Michael Quirk

From practice management solutions to adhesives, this week’s product roundup offers dental practitioners a slew of multifaceted products and services designed to increase performance and make life easier.  Click on the links below to find out more about the product:

Carestream Dental’s CS OrthoTrac Cloud is a web-based practice management tool designed to streamline workflows; organize a safe, secure, always-accessible, and HIPAA-compliant database, plus much more.

Patient education is difficult – why not get some help? Pentron’s Strada features discussion boards, forums, news articles, infographics, videos and more to give dental practitioners a hand in keeping their staff informed and educating patients.

This 3M ESPE product isn’t necessarily new, but it keeps garnering attention as dentists and dental practitioners discover clinical success while using it.  Click the link above to watch a patient demonstration of a dental crown procedure, plus get $50 off a Lava Ultimate Restorative.

Recommended for IPS e.max users, Ivoclar Vivident’s upgraded Multilink Automix system offers an improved adhesive formula that offers less mess and better strength plus try-in pastes, a new shade and convenient room temperature storage.

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From practice management solutions to adhesives, this week’s product roundup offers dental practitioners a slew of multifaceted products and services designed to increase performance and make life easier.  Click on the links below to find out more about the product: 

Catch up with the week’s newest dental product launches – May 3rd, 2013

, a DPR-powered practice management resource for the entire dental team.

At its heart, Dental Practice Management is a dental business website with a twist.  Instead of segmenting content to reach particular specialties of dental practitioners, DPM recognizes that truly successful dental practices are the result of the concerted effort of everyone on the team.  For dentists, DPM provides actionable business information – 

, and much more – they can use to steer themselves and their team toward maximum productivity and help them fully realize their potential.  For other members of the dental team, DPM serves as guide for non-clinical issues they often encounter in the dental office: how to resolve conflict in the workplace, deal with upset patients, or handle romance in the workplace, to name just a few.

By working with its sister publications – 

 – Dental Practice Management is able to offer dental practices a balanced look at new angles for success. And by tapping successful dentists for advice, DPM offers an inside look at the “secrets” of successful, harmonious and productive dental practices everywhere.

In addition to advice and actionable content, the site includes valuable 

 that visitors can download, as well as a variety of 

 to benefit the entire dental team. Plus, the best practice management consultants in the industry are on DPM’s roster of regular contributors.

“I am extremely proud of this effort. Our team has created a destination site that will model best practices in online reader engagement,” said John Schwartz, VP and General Manager for Advanstar Dental Media. “In its heyday, Dental Practice Report was a trusted and exciting resource for dental professionals. In this new incarnation, we deliver on longstanding audience demand in a fresh way that sets the tone for many of our digital efforts to come. This is just the beginning.”

The digital launch of DPM comes on the heels of a major print milestone for Advanstar Dental Media: the 

 – an impressive 152 pages – is its largest issue in five years.

 to check out Dental Practice Management, or 

 to get practice management tips and advice delivered straight to your inbox.

As part of its expanding media network, Advanstar Dental Media recently launched Dental Practice Management, a DPR-powered practice management resource for the entire dental team.

Dental Practice Management: tips, tools and actionable business advice

What with your patients' supply of Halloween candy running out, good news is afoot for those with a sweet tooth - there is still a way to get a chocolate fix 

In a study released at the recent ADA Annual Session in New Orleans, 

 demonstrates how a naturally occurring cacao extract called Rennou™ in its eponymous toothpaste actually works better than fluoride to restore and repair enamel.  

The independent, double blind clinical trial of 80 patients compares the enamel strengthening potential of Theodent toothpaste, containing Rennou, to fluoride-based toothpastes by studying both products’ facility in repairing and re-mineralizing exposed dentin, the leading cause of hypersensitivity.

The study found that patients who brush with Rennou-containing Theodent twice daily for seven days experienced 100% dental occlusion, meaning that dental tubules of tooth dentin were re-mineralized or repaired.

The % of completely occluded tubules after twice daily use of the four dentifrices for 1, 2, 3 and 7 days. T1=Theodent--?Classic(R), T2 = Sensodyne 5000(R) Nupro, T3 = Colgate regular™ and T4 = Theodent--?Classic(R) with Fluoride. Letters compared the efficacy of the four toothpastes at each usage time point (1, 2, 3 & 7 days). Different letters (a, b, c, d) denote significantly different (p<0.05) % of completely occluded tubules, while similar letters means not significantly different. Symbols (*, **, γ, β) compared the efficacy of the same toothpaste after different lengths (1, 2, 3 & 7 days) of usage. C & d compares T2 and T4 after 3 days use of product. Different symbols denote significantly different (p<0.05) % of completely occluded tubules, while similar symbols means not significantly different.

“This clinical trial illustrates the dramatic effect of Theodent after just one week. Theodent goes to work occluding dentinal tubules after the first day of use with significant benefits in just seven days,” said Theodent CEO Dr. Arman Sadeghpour. “The comparison to toothpastes containing fluoride – one as much as 5,000 ppm – validates what our research has shown all along: that Rennou, the active ingredient in Theodent, is more effective and safer than fluoride, which can be toxic if ingested.”

The study was performed by noted clinical researcher Dr. Bennett Amaechi, director of Cariology at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, and funded by a research grant from Theodent.  Head here for a full copy of the clinical trial.

For more information about Theodent, or to place an order, head to 

What with your patients' supply of Halloween candy running out, good news is afoot for those with a sweet tooth - there is still a way to get a chocolate fix and keep your teeth healthy.

ADA Annual Session: Study reveals Theodent offers a chocolate fix and repairs enamel better than fluoride [VIDEO]

Kasey Pitillo, a mother and 13-year dental industry veteran, recently launched 

, a line of dental products for babies that are said to be safe, gentle and all natural.

For example, non-fluoridated Happy Teeth Natural Baby Toothpaste includes Xylitol – a natural, cavity-preventing sweetener – but avoids harsh abrasives and artificial flavors, preservatives and colors. Other products include the Pure Baby Toothbrush by Radius and a Complete Pack with toothbrush and toothpaste.  Additional products are planned for late 2013, including tooth and gum wipes.

As a supplement to the products, Happy Teeth also offers a resource center with educational materials that teaches parents simple ways to make teeth and gum cleaning fun for their baby.  Interactive tools include a “How to Make Tiny Teeth Happy” e-book as well as educational videos and a downloadable sing-along jingle. 

For more information about Happy Teeth, or to place an order, email in@gethappyteeth.com or head to www.gethappyteeth.com.

Kasey Pitillo, a mother and 13-year dental industry veteran, recently launched Happy Teeth™, a line of dental products for babies that are said to be safe, gentle and all natural.

Happy Teeth offers safe, natural baby dental products and helpful educational resources [VIDEO]

New Enamelast fluoride varnish is said to be nearly invisible against teeth, and does not leave an unsightly, uncomfortable and gritty residue. 

Also, it features a patented adhesion-promoting agent designed to enhance retention, reportedly making it easier for patients to receive the full benefits of the varnish.  Plus, Enamelast’s silky texture makes it more comfortable to wear for longer periods of time, allowing for maximum fluoride uptake. 

Enamelast comes in unit-dose blister packs or syringe and tip application.  Each blister pack comes with a prefilled well and applicator brush, which allows the practitioner to dip the brush in the well and paint varnish on the teeth.  On the other hand, the syringe lets clinicians express Enamelast through the SoftEZ tip directly on the tip for quick application.

For more information about Enamelast fluoride varnish, call Ultradent at 1-800-552-5512 or head to 

Enamelast fluoride varnish offers high uptake in a comfortable patient experience

Introduced at the recent ADA Annual Session in New Orleans, 

 new CS Solution for CAD/CAM restorations is said to offer dental practitioners the ability to scan, design, mill, and place a restoration in a single appointment.

Said to require minimal training, the product line provides a light guidance system throughout image capture, as well as intuitive design capabilities and step-by-step milling instructions.  Also, CS Solutions is an open system, so dental practices may use the product line comprehensively or as a standalone solution.

CS 3000 – a milling machine that provides a 4-axis brushless motor that produces reportedly high quality restoration at +/- 25 um accuracy.  The average milling time is less than 15 minutes, which allows dentists to offer single-appointment restorations.

For more information about CS Solutions, or to request a demonstration, call 1-800-777-2072 or head to 

Watch the video below to find out why Dr. Cacioppo endorses CS Solutions’ new CAD/CAM restoration product line

Introduced at the recent ADA Annual Session in New Orleans, Carestream Dental’s new CS Solution for CAD/CAM restorations is said to offer dental practitioners the ability to scan, design, mill, and place a restoration in a single appointment.

How to get accurate, high quality restorations in a single appointment with CS Solutions’ complete product line for CAD/CAM [VIDEO]

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The ADA Annual Session as told through Twitter

President Clinton’s hour-long address hit upon a wide range of issues, including humanitarianism, poverty, congressional gridlock, the efforts of the Clinton Global Initiative, the Affordable Care Act, and more. 

Central to his entire message, though, was the responsibility of those in the medical professions to use the broad range of resources available to them to help alleviate the negative effects on inequality.  According to Clinton, dental professionals are uniquely positioned to diminish gaps in equality due to the health and social benefits their charitable work provides in underserved and impoverished areas of the globe.

Humanitarianism fills the gap between what the private sector can do and the public sector can provide,” said Clinton. “We are living with all of these potential benefits [provided by citizenship in an information-rich and technologically advanced society]; almost every one of you has reaped one or more of these benefits. But there are also problems with this intermittent work: it is first of all too unequal to be sustainable.  Unequal access to education, healthcare, capital, jobs.”

Prior to President Clinton’s address, outgoing ADA president Dr. Robert Faiella presented a humanitarianism award to Dr. Sherwin R. Shinn for his work with the 

 – one of the world’s humanitarian dental projects that serves 15,000 Jamaicans every year.  At the top of his speech, President Clinton pointed to Dr. Shinn as an example of the theme of his speech.

ADA Annual Session: Bill Clinton urges dental practitioners to help eliminate the negative effects of inequality

At last week's annual session of the American Dental Association, 

 held a celebration and special toast recognizing the 15th anniversary of 

Guests at the event were comprised of Waterlase dentists and Biolase executives, including President and Chief Operating Officer Alexander K. Arrow, who led guests through a short presentation of the groundbreaking laser’s origins and gave the toast.

After the toast, DPR Group Editorial Director Kevin Henry talked to 

 of Costa Mesa, Calif. about the effect Waterlase has had on her practice and the positive reception it receives from her patients.  Watch the entire conversation below:

At last week's annual session of the American Dental Association, Biolase held a celebration and special toast recognizing the 15th anniversary of Waterlase technology.

ADA Annual Session: Biolase toasts to 15 years of Waterlase [VIDEO]

At last week's American Dental Association Annual Session in New Orleans, DPR stopped by the 

 booth to get a demonstration of the Isovac, a new dental isolation adapter the company launched at the event.

The new adapter provides the standard HVE with the ability to use the entire family of Isolite mouthpieces.  The Isovac offers identical control of the oral cavity and safety as the Isolite and Isodry systems, but is designed to replace the HVE at the hose.  The adapter's design is said to make it easy disinfect and clean, plus it's ideal for SRP, ultrasonic scaling, sealants, and more.

Watch the video below to see the Isovac dental isolation adapter in action:

At last week's American Dental Association Annual Session in New Orleans, DPR stopped by the Isolite Systems booth to get a demonstration of the Isovac, a new dental isolation adapter the company launched at the event.