Columbia University College of Dental Medicine is leading a sea change in dental health and education through the use of big data. By gathering and analyzing multiple data streams, the new Center for Precision Dental Medicine (CPDM) will enable unprecedented research on dental and overall health, new levels of personalization in dental education, and bring oral health care into the age of precision medicine. This will bring medicine and dentistry together in ways that have not been possible until now.

“Columbia University’s Center for Precision Dental Medicine is not only leading the way towards the age of personalized dentistry. It is using digital technology and information science to stretch the boundaries of dental research, relating oral care to overall health care, and putting the ‘mouth back into the body,’” said Christian S. Stohler, DMD, DrMedDent, Dean of the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Senior Vice President for Dental Medicine of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine is rolling out the following initiatives over the next 20-24 months to help dissolve silos between medicine and dentistry, and increase the use of predictive analytics for better disease prevention and care, as well as to prepare dentistry for health care’s transition to a value-based system. The success of the initiatives is made possible by custom developed technologies created specifically for Columbia. 

Transform Patient Care

◦ Integrate Health Records to Integrate Care: The College of Dental Medicine will be one of the first academic dental institutions to unify dental and medical patient health records in Epic electronic health records, which will be shared between all clinicians at Columbia, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Weill Cornell Medicine. This will offer physicians and dentists, who traditionally work independently of each other, a two-way flow of information to better detect and manage interrelated chronic conditions. Because dentists are often the “first responders” to notice conditions in the mouth related to systemic diseases such as diabetes, certain types of cancer, among others, this opens possibilities for better detection and management of disease throughout the body. Clinicians will also have access to review and tailor treatment based some patients’ genomic information when voluntarily shared with the medical center.

Unleash New Possibilities to Co-Management Chronic Diseases Through Research

◦ Use Data to Drive Care: Utilizing custom developed dental instruments and equipment, Columbia University is collecting and aggregating anonymous data from each patient visit to advance studies on evidence-based connections between oral and overall health, procedures and outcomes, stress levels and health, among the range of topics. Research will help develop real-time provider feedback and predictive analytics for precision care. By tailoring treatment to address diseases rather than symptoms, care may help patients avoid some painful and costly procedures, allowing them to maintain rather than repair teeth and gum tissue.

◦ Discover Linkages Between Stress and Health Outcomes: New technologies incorporated into the CPDM will also measure data associated with stress levels. This information will enable students, providers and researchers to better understand and address comfort during care, and ultimately the connection between a person’s resilience to stress and long-term oral and overall health outcomes.

Transform Dental Education

◦ Introduce Unprecedented Level of Supervision and Feedback:  Each dental chair, custom developed to Columbia University’s goals, contains two video cameras and multiple devices collecting patient and procedure data. This stream of information allows an instructor to closely observe care from multiple perspectives, including inside the patient’s mouth, in real time from faculty “touchdown” zones. This new level of monitoring makes possible close but unobtrusive instruction that does not interrupt the patient’s care, or in-the-moment intervention when necessary.

◦ Eliminate One-Size-Fits-All Instruction: Improved supervision methods enable customization of educational content to a student’s learning style and pace. New dental instruments are equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that records each procedure and how it is performed with a high level of granularity — from instrument use and sequence, to movement of the chair. This allows faculty to provide quantifiable, objective feedback to students on performance based on robust data streams and recorded video. Students also have new opportunities for self-driven learning by reviewing their own metrics and video of their work.

Transform the Business of Dental Medicine

◦ Increase Effectiveness: First-of-their-kind technologies developed for Columbia University will make possible the tracking of instrument and supply use, safety precautions, patient wait times and chair use, helping future dentists better manage their practice’s functioning and cost and improve patient satisfaction.

◦ Prepare for Dentistry’s Move Towards Value-Based Care: As the health care industry shifts toward payment for health outcomes rather than only procedures, the application of predictive analytics and precision care will help develop the technological tools to objectively determine what is best for a patient’s long-term oral and overall health, eliminating the need for some painful and costly procedures. It will also implement the option of preventative equipment maintenance as well as just-in-time inventory replacement without human monitoring.

“Having unified records, paired with data, will create the possibility for groundbreaking research and collapsing silos of oral and general health care,” said Dean Stohler. “Deep data mining could pave the way for systems of care that continually assimilate new evidence showing which treatments are most effective, offering personalized diagnoses and treatment plans based on thousands of parameters.”

The College of Dental Medicine’s Center for Precision Dental Medicine is in a new 15,000 square foot addition to Columbia’s teaching clinics, where dental students treat patients at reduced costs under faculty supervision. Each of the 48 new operatories is outfitted with a series of custom-developed technologies made with Columbia University College of Dental Medicine’s goals in mind, which include state-of-the-art dental chairs, instruments and supplies equipped with RFID tags, and additional technology that will monitor instrument sterilization and ensures infection control.

The architectural design for the new CPDM, by the distinguished firm of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, has involved an inventive reinterpretation of the spaces within the original 1928 building by James Gamble Rogers. The architects have created an open, loft-like space with low partitions, providing unobstructed views and plentiful daylight. Raised floors and vaulted ceilings integrate indirect lighting and air distribution. All clinical support services are consolidated in a central core. Two identical wings of the fifth floor of the Vanderbilt Clinic house two practice areas, each of which is supported by its own reception area, waiting room and patient affairs office, clinical director’s office and imaging rooms. Each practice area is then organized into three neighborhoods of eight dental chairs apiece, individual faculty workstations and digital design workstations. Curvilinear partitions with translucent screening provide patient privacy while creating interactive aisles for circulation. By providing spaces where pre-clinical and clinical training are combined, the design makes it possible for CPDM to educate students in an environment where they have continual, first-hand experience of patient care.

Dentsply Sirona, The Dental Solutions Company®, today announced several strategic collaborations set to further enhance its Digital Denture solutions. Foremost, with the upcoming Q1 introduction of inLab® SW 18, inLab users will be able to mill Digital Dentures right in-house, while still having the option to outsource to AvaDent®. In addition, starting in Q1 of 2018, both DGShape Corporation and imes-icore have partnered with the Company to provide even more innovative Digital Denture solutions.

Specifically, labs that use inLab MC X5 milling units and/or DGSHAPE, imes-icore will be able to mill Dentsply Sirona Digital Dentures in-house after they are designed by AvaDent.

“These collaborations are an exciting endeavor, and completely synergistic with the Dentsply Sirona vision to deliver innovative dental solutions to improve oral health worldwide,” remarked Tom Leonardi, Dentsply Sirona Group Vice President, Global Prosthetics. “Together we will advance digital denture solutions in the dental lab market, bringing Dentsply Sirona’s market leadership in removable prosthetic materials and CAD/CAM solutions. All collaborations contribute substantially to creating real value for the dental laboratory, the dentist and, ultimately, the patient in the field of digital dentures. In this spirit, it is a pleasure to officially welcome DGSHAPE and imes-icore as our new partners in digital dentures. Both companies are a great complement to our product line, and I believe that these agreements greatly underscore our commitment as a leader in removable prosthetics.”

Kohei Tanabe, President of DGSHAPE Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, commented, “Our driving force is to fuse human creativity with digital technologies in order to provide simplicity. We are proud to have been chosen by Dentsply Sirona as a selected partner for the effortless production of dental prosthetics. With Dentsply Sirona, the leading company in the dental area, we are embarking on an exciting and promising future technology journey. For our existing and prospective customers this new partnership will expand the power of our products, and the breadth of their services.”

Christoph Stark, Chief Executive Officer of imes-icore, mirrored Tanabe’s sentiments, “Our Company specializes in implementing components to create superior systems in dental technology. In this area, partners are essential for the development of upgrades and applications. The fact that Dentsply Sirona specializes in digital denture solutions for dental labs provides us with a great deal of certainty that, together, we are promoting a promising future technology. We are proud to be a part of this digital revolution.”

Whether users choose to mill in-house or scan and outsource the entire process, Dentsply Sirona Digital Dentures continue to offer flexible solutions and provide superior results.

For more information about Dentsply Sirona Digital Dentures, please visit dentsplysirona.com/digitaldentures.

Medical device company, Anutra Medical, is now adding 1% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:100,000 to its product offerings, making this particular concentration of lidocaine more accessible to the dental market than ever before.

A published study that appeared in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in October 2017, showed that buffered 1% lidocaine with epinephrine can be equally as effective as 2% lidocaine with epinephrine for a maxillary field block. This independent study by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, found that buffering 1% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:100,000 with the Anutra Local Anesthetic Delivery System®, “reduces the pain on injection with a maxillary field block and results in similar lengths of pulpal anesthesia tested with a cold stimulus” as compared to the traditionally used 2% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:100,000.

As a result of the compelling study showing the benefits of the lower concentration of lidocaine, Anutra Medical is now adding 1% lidocaine with epinephrine, 1:100,000 as one of its regular product offerings.

In other studies conducted in April of 2017, utilizing the Anutra Local Anesthetic Delivery System, The School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, found that, “Mean blood level differences of lidocaine for each patient were significantly lower after nerve block with the buffered drug compared with the nonbuffered agent.”

Anutra Medical is excited to introduce 1% lidocaine 1:100,000 into the dental market in a more accessible format than it has been in the past. The option of this new concentration of lidocaine to dental practitioners further shows Anutra’s dedication to increasing patient experiences while transforming practitioner’s efficiency.

Products are now available from Anutra Medical's distribution partners.

About Anutra Medical, Inc.

Located in Research Triangle Park, NC, Anutra Medical is a team of experienced dental and health care professionals focused on providing solutions to enhancing the patient experience and increasing office efficiency. We are leveraging the science of buffering local anesthetics through our innovative and revolutionary delivery system. Our core belief is creating partnerships with practices. We foster these relationships by either performing in office implementations or utilizing technology for educating and training. Questions? Contact Ryan Vet: press@anturamedical.com

Dentsply Sirona has established a new Lab Strategic Business Unit (SBU) incorporating the Laboratory CAD/CAM business with the Dentsply Sirona Prosthetics material business. The SBU Lab has come into operation as of February 1st, 2018.

The new SBU combines the strengths of the Prosthetics and Laboratory CAD/CAM businesses, offering dental solutions as a one-stop shop. By combining all lab elements, Dentsply Sirona creates three strategic platforms: Equipment, Fixed, and Removable Materials, each continuing to remain in their respective locations. With its focus on integrated solutions, Dentsply Sirona will further connect labs with digitally equipped dentists through the Sirona Connect Portal.

“We are creating one global customer-centric lab business unequalled in terms of competence, equipment, and material expertise. No other dental company can match this combined capability like we do,” explains Thomas Leonardi, Group Vice President Dentsply Sirona Lab. “For me and my team this is a natural step; it allows us to build up a perceptible and significant lab competence, focusing on our lab partners. We have already seen the advantages of such a cooperation in the US business, where our US commercial group has already formed and continues to drive our lab sales synergies by offering the full range of products.”

The new SBU concentrates the entire portfolio for laboratories and enables technicians to handle the entire laboratory workflow with Dentsply Sirona products and solutions. “By bringing our organization closer together, we will encourage more collaboration and the development of better, safer, and faster solutions which will truly add value for our lab partners, their dentist customers, and ultimately the patient,” Leonardi added. 

The new SBU combines the strengths of the Prosthetics and Laboratory CAD/CAM businesses offering dental solutions as a one-stop shop. By combining all Lab elements, Dentsply Sirona creates three strategic platforms: Equipment, Fixed and Removable Materials, each continuing to remain in their respective locations. With its focus on integrated solutions, Dentsply Sirona will further connect labs with digitally equipped dentists through the Sirona Connect Portal.

Offering solutions as a one-stop shop

After the successful merger creating Dentsply Sirona, this is a consequential next step to further develop the combined offering of dental solutions in the field of dental labs. Dentsply Sirona’s goal is to combine the best procedures to better serve customers. By announcing the new Lab SBU, Dentsply Sirona once again strengthens its reputation as The Dental Solutions Company and further evolves into the Lab competence center of the industry.

Leveraging strengths

“We are creating one global customer-centric lab business unequalled in terms of competence, equipment and material expertise. No other dental company can match this combined capability like we do”, explains Thomas Leonardi, Group Vice President Dentsply Sirona Lab. “For me and my team this is a natural step, it allows us to build-up a perceptible and significant lab competence focusing on our Lab partners. We have already seen the advantages of such a cooperation in the US business where our US commercial group has already formed and continues to drive our lab sales synergies by offering the full range of products.”

Increased collaboration for better, safer and faster dental care

The new SBU concentrates the entire portfolio for laboratories and enables technicians to handle the entire laboratory workflow with Dentsply Sirona products and solutions. “By bringing our organization closer together, we will encourage more collaboration and the development of better, safer and faster solutions which will truly add value for our lab partners, their dentist customers and ultimately the patient”, Leonardi added.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and the American Dental Association, Crest + Oral B, and other organizations are encouraging dental professionals to promote the benefits of good oral health to children and caregivers. Go to the ada.org for a list of resources, activity sheets, posters, and tips to inspire children to take care of their teeth this month and in the future.

To support National Children’s Dental Health Month, the Aegis Dental Network is offering the following free Pediatric Continuing Education courses in February. Use the promo code, FEB18KIDS to take the courses below free of charge, and join the “Tooth Team” along with us!

Severely Malformed/Carious/Sensitive Permanent Molars: New Repair Considerations by Theodore P. Croll, DDS

Severely malformed, carious, and sensitive permanent molars can pose significant challenges for the clinician. Long-term restoration cannot be achieved until children are older, when sufficient eruption and maturation of the affected teeth occurs. While the children are still young, the main challenge for the clinician is how to restore the affected teeth for an interim period.

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Fusion of a Maxillary Central and Lateral Incisor With a Congenitally Missing Lateral: A 10-Year Conservative, Esthetic Approach by Leslie Stone Hirsh, DDS; Peter M. Greco, DMD; Jay B. Laudenbach, DMD; and Alan M. Atlas, DMD

Dental fusion and agenesis present unique esthetic challenges for the dental team when discovered in a developing child. This article highlights treatment of a 9-year-old girl with fusion of a maxillary central and lateral incisor with a congenitally missing lateral over a 10-year period.

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Metal Vs Zirconia Resin-Bonded Bridges by Tal Morr, DMD, MSD

When treating adolescents with congenitally missing lateral incisors, waiting for growth cessation before placing implants and minimizing any modification to tooth structures is of critical importance. Single- and double-wing metal or ceramic resin-bonded bridges offer a conservative treatment option for patients who desire implants as a final prosthetic solution as well as those who do not want to have implants placed.

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ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, February 2, 2018 -- February is American Heart Month and, while we won’t be lobbying Congress anytime soon, there is a solid case to be made for raising awareness of gum health alongside heart health.

The proposed affiliation stems from a causal relationship.

In fact, specific cardiovascular disease pathogens have been traced to gum disease pathogens. The gums can act as a relay point for the body, with the health of your gums is scientifically connected to the health of your heart.

Because periodontal disease affects over half of all Americans thirty and older, Perio Protect wants to honor Dr. Amy Doneen and Dr. Brad Bale for their work to raise awareness of the importance of preventing heart attacks and strokes.

You’re invited to further explore the causes of heart health risk from Dr. Amy Doneen. She will be speaking at a seminar on the topic of “Women and Heart Disease—the REAL Deal!” The free webinar takes place on Thursday, February 8th and is open to healthcare providers as well as the public. She will discuss what’s different about women’s hearts, surprising cardiovascular red flags (like periodontitis), how to find out if you have hidden risk, and a personalized action plan to prevent a heart attack or stroke.

“Heart disease is the leading killer of American women, claiming more female lives than all forms of cancer combined,” says Dr. Doneen, an international leader in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and medical director of the Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center in Spokane, Washington.

“CVD is under-diagnosed and undertreated in women, which is why they need to be their own best advocates for optimal heart health care,” adds Dr. Doneen, co-founder of the BaleDoneen Method of heart attack, stroke and diabetes prevention, practiced by hundreds of healthcare providers globally. “My goal with this webinar is to empower women with a science-based action plan to keep their arteries healthy.”

The webinar on Thursday, February 8th takes place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. PST. To register, go to Women's Heart Health Webinar.

Two peer-reviewed studies have shown that the BaleDoneen Method can prevent, stabilize or even reverse arterial disease. This evidence-based heart attack and stroke prevention plan includes personalized steps to optimize women’s cardiovascular health at every age.

About Dr. Amy Doneen, DNP, ARNP: Dr. Doneen is founder and medical director of the Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center in Spokane, Washington and co-founder of the BaleDoneen Method. Also an Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech Health Sciences School of Nursing, Clinical Associate Professor at Washington State University College of Medicine, Assistant Professor at University of Kentucky College of Dentistry and co-author of the bestseller Beat the Heart Attack Gene, she has given more than 800 presentations and keynote speeches globally and published many studies in peer-reviewed journals. Her full bio is online at: https://theheartattackandstrokepreventioncenter.com/about-haspc/about-amy-doneen/

About the BaleDoneen Method: The BaleDoneen Method (BDM) offers a unique, comprehensive and science-based approach to detecting, preventing and treating CVD. Unlike standard care, which is based on checking patients for certain CVD risk factors, the BDM also uses advanced lab tests and imaging to directly check for hidden signs of arterial disease. For more information, visit https://www.baledoneen.com

The Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting -- the nation’s leading dental meeting and comprehensive source of continuing education in dentistry – announces the return of all-day programs for dental hygienists, assistants and office staff. Hinman 2018 will also host specialty courses provided by dental hygiene, dental assisting and dental practice experts from around the country.

“Hinman 2018 is the perfect opportunity for the entire dental team to learn about the latest developments and best practices in dentistry,” said Dr. Patrick Yancey III, General Chairman for Hinman 2018. “Dental hygienists, assistants and office staff can choose from more than 250 quality continuing education courses and attend professional networking and fun-filled social events, as well as visit an exhibit hall featuring nearly 400 companies.”

Courses for Entire Dental Team

Designed for the entire dental team, the New Product Showcase (Fr339) will be held on Friday, March 23 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Open to all attendees at no fee, 18 companies will present the latest products and services in an informative, non-commercial manner. In addition, all dental professionals are invited to “Women and Their Money,” led by Ms. Megan Brinsfield with Motley Fool Wealth Management. She will address why women are saving less, living longer and speaking the language of money less fluently than their male counterparts. This course (Sa366) is offered at 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at no charge. Hinman also is bringing back its popular all-day educational tracks designed for hygienists, assistants and office staff. These tracks include:

Prevention Convention

Hinman’s Prevention Convention (Th201) is designed primarily for dental hygienists, but is open to dentists, students and others as well. Held on Thursday, March 22 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., this all-day track includes the following sessions:

· “Think Outside the Mouth: Treatment Planning for Nonsurgical Periodontal Treatment,” Ms. Karen Davis, 8 - 9 a.m.

· “Communicating with Confidence,” Ms. Renee Graham, 9 - 10 a.m.

· “Change Your Thinking, Change Your Hygiene Appointment,” Ms. Sheri Kay, 10 – 11 a.m.

· “Hygiene Shouldn’t Be a Pain in the Neck,” Dr. Bethany Valachi, 12 – 1 p.m.

· “Oral and Tonsillar Cancer: The HPV Dichotomy,” Dr. John Kalmar, 1 - 2 p.m.

· “Hot Topics in Infection Control,” Ms. Nancy Dewhirst, 2 - 3 p.m.

Dental Assisting Extravaganza

Hinman’s Dental Assisting Extravaganza (Fr237) is designed primarily for dental assistants, but is open to dentists, students and others as well. Held on Friday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., this all-day track includes the following sessions:

· “Saying It Right the First Time,” Ms. Char Sweeney, 9 – 10:30 a.m.

· “The Team Approach to a Successful, Energized Dental Practice,” Ms. Jo-Anne Jones, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

· “Highway to Health: A Roadmap to Self-Managing Your Work-Related Pain,” Dr. Bethany Valachi, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

· “Assistant U: Top Products Every Assistant Uses,” Ms. Shannon Pace Brinker, 3 – 4:30 p.m.

Business Office Bonanza

Hinman’s Business Office Bonanza (Fr238) is designed primarily for dental office staff, but is open to dentists, students and others as well. Held on Friday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., this all-day track includes the following sessions:

· “The Gift of Connection,” Ms. Sheri Kay, 9 – 10:30 a.m.

· “Total Team Concept for Effective Scheduling,” Ms. Lois Banta, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

· “Recent Dental Code Changes: What Every Dentist Should Know About Dental Coding,” Dr. Gary Dougan, 1:30 – 3 p.m.

· “Why Patients Say ‘No!’,” Mr. Steven Anderson, 3 – 4:30 p.m.

To register and learn more about Hinman 2018, visit www.hinman.org.

Roland DGA has announced the introduction of two innovative DGSHAPE 5-axis dental milling machines: the DWX-52DCi automatic disc changer model, with new DWINDEX software for monitoring operations and productivity at a glance, and the DWX-52D with value-added upgrades to the industry-standard DWX-51D.

Since their introduction in 2010, DWX-series dental milling machines have gained widespread popularity, and in a recent Key Group study, Roland DGA was recognized as the overall market share leader in CAD/CAM systems for North America. DWX mills are known for their desktop size, user-friendliness, robust reliability and open architecture, which has contributed to the digitalization of dental restorations worldwide. The new DWX-52DCi and DWX-52D mills add exciting new features and capabilities that further automate and streamline workflow for maximum profitability and efficiency.

The DWX-52DCi features an Automatic Disc Changer (ADC) that optimizes productivity by storing up to six discs of different materials and enabling discs to be replaced automatically during milling. In addition, the DWX-52DCi supports new DWINDEX performance visualization software that provides reporting on operation time, materials used and other deliverables.

According to Dwight Blair, Roland DGA’s Dental Product Manager, DWINDEX was developed to simplify information gathering and decision making for busy lab managers. “This powerful software offers a host of useful tools, including features that make it easy to track material usage and determine when burs need to be replaced.”

Also joining the DGSHAPE product lineup is the new DWX-52D – a next-generation dental mill equipped with advanced features designed to help labs increase overall efficiency. The DWX-52D boasts a new snap-in clamp system that makes the setup of various materials faster and more secure, saving time and improving performance.

The DWX-52DCi and the DWX-52D incorporate the latest dental technologies available, including an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) for fully automated 5-axis milling of a wide range of materials, such as zirconia, PMMA, PEEK, CoCr Sinter Metal, fiber-reinforced resins, composites, and all other standard milling materials. Typical applications range from crown and bridge to surgical guides, denture bases and more. Both models feature rigid frame construction, automatic calibration, and other advanced features that ensure optimum performance, reliability and convenience.

Other noteworthy DWX-52DCi and DWX-52D features include a Virtual Machine Panel (VPanel), which allows users to quickly configure settings for up to four machines from a single computer for high-volume production, while also providing automatic calibration and other maintenance functions.

“Every feature and component of the DWX-52DCi and DWX-52D have been designed with the needs of our customers in mind,” noted Blair. “Because these state-of-the-art mills are so simple to install and use, they can be up and running for labs shortly after being taken out of the box. Both mills can be used with CAD/CAM software dental technicians are already familiar with, allowing for easy integration into existing workflows with a minimal learning curve.”

To learn more about the new DWX-52DCi, visit www.rolanddga.com/dwx52dci. For more information on the new DWX-52D, visit www.rolanddga.com/dwx52d. Information on the complete DGSHAPE by Roland product lineup can be found at www.rolanddga.com/dental.

The Argen Corporation has announced the promotions of Julie Woolf and Jeff Lowthorp. Julie has been promoted to Vice President, Sales Operations and Technology. Jeff has been promoted to Vice President, Business Development.

Julie Woolf leads the company’s Customer Care, Digital and Technical Support, Facilities, IT, and Web Development teams.

“With more 15 years of technology and systems integration experience, Julie has been the visionary in the development and deployment of our web platform, which has allowed Argen Digital to grow into the largest digital center serving dental laboratories worldwide and brought Argen.com to the forefront of the industry,” said Anton Woolf, CEO of Argen.

Julie joined Argen in 2012 as a consultant to implement Salesforce CRM at the organization. She quickly became an invaluable member of the Argen team and was instrumental in automating workflow processes and spearheading internal system improvements. Julie holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University.

Jeff Lowthorp is responsible for the development and release of new products and innovations for the dental laboratory industry.

“Jeff’s industry knowledge and pioneering vision are unparalleled. With more than 20 years of experience as a dental technician, educator, and executive leader within the dental industry, Jeff has helped Argen become the largest digital outsource center the world,” said Anton Woolf.

Jeff joined Argen in 2011 and has been a driving force in Argen’s growth and success. Jeff has spearheaded the development of Argen’s digital and ceramic portfolio, successfully launching a wide-array of products. His passion for quality and product excellence has led Argen to the forefront of manufacturing innovation. Jeff has been part of the dental laboratory industry since the early age of 15. He studied under the guidance of his father Chris Lowthorp, a 30-year CDT, recognized ceramic instructor, and crown and bridge lecturer.