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The dental industry is continually coming out with new products to improve everything from technique to diagnostics.

Top products of December

Ultradent Products Inc. introduced the Gemini™ 810 + 980 soft tissue laser, which is said to be dentistry’s first dual-wavelength soft tissue diode laser with 20 watts of peak super-pulsed power and a stunning, fully transparent electroluminescent display.

Ultradent introduces Gemini™ 810 + 980 soft tissue laser

Convergent Dental, Inc., a privately held dental device company, announced Solea®, the first FDA-cleared CO2 9.3-micron dental laser for hard and soft tissue, has also been cleared to perform osseous tissue procedures.

Convergent Dental announces FDA clearance of osseous tissue procedures for Solea at ADA 2015

The use of lasers in dentistry today has evolved from its beginnings in 1960.

3 cases showing the breakthrough of laser dentistry

The dental laser’s new features include a 1.00 mm-XC (coarse-cut) spot size, an improved 1.00 mm (standard-cut) spot size and the Solea Software 2.4.0 Automatic Software Upgrade feature.

Convergent Dental unveils new spot size, improved spot size and Solea software upgrade

We spoke to Dental Wings' CEO Michael Rynerson about these new innovations, how Dental Wings is supporting labs and what new innovations we can expect in the future.

How Dental Wings brings imaging innovation to dental labs

The North American dental lasers market was valued at $58.4 million in 2014 and is estimated to reach $90.7 million by 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 9.2 percent from 2014 to 2019, according to MicroMarket Monitor, which publishes 12,000 market research reports on micro markets annually..

Dental laser market projected to almost double in the next few years

 Q&A with Dr. Jose Marcano, DMD, Orlando, Fla.

Innovator Profile 2015: BIOLASE

 In 1347, 12 galleys docked at a Sicilian port after a long journey through the Black Sea. In medieval times, ships routinely left port and traveled to faraway lands to trade not just goods, but theologies, philosophies, technologies and culture.

COUNTERPOINT: Technology is great, but education remains the most important thing

 This much is clear: Laser dentistry is here to stay. And according to many observers, that’s a very good thing-lasers have enabled dentists to do new kinds of procedures and improve the healing time and efficiency of current procedures.

Laser Dentistry