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Ryan Hamm is the former Editorial Director for Dental Products Report and Digital Esthetics.

Articles

 DENTSPLY Implants now supports intraoral scanning for ATLANTIS patient-specific abutments using an iTero scanner.

A new intraoral scanning option for ATLANTIS abutments

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.  

By now everyone is well aware of the successes of IPS e.max, which has proven to deliver strong, esthetic restorations in all areas of the mouth. In fact, long-time prosthodontist Dr. Kenneth Malament, a world-renowned researcher and educator on all ceramics, says his choice is Ivoclar Vivadent’s ceramic  for all of his single unit restorations. But where this material really has a unique spot is in the posterior areas.

IPS e.max success story may make PFMs quite rare

Bryan Couch, DDS, doesn’t mince words when it comes to his experience with digital impressions and in-office CAD/CAM: “It’s the single most important tool I’ve purchased in 29 years of dentistry.”

On-Demand Webinar: Navigating digital impressions and CAD/CAM in the real world

 Innovation drives our profession and DLP wants to recognize the companies at the forefront.  In this Innovator Profile, DLP spoke with Ramon Flores, Senior Product Specialist at Amann Girrbach America, about their start-to-finish workflow. 

Innovator Profile: Amann Girrbach America

 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

Innovation drives our profession and DLP wants to recognize the companies at the forefront.  In this Innovator Profile, DLP spoke with Bernie Jarslow, CDT, Laboratory Product Manager for Whip Mix Corporation.  

Innovator Profile: Whip Mix

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.

 The relationship is well established: When a dentist needs restorations crafted, the work is outsourced to a dental lab. In most instances, the case leaves the dentist’s office for work across town – or maybe even across the country – coming back a few days or weeks later for final placement with the patient.

Bringing the dental lab in-house

 Innovation drives our profession and DLP wants to recognize the companies at the forefront.  In this Innovator Profile, DLP spoke with CAP CEO Rob Nazzal and President Bob Cohen about the newest developments at CAP.  

Innovator Profile: Custom Automated Prosthetics

 As more dental professionals adopt digital scanning, user experience is more important than ever. With that in mind, 3M Digital Oral Care has announced technological transformations to the 3M True Definition Scanner.

3M is bringing new technological innovations to its True Definition Scanner [VIDEO]

With more than 20 years in the dental publishing industry, Kevin Henry has guided the leading publications in the industry, including serving as the former group editorial director for 

. He now works as the co-founder for IgniteDA, a community designed to empower, enlighten, and educate dental assistants, and as director of marketing for Fortune Management, a coaching community dedicated to help dentists and teams have extraordinary practices and lives. He can be reached at kevinhenry@fortunemgmt.com.

I recently had the chance to talk to Dr. Jonathan Ferencz, a prosthodontist in New York City and the scientific chair of an upcoming conference on digital dentistry being held in Orlando, Fla.