i well-known and popular family of implant lines to the implant systems now available in connection with Implant Studio,” says Flemming Thorup, CEO at 3Shape. “Providing easy-access to leading implant systems like Biomet 3i is helping to make Implant Studio the industry’s most open and flexible solution for dental professionals.”

Users who wish to benefit from this opportunity should contact their 3Shape distributor for more information on how to access these libraries.

PEORIA, AZ: March 31, 2015 - The Anaheim Group, publisher of the Dentalfax line of dental information products, has released the 2015 Worldwide Dental Industry Acquisition Report, a detailed, comprehensive 282-page report that provides information on the more than 625 dental company acquisitions that took place worldwide during the 12-year period of 2003 through 2014.

The Worldwide Dental Industry Acquisition Report provides detailed acquisition metrics for nine segments of the dental market: Distribution, Finance, Insurance, Laboratory, Manufacturing, OTC Products, Practice Management, Publishing, and Software. The acquisition data are presented chronologically and cover the 12-year scope of the report. For each year covered by the report, the number of companies sold by market segment and the percentage of transactions by market segment are shown in graphical form. This information is also shown cumulatively by year in both tabular and graphical format.

This report is valuable to:

· Financial analysts following the dental industry

· Managers new to the dental industry who want to understand historical transactions

· Business owners or corporate entities who want to determine the value of their organization

· Executives trying to understand the impact that private equity firms have on the industry

· Managers following acquisition activity among their competitors

· Anyone interested in following the worldwide consolidation trends by market segment

The report is delivered by Direct Download and costs $395. To order the 2015 Worldwide Dental Industry Acquisition Report, send a fax to The Anaheim Group at 866-634-9332 or email your order to dentalfax@dentalfax.com.

The NYU team will work to help achieve a commercial-ready test for use in the developing world

New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) has received a sub-award in the amount of $335,000 from a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to complete the development of a fully automated self-confirming assay that can simultaneously detect HIV/AIDS antibodies and viral RNA from the AIDS virus in a single specimen.

The $1.5M Phase II grant was awarded to Rheonix, Inc., an Ithaca, New York-based medical technology company, specializing in making automated and highly customizable molecular diagnostic devices. The NYUCD portion of the grant is led by Dr. Daniel Malamud, professor of basic science and craniofacial biology and director of the HIV/AIDS Research Program at NYUCD.

“Current HIV corroborative testing requires considerable time and cost, and is often not available in remote geographic areas,” said Dr. Malamud. “As a result, many individuals with a positive antibody screening test opt out of taking the corroborative test. Our research aims to address this problem through the development of an affordable, easy to use point-of-care (POC) test, capable of detecting pathogen nucleic acids and antibodies to the pathogens in less than one hour.

Working with Rheonix, Dr. Malamud and his team utilize a Rheonix CARD® cartridge system: a simple disposable card that acts as a receptacle for blood or saliva samples. The card is then placed on an instrument that carries out all of the required steps in processing the sample. Within seven minutes, one part of the sample runs out onto a strip to detect HIV antibodies, while another portion of the samples undergoes isolation of nucleic acid and amplification using LAMP, an isothermal process. The entire testing process takes less than one hour, is mobile, and can be battery operated.

“In order to get approval, you need to prove that you’re as good as the existing commercial equivalent,” explains Dr. Malamud. “We have proof that our system works, but we have tested hundreds of samples and we need thousands.”

“I’m reasonably confident that within 18 months we will have a finished product, which will allow an individual to simply collect a sample, insert it into the CARD, push a button, and, within one hour, have an accurate test result,” says Dr. Malamud.

A.T. Still University is offering a CE course titled “Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Basics For the Dental Professional” on Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. This lecture course will introduce the dental professional to Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) imaging.

The presenter will be R. Todd Erickson, DDS, MS, Associate Professor of Radiology at ASDOH. An overview of CBCT technology, patient selection for imaging, evaluation of scans, and implant treatment planning basics will be covered. Sample CBCT cases will be reviewed along with a demonstration of imaging software.

At the conclusion of the course participants will be able to: explain the benefits and limitations of CBCT imaging; describe the dentomaxillofacial anatomy captured on a CBCT scan; and understand how to evaluate areas of interest.

Intended for dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, the course will be held at 5850 E. Still Circle in Mesa, Arizona. Tuition is $50.

Register online at www.atsu.edu/continuing-education/.