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IMILLING, a milling center for dental laboratories, has announced it now offers CAD/CAM equipment for sale, including milling machines and benchtop scanners.

IMILLING now offers CAD/CAM solutions

Dental Lab Products counts down its top 10 articles of 2015, as determined by readers.

The top 10 lab articles of 2015

Dental Lab Products revisits the five most-read step-by-step technique articles of 2015.

The top 5 dental lab techniques of 2015

Ryan Hamm, editor of Dental Lab Products, counts down the top 5 trends that affected the dental laboratory world in 2015.

The top 5 dental lab trends of 2015

John Flucke, DDS, is in private practice in Lee’s Summit, Mo. He also serves as chief clinical editor and technology editor for 

® and keeps an active blog filled with thoughts and tidbits on the world of technology at blog.denticle.com.

The progress of dentistry has been likened to a moving sidewalk where, if you are not moving forward, progress sweeps you backward. Time and again we have seen that you can make the best buggy whips in the world, but if no one is making buggies anymore, your company is doomed to failure.

3D CAD/CAM in the future of dentistry

On the opening day of its Power of Digital Dentistry Conference, Planmeca unveiled its new PlanScan with optional color capability and optimized scanning speed in the latest software update: PlanCAD 5.7.

Planmeca's PlanScan offers color and enhanced scanning speed

Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

In this cover story for Dental Lab Products, six leading lab voices explain 7 ways you can take your dental laboratory business to the next level.

7 ways to make your lab a successful business

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

As more and more practices bring at least some part of digital dentistry into their workflows, it has become critical for those investing in technology to know how to get the most out of it.

Why CAD/CAM education is so critical

Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, MADAA, is an expanded functions dental assistant/office manager in O'Fallon, Mo. She is the director of the Dental Careers Institute, member of the American Dental Assistants Association, where she holds a Master, an independent consultant specializing in team building, assistant training, and office organization. She can be reached at 

One DPR Editorial Advisory Board member shares some highlights from the recent CEREC 30, including the launch of new Sirona treatment centers

From Our Board: Treatment centers loaded with features

In this Tech Brief, Dental Lab Products explores how ETI Digital Technology's offerings of Dental Wings scanners can revolutionize the dental lab workflow.