Greta Lieske

Just because you’re meeting with your team every day, doesn’t always mean it’s accomplishing anything positive. In this video tip, Penny Reed of 

 tells you how to make Morning Huddle meetings more effective.

The main word is “intentional,” she says. Don’t just meet to meet. Have a plan, have a goal.

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Just because you’re meeting with your team every day, doesn’t always mean it’s accomplishing anything positive. In this video tip, Penny Reed of Penny Reed and Associates tells you how to make Morning Huddle meetings more effective.

How to make Morning Huddle meetings more effective [VIDEO]

 Variobase™ Abutment has been on the market for roughly a year, but Jorge Pages, marketing manager of Straumann USA digital solutions, says there are big changes coming. Variobase™ will soon be available as a stand-alone product, an abutment the laboratory can purchase.

 is a hybrid abutment with a titanium-alloy bonding base and customized zirconium dioxide coping, delivering the reliability of a titanium connection with the pleasing esthetics of a ceramic coping.

 “The surgeons who choose Straumann obviously choose it for the technology, the history, the warranty,” Pages says. “And laboratories want to partner with those surgeons and we have a way for them to do that now.”

Learn more about Straumann and the Variobase™ Abutment in the video below:

The Straumann® CARES® Variobase™ Abutment has been on the market for roughly a year, but Jorge Pages, marketing manager of Straumann USA digital solutions, says there are big changes coming. Variobase™ will soon be available as a stand-alone product, an abutment the laboratory can purchase.

Straumann® CARES® Variobase™ Abutment to soon be available as stand-alone product [VIDEO]

Dovetta Johnson of VOCO America introduces 

, a highly-filled, transparent fissure sealant with fluoride and light-curing.

Dovetta Johnson of VOCO America says the company’s newest sealant on the market, 

 has some features that are currently “unheard of” in the sealant market.

One of those features of the transparent fissure sealant is its 55-percent filled quality, plus the sealant releases fluoride.

“The beauty is, it gives the practitioner another option of treatment,” Johnson says. “They can now see the fissure floor using Control Seal.” She adds that all other sealants that gave practitioners the qualities they wanted were strictly opaque.

Learn more about VOCO’s Control Seal here:
	 

Dovetta Johnson of VOCO America introduces new Control Seal, a highly-filled, transparent fissure sealant with fluoride and light-curing.

VOCO’s new Control Seal transparent sealant allows practitioners to see fissure floor [VIDEO]

 from Coltene combines the various features of the Suvi® Premier and the Air Polisher into one versatile appliance that can be used for a wide range of ultrasonic and polishing treatments.

Dental Hygienist Shirley Gutkowski worked with Coltene for roughly two years on the development on the 

Working with Coltene, Gutkowski explains that the BioSonic® Suvi® Elite Plus was truly designed with the dental hygienist in mind.

“The No. 1 thing is that [Coltene] built this unit based on input from dental hygienists,” Gutkowski says. “The handpieces are thick and easily ergonomic, the sleeves come off … you can swap out the tips if you need to and there are over 60 different tips on the scaler side.”

She adds that the light on the working end is the “most outstanding” feature of the product.

“It really allows you to see what you’re doing and shows you where you’ve been.”

Learn more about the BioSonic® Suvi® Elite Plus with this exclusive product video:

The BioSonic® Suvi® Elite Plus from Coltene combines the various features of the Suvi® Premier and the Air Polisher into one versatile appliance that can be used for a wide range of ultrasonic and polishing treatments.

How Coltene’s BioSonic® Suvi® Elite Plus was designed with hygienists in mind [VIDEO]

Mike Schoen, marketing manager for Microflex, says the ideology of “a glove is just a glove” doesn’t exist at Microflex.

Microflex has the highest standards of manufacturing and testing, which he says is apparent in the company’s 

Schoen explains Neogard exam gloves exist of a new technology of Microflex’s design - these powder-free gloves are polymer-coated for easy donning and removal, while a chloroprene formulation and textured fingers provides comfort and reportedly exceptional tactile sensitivity in both wet and dry environments.

 that fits right in between nitrile and latex glove options, he says.

“It’s the best of both worlds. It gives users that are familiar with nitrile the strength and the ability to avoid latex protein sensitivities. On the opposite side, it gives latex users the ability to get the performance they expect from their glove.”

Learn more about Neogard Exam Gloves with this product video:

New Neogard exam gloves provide comfort and exceptional tactile sensitivity [VIDEO]

Do you see feelings of complacency present in your dental team members? Dr. John H. Jameson and Cathy Jameson of Jameson Management say it’s important to fight complacency head on in your dental practice in order to elevate the team as a whole.

“Some people don’t care about being anything more than average,” John H. Jameson says, adding that team members like this don’t usually leave their comfort zones or tackle new projects.

In order to fight complacency, Cathy and John tell you the skills you need to take your dental team to the next level of success. Watch the video tip now:

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Deb Byington, national sales manager at Brewer, says the nature of procedures dental clinicians perform on a daily basis puts them in a lot of awkward positions, which can take a toll on the body. 

 aims to alleviate some of that bodily stress with its advanced ergonomic tools.

Brewer develops products designed to protect the health, productivity and well-being of clinicians and patients.

“We studied all the procedures and the way the dentist moves,” explains Byington, “and the first saddle-style seat and the first forward tilting seat came out of that study.”

Learn more about the ergonomics behind Brewer seating in this video interview:

Deb Byington, national sales manager at Brewer, says the nature of procedures dental clinicians perform on a daily basis puts them in a lot of awkward positions, which can take a toll on the body. Brewer Ergonomic Dental Seating aims to alleviate some of that bodily stress with its advanced ergonomic tools.

How Brewer Ergonomic Dental Seating provides comfort, efficiency and safety for clinicians [VIDEO]

Jochen Kusch, executive vice president of 

, it’s the first time all the 3D information needed to create a dynamic virtual digital dental patient is all housed in one place.

In this video straight from the dental show floor, Kusch takes viewers through the workflow and features of Sirona 3D Imaging Solutions.

“What we have here is the real patient geometry, the real patient movement, the real patient occlusion, so there is no room for error,” he adds.

Jochen Kusch, executive vice president of SICAT, says with Sirona 3D Imaging Solutions, it’s the first time all the 3D information needed to create a dynamic virtual digital dental patient is all housed in one place.

How Sirona 3D Imaging Solutions create a dynamic virtual digital patient [VIDEO]

	With a fresh, new interface, Dentrix Ascend cloud-based practice management solution is said to pack the most advanced clinical, front office and business management capabilities into an easy and intuitive user experience.

	In this product video, Adam McDaniel, product manager for 

, gives you a brief overview of the features and benefits of the product.

Must read: The top 10 Dentrix features you probably aren't using

	He explains that with Dentrix Ascend, “it’s easy for [dental] offices to be able to customize their business environment to meet their patients’ needs.”

	Users gain the freedom to use whatever devices make sense for their practice-from PCs to iPads. It also provides a secure, Web-based architecture that gets better and smarter every time you log in. It provides instant access to the tools needed from any location, eliminating the need to buy and maintain hardware.

With a fresh, new interface, Dentrix Ascend cloud-based practice management solution is said to pack the most advanced clinical, front office and business management capabilities into an easy and intuitive user experience.

How Dentrix Ascend accommodates the management needs of any dental office

Rob Gochoel, director of sales and marketing at 

, says NSK has a complete array of handpiece options for any dental practice out there. But what he really wants to show off is 

NSK Dental’s new Ti-Max Z series of ultra premium air-turbine handpieces

“What doctors say about our products is that they get far better access and perform easier procedures because they can see what they are doing better - the neck dimensions are smaller, the head dimensions are smaller,” Gochoel says.

 is crafted from solid titanium-so it's lightweight, durable and corrosion-resistant - with the smallest head and slimmest neck to give you better visibility and posterior access.

Learn more about the Ti-Max Z series of air-turbine handpieces with this video overview:

You can experience a free trial of offered handpieces

Rob Gochoel, director of sales and marketing at NSK Dental, says NSK has a complete array of handpiece options for any dental practice out there. But what he really wants to show off is NSK Dental’s new Ti-Max Z series of ultra premium air-turbine handpieces.