 has announced they have acquired Enamelite, a company specializing in products using nano-particle size technology to produce spray ceramics and powders for dental use.

 says it has strengthened their role as a leading manufacturer for the dental industry, able to deliver more high-quality patented products that 

 has to offer while maintaining their well-known, quality reputation.

Read more about another recent acquisition by Keystone Industries

James Vinson, one of the main managing partners for Enamelite, 

, delivering a shock to the company and everyone that knew him. According to a press release, the partnership with Keystone Industries will ensure the legacy of Enamelite will continue. The Enamelite company structure will stay intact.

“The synergies of our fast paced growing profession worldwide demands new products as dentistry evolves into the future encouraging us to think outside the box and blend our technologies to stand the test of time.” said Phillip Pitts, Director of Technology Development at Enamelite. “We are very excited with this merger going forward knowing together we can accomplish great strides towards new innovations for all dental professionals.”

Related: Enamelite introduces Titanium Ceramic Bonding System

Enamelite will be headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

“At the end of the day, it’s about delivering a quality product at the best price to our customers. A quality product is exactly what Enamelite delivers, as shown through their effective product design and patented-technology. With our latest acquisition, we continue to diversify our offerings of innovative products and add experienced educated members to our team,” said Otto Voit, President of the Keystone Dental Group.

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 Keystone Industries has announced they have acquired Enamelite, a company specializing in products using nano-particle size technology to produce spray ceramics and powders for dental use.

Keystone Industries acquires Enamelite

A part of the Zenotec select series of dental mills from 

, the Zenotec select hybrid is engineered to be distinguished by its precision and productivity, combining five-axis simultaneous operation with the advantages of automated manufacturing and compact design. The automatic material changer manages up to eight patented IPS e.matrix™ multiholders at a time, each of which holds up to six millable blocks, offering a high level of productivity for IPS e.max labs. Additionally, the Zenotec select hybrid can mill dry materials such as Zenostar, and free backup milling is offered while the machine is under warranty.

5-axis operation designed to make complicated designs a simple process

16-position tool changer automatically changes tools and switches out worn for new tools

The IPS e.matrix can hold up to six millable blocks of different sizes, for either single- or multi-unit restorations

Can be combined with the Zenotec cyclon and the Zenotec hydro to create a clean, dust-free milling environment     

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The IPS e.matrix, which can hold up to six millable blocks.     

 The Zenotec select hybrid is the new milling system exclusively developed for IPS e.max CAD and IPS Empress CAD.

The new mill designed exclusively for IPS e.max CAD

, has released a new version with its 4.0 update.

The 4.0 is designed to provide complete and more powerful wax-up functions, thanks to new “mirror” management functions. Moreover, the software now includes implant library customization and automatic features (including the “collar” algorithm and the “adjust thickness” algorithm), all changes engineer to place DentalCAD at the same level of the big market players.

Related: Increase implant work with a digital workflow

Thanks to its analysis tools, which guide the user within the modeling constraints, manual operations reportedly can be reduced significantly. At the same time, the complete set of deformation and sculpture tools as well as the new model tree-implemented with different work classification criteria (i.e. tree view, type view, etc.)-are designed to allow technicians to perfectly perform even manual activities in digital mode, reducing time and costs.

Another new feature of DentalCAD 4.0 is the function “Be Social!”. This powerful social tool allows you to share your projects on Facebook in order to demonstrate the craft and skill of the dental profession.

Read why some practices are bringing labs in-house

, made to be compatible with any file or dental scanner. Designed for an intuitive use with a very low learning curve, the new 4.0 update allows all users to optimize the results of each operation.

 DentalCAD, the CAD software from EGS, has released a new version with its 4.0 update.

DentalCAD from EGS introduces new CAD features to help efficiency and quality

 announced the portfolio expansion of its 

These bars are designed to offer ideal restorations for fully edentulous patients and provide treatment flexibility on implant level or abutment level restorations and individual customization.

Related: Straumann CARES brings new options to bars and bridges

 offers a direct connection to implants and delivers a one-piece solution milled to your specifications. The Straumann CARES Basic Fixed Bar has a sandblasted surface to save time with no visible metal and can be wrapped in acrylic, allowing for reline if desired. CARES Basic Fixed Bar is a cost efficient alternative to a ceramic veneered bridge and an ideal fixed solution for ongoing tissue management. These new offerings are intended to provide innovative implant borne solutions through a broader spectrum of product and material solutions that optimize workflows and allow labs to adapt to the speed of technology.

Steve Sheehan, Vice President of Straumann’s Lab Division North America, commented: “According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, there are more than 30 million Americans that are missing all their teeth in one or both jaws. Dental laboratories need to be able to restore these cases with the functionality, esthetics and long-term stability today’s patients demand. Scan & Shape gives every dental laboratory access to original CARES bar solutions. We are very pleased to address our customers’ needs with new bar designs and additional fixed edentulous solutions-that will give labs the opportunity to provide economical, efficient and high quality solutions.”

 to make their CARES system even more available

The Scan & Shape Service is for dental laboratories that do not own a 

 but want to facilitate design of original Straumann CARES restorations for their referring clinicians. Technicians submit a wax-up abutment or traditional stone model to the Arlington, Texas facility, where CDTs scan the information and send the digital design file back to the laboratory for approval prior to milling. Scan & Shape expanded earlier in 2014 to include an Online Service for ordering, editing, and file sharing for 

 will be added to the Online Service at a later date.

 Straumann® announced the portfolio expansion of its Scan & Shape Service for dental laboratories to include new CARES® Milled and Basic Fixed Bar Solutions.

How even labs without a CAD/CAM system can still access Straumann CARES Bar Solutions [VIDEO]

	There are so many things to pay attention to in your dental laboratory that it can be easy to overlook something that can have a huge impact: privacy. If you don't keep an eye on some common privacy pitfalls, it can put your whole business in jeopardy.

Don't let that happen! Check out these top five privacy pitfalls, and how you can avoid them-it can help make sure your dental lab doesn't fall into some of these traps, protecting you, your business and your relationships with clients.

1. Not electronically guarding patient info

If you’ve gone all digital with cases you’re receiving from dentists, you’re no doubt enjoying the benefits of having the ability to immediately receive a case and conduct nearly instant case consultations with the clinician. But, electronic records and cases also bring new ways to breach privacy. It’s very easy to leave open a file on a computer that someone shouldn’t have access to, or on a screen that a patient or employee walking by might be able to see. Being able to take digital files everywhere on a mobile device may be convenient, but don’t forget that it makes it easier for other people to see something they perhaps shouldn’t.

Related: Top 4 Reasons to Keep Your Data in the Cloud

If you’re not using a secure email service to ensure your email is encrypted and not vulnerable to outside readers, then your entire business is at serious risk of breaking privacy laws. Make sure your emails are secured, and don’t send anything that you don’t think should be read by others over common services like Gmail, Yahoo! or provider-based email.

3. Not having social media policies for staff

Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. The list of social media options seems to grow by the day. And if you’re not careful, your staff may be using these tools in ways that can expose your lab to liabilities. They might accidentally release a patient’s name, or reveal enough about a case that an observer could guess the patient. Put a policy in place that either restricts social media in the workplace or eliminates it entirely.

If you’re like many labs, you keep many files and purchase orders on hand in physical form. In general, this is fine (and prevents electronic security breaches) ... but what are you doing to keep those files safe? Even if you think the files aren’t confidential, chances are they at least include a patient name or some identifying photographs. 

 in a locked location and make sure that only those people who need to access them have that access.

Click here to read about the security information you NEED to know

You probably have great relationships with peers in the lab world, either via electronic communication or face-to-face interactions. But be careful when you’re collaborating (especially casually online or via email) that you’re not accidentally revealing personal information about a patient to someone who doesn’t need to know about it. 

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 There are so many things to pay attention to in your dental laboratory that it can be easy to overlook something that can have a huge impact: privacy. If you don't keep an eye on some common privacy pitfalls, it can put your whole business in jeopardy.

The top 5 privacy pitfalls—and how to avoid them

 has announced it is expanding with the inclusion of another dental laboratory into its network of labs. 

Following on its recent acquisitions of Dynamic Dental Laboratory (Lethbridge, Alberta) and Creative Dental Lab (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), the management and staff of Aurum Ceramic/Classic Dental Laboratories has also brought Hub Dental Lab into the 

. The Aurum Group currently has 15 laboratory locations across North America.

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Operating under the names Aurum Ceramic Dental Laboratories (Lethbridge) Co. ; Aurum Ceramic Dental Laboratories (PEI) Inc; and Hub Dental Lab Ltd (A member of the Aurum Group of Companies), this move is intended to add the broad capabilities of the Aurum Group in materials, technology and technique to each location’s current full service product offerings.

Product news: How Aurum is using e.max in its A.M.I.S. bridge system

“We look forward to continuing to provide the same great levels of local service and commitment to quality you have come to expect from these laboratories in each of these markets”, says Hans J. (Hyo) Maier, President, Aurum Ceramic Dental Laboratories, “We’re thrilled to have them become part of our team across North America.”

 Aurum Group has announced it is expanding with the inclusion of another dental laboratory into its network of labs. 

Aurum Ceramic adds new lab to its locations around North America

	If you're looking for a a new mixing tray solution, 

 believes it has a new option for your lab. 

 from Smile Line USA is engineered with either a transparent or frosted glass slab. The mixing slab utilizes cellulose strips, inserted vertically in six slots. The glass slab reportedly offers your 

 masses the ideal surface tension for excellent pick up comfort with your brush. The strips are designed to absorb the moisture from the reservoir and bring it to the surface, keeping your porcelain at right consistency for several days.

Related article: Smile Line USA's plan to help you use your smartphone for lab work

Because of the vertical stable position, the strips help your porcelain to not to slip away. For the technician who loves their glass slab for build-up techniques, the Wet’n’Dry EVO 3 provides them the benefit of traditional methods with a system to increase efficiency through moisture strips. Each tray has a drawer in front for stains and is supplied with modeling liquid and 50 absorption strips.

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npacking how Ceramill Sintron can help revolutionize PFMs

 If you're looking for a a new mixing tray solution, Smile Line USA believes it has a new option for your lab. 