Zubler USA has announced the VARIO S400 Sintering oven is now available. The furnace is the result the CAD/CAM enginee?ring expertise of Dental Concept Systems combined with the experienced furnace engineers at Zubler in Germany.

The importance of the sintering process during the manufacture of restorations from zirconium oxide has long been underestimated. New pre-sintering staining options and an increased variety of materials reportedly require more complex processing options that few sintering furnaces on the market can handle. The VARIO S400 is designed to address these complex processing needs with proven and advanced technology.

Some of the reported features of the VARIO S400 include:

 High Purity Molybdenum Disilicide Speed Heating Elements manufactured with the same high quality standards, in the same type of controlled environment used in semiconductor manufacturing. This is said to be important for consistency in heat dispersion and element.

 The software and firing chamber design enable a linear cooling to prevent chipping, micro-fractures and cracks in zirconia ceramics.

 Zubler's Power Failure Control feature recognizes when a power failure has occurred during the running of a program and continues the program once power is restored.

 Clean, easy to maintain and tough, Zubler's safety glass touch panel with color display allows for dependable, easy and safe usage for years to come. The new panels are equipped with LED Backlight displays for broader viewing angles and  long lifespans. 

Designed with some of the same feature and capabilities as some of Zubler's other ceramic oven lines, the USB connectivity feature allows for easy access to new programs and software updates. 

		Efficient sintering times via Speed heating and cooling phases

		Preset and safe sintering programs with free programmability for speed sintering and traditional programs

		Process reliability via Power Fail Control with automatic re-sintering in case of energy loss

		Open programming architecture to address the needs of future materials

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 Zubler USA has announced the VARIO S400 Sintering oven is now available. The furnace is the result the CAD/CAM enginee?ring expertise of Dental Concept Systems combined with the experienced furnace engineers at Zubler in Germany.

A cutting edge new sintering furnace for zirconia

 has announced that dental users of 3Shape systems will soon be able to access the implant lines from DENTSPLY Implants in connection with 3Shape Implant Studio™.

Dentists, implantologists and dental technicians virtually access implant systems when using Implant Studio software. Professionals will be able to choose implants from DENTSPLY Implants, then plan the implant procedure based on 

’ precise specifications. The DENTSPLY Implants library includes all implants from 

“We are glad to add the DENTSPLY Implants’ renowned and widely used family of implant lines to the implant systems now available in connection with Implant Studio™,” says Flemming Thorup, CEO at 

. “Providing easy-access to leading implant systems, such as those from DENTSPLY Implants, is helping to make Implant Studio the most attractive implant solution for dental professionals.”

Implant Studio enables implant professionals to plan and perform implant procedures based on the patient’s prosthetics and overall clinical situation. Implant Studio is designed to allow dental labs to deliver the complete implant package including components and surgical guides, while helping dentists to provide a full range of implant treatments to their patients.

Dental professionals will have access to DENTSPLY Implants as part of the upcoming release of 3Shape Implant Studio 2015. The software is scheduled for release in August of 2015.

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Users wishing to benefit from the opportunity should contact their 3Shape distributor for more information on how to access the libraries.  

 3Shape has announced that dental users of 3Shape systems will soon be able to access the implant lines from DENTSPLY Implants in connection with 3Shape Implant Studio™.

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 has announced a distribution partnership agreement with 

, the large dental supply distribution company in Pennsylvania that serves more than 35,000 dental professionals.

 partnership,” says Marco Ratz, CEO of Amann Girrbach. “Benco Dental and Amann Girrbach have been in discussions for quite some time. Both companies have grown and evolved at such an accelerated rate in the past few years and we feel now is the perfect opportunity to focus our combined energies on delivering the right set of solutions to the market. The technology is ever-changing and we have seen a shift in the market; we are well equipped to mutually support it.”

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“In meetings over the past several months, we have realized that we have the right people in both organizations, with the right expertise, to deliver a robust set of open solutions to our diverse customer base,” says Paul Jackson, VP of Marketing for Benco Dental. “Our agreement with Amann Girrbach affords both companies the chance to meet the needs of the dentist and the lab with leading edge equipment and materials.”

“When reviewing solutions to offer to our customers and prospects, we feel that Amann Girrbach, with their open architecture, truly allows for a seamless integration of digital function for doctors. Not only that, but no matter the size of the lab, we are confident that Amann Girrbach’s full product line is uniquely suited to any need or sophistication,” adds Mark Nelson, 

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“We realize that supporting the U.S. market is about more than just providing a full line of integrated solutions to our customers and prospects-it is about relationships, service and continuous dialogue with our customers to continue to innovate to meet demand. We are fortunate to have a greater reach to the voice of the customer through our distribution partners. Their feedback continues to fuel the innovation of our R&D team in Koblach, Austria-one of the largest in the industry-and we are excited to continue to innovate and deliver solutions to the market,” notes Kat Dunham, Director of Operations and Service at Amann Girrbach America, Inc.

Kat Dunham, Director of Operations and Service Amann Girrbach America; Georg Eickhoff, President Amann Girrbach America; Marc Nelson, CAD/CAM Product Manager Benco Dental; Jacob Epelbaum, Sales Manager Amann Girrbach America.

 Amann Girrbach has announced a distribution partnership agreement with Benco Dental, the large dental supply distribution company in Pennsylvania that serves more than 35,000 dental professionals.

Amann Girrbach products now available through Benco Dental

Whether the millions of people who sit in a dentists’ chair each year know it or not, dental technicians are a key part of the workflow that gets restorations into their mouths. There are over 100,000 dentists in the United States-and yet, all of those 

 and more come from only 35,320 dental technicians.

	Whether the millions of people who sit in a dentists’ chair each year know it or not, dental technicians are a key part of the workflow that gets restorations into their mouths. There are over 100,000 dentists in the United States-and yet, all of those 

the most recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 (and don’t reflect self-employed dental technicians, so the actual number is likely somewhat higher). The report drills down into some great data about the dental lab world. Want to know how much lab technicians make, on average? Want to know where most technicians call home? Want to know where dental technicians make the most? Read on …

How much are dental lab technicians making?

: In the United States, of the 35,320 people who identified as “dental laboratory technician,” the average annual wage was $40,140.  That’s over $7,000 less than the national average yearly wage among all job-holders. On average, dental technicians made $19.30 per hour, which is more than three dollars less than the national average (at 

, anesthesiologists made a stunning $118.42 per hour on average!).

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Compared to the rest of the dental team, dental technicians fall somewhere near the middle- to lower-end. At the top, dentists make a little over $82 per hour on average (around $171,000 annually), while Dental Assistants make (on average) $17.43 per hour or $36,260 annually. Dental hygienists make more than dental technicians, with a hygienist making $34.60 per hour on average (which works out to $71,970 annually).

dental technicians who work in dentists’ offices

 make a bit more than the national average-$19.69 per hour ($40,960 annually). Technicians who work in a more traditional lab setting and say their industry is “medical equipment and supplies manufacturing” actually make less than the national average for dental technicians, at $19.03 per hour.

So where are dental technicians making the most money-and where are they just barely getting paid?

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California has (by far) the most dental technicians of any state in the United States. 4,600 technicians work there, compared with 2,900 in Florida and 2,200 in Texas, the second and third most, respectively. Of California’s nearly 5,000 dental technicians, over 1,000 of them work in the Los Angeles area. The region with the second-highest density of dental technicians is Atlanta, though Georgia does not rank in the top five of number of dental technicians. Comparatively, North Dakota only has 170 dental technicians state-wide, and Montana only has 180! 

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There is not necessarily a correlation between how many dental technicians there are and how much they are paid. For instance, though Alaska ranks in the bottom 10 states in terms of number of dental technicians (only 70 report living in The Last Frontier!), the technicians laboring in Alaska make, on average, $26.05, nearly seven dollars above the national average. On average, dental technicians in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Montana also make significantly more than the national average. For instance, in the Rochester, N.Y. area, dental technicians make an average hourly wage of $28.84 (an average annual salary of just under $60,000).

So what does all of this mean? Well, the good news-salaries in 2014 were higher 

! There was about a $1,500 increase in annual salary for dental technicians. And in the

 before the most recent survey, salaries for dental technicians have risen roughly $2,500.

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But there’s also some not-so-good news. If the trends are accurate, the U.S. government is also reporting shrinkage in terms of the number of dental technicians out there. In 2009, there were 40,480 dental technicians. 

 there were over 45,000 dental laboratory technicians in the United States. That number fell to 36,790 in 2012-2013, and fell to 2014’s 35,320.

 bad news-that could mean people retired, or it could be a sign of increasing mergers in the industry that come with transitions for some technicians to managerial or specialty roles. But it does suggest there are fewer technicians than before-which might mean there’s more work to be had, or that there isn’t enough work to support the number of laboratory technicians. Over a five-year period (2009-2014), the number of general dentists rose from 

, so there should still be dental demand, but perhaps the advent of 

 and other clinic-side technologies put the number of dental technicians in flux. The next few years will be telling.

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Additionally, it’s interesting to see that Montana and Alaska both remain on the 

 for dental laboratory technicians from 2009-2014. Perhaps there’s a need there that isn’t quite being met-there are so few technicians that pay seems to be higher in those states than elsewhere with very high concentration of laboratories. 

 to see where your region ranks for pay-and if there are other regions close by that might have greater demand.

Overall, this snapshot of the wage and labor landscape is a mixed bag for the dental laboratory industry. It shows an industry working to reverse a decline, trying to stop a loss of 10,000 industry jobs in the last decade. It also shows an industry that’s growing slowly in terms of pay. Finally, it shows the lab technicians position on the dental team is somewhere in the middle in terms of wages.

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The lab industry will need to grapple with these realities, and figure out what equipment, services and education might be necessary to stem the tide of job constriction and to continue the growth of salaries. With some continued hard work, and the rapidly growing number of dentists, perhaps dental laboratory technicians can reclaim the market and remind the entire dental team how valuable technician work really is. 

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Whether the millions of people who sit in a dentists’ chair each year know it or not, dental technicians are a key part of the workflow that gets restorations into their mouths.

Hourly and annual salary numbers for dental laboratory technicians

	Dental technicians must be able to depend on separating and trimming discs when trimming different materials. Renfert’s Dynex separating and trimming discs are designed to fill that need.

The company is extending its range from eight to 22 high-tech discs with which the user reportedly can process virtually all dental materials exactly and material-friendly. With the new full Dynex range, the user now always has the correct separating and trimming disc available for every indication and every material such as ceramics, lithium disilicate, titanium, precious and non-precious restorations and more.

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The three Dynex Brilliant discs facilitate customized separation and trimming of all-ceramic materials such as lithium disilicate, zirconia and hybrid materials while the new Dynex Titanium discs also enable precise cutting and processing with abutments, bars and frameworks fabricated from titanium and titanium alloys. And with 17 discs for precious metal, non-precious metal and CrCo alloys, dental technicians have a wealth of options. 

Dynex discs demonstrate a cutting speed of up to 300 km/h and a high concentricity. The ultra-thin instruments also reportedly prevent high material loss, particularly with precious-metal alloys. Thanks to their material composition with cross-cut glass-fiber reinforcement, they have high flexural and fracture resistance-for less vibration and heat build-up, and increased precision and user-friendliness. This is also engineered to allow sensitive high-performance ceramics to be separated gently, without leaving cracks and chipping on the restoration. 

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As the reinforcement of the disc core is completely fused with the carrier material, the instruments are said to be exceptionally robust, durable and flexible with minimal self-wear. 

The eight exisiting and 14 new Dynex separating and trimming discs are available in different diameters and thicknesses. For more information, visit 

 Dental technicians must be able to depend on separating and trimming discs when trimming different materials. Renfert’s Dynex separating and trimming discs are designed to fill that need.

New separating and trimming discs can handle a variety of materials

 for CAD/CAM milling of temporary and permanent crowns, bridges, abutments and bars.

The newest products added include Ultra Translucent Zirconia (multi-layer, pre-shaded, or white option), a soft chrome cobalt that reportedly can be milled in any open milling system requiring the 98mm with step disc, and the sintering oven used for sintering the milled soft CoCr units.

Empire Dental Solutions has also brought on a line of accessories. A full line of staining liquids for dipping and painting of the Ultra Translucent, High Translucent, and Substructure Zirconias, as well as a variety of German-made Kolinsky Sable brushes are engineered to ensure, fast, easy and consistent zirconia crowns and bridges.  

Empire is also a provider of multi-layer PMMA, monochromatic PMMA in 16 VITA Shades, Grade 5 Titanium, Type 4 Chrome Cobalt, milling wax and a variety of rotary tools. Our products are easy to use and are available for use in most milling systems.

For more information on these or any other products, visit 

 Empire Dental Solutions has announced they now offer the White Peaks Dental product line for CAD/CAM milling of temporary and permanent crowns, bridges, abutments and bars.

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A cutting edge new sintering furnace for zirconia

3Shape adds DENTSPLY Implants to implant software

Amann Girrbach products now available through Benco Dental

Hourly and annual salary numbers for dental laboratory technicians

New separating and trimming discs can handle a variety of materials

White Peaks Dental products now available from Empire Dental Solutions