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DPR sat down with Dr. Howard Golan, owner of BIOLASE products, to learn more about how their products are changing the digital workflow.     DPR: Why do you feel it’s important to have the best technology in your practice and how do you communicate some of this to your patients?

Innovator Profile: BIOLASE making the digital workflow efficient for dentists

 Strategy Milling©, a division of Atlantic Precious Metal Refining, has unveiled a special Facebook sweepstakes. Currently running on the Strategy Milling Facebook page, the Strategy Milling sweepstakes provides all participants a chance to win three FREE 2% Strategy-milled gold crowns.

Strategy Milling offering FREE 2% milled gold crowns in Facebook sweepstakes [VIDEO]

Endorsed by the King’s College London Dental Institute, Ivoclar Vivadent recently hosted the International Expert Symposium ‘The Quality of Esthetics’ in London. World-renowned specialists discussed the latest materials and advanced clinical concepts to an audience of 750 delegates.

Ivoclar Vivadent hosts 2nd International Expert Symposium in London

 Roland DGA Corp., a provider of dental CAD/CAM technologies, announced the availability of optional milling burs for the company’s DWX-50 and DWX-4 dental milling machines that allow these devices to mill VITA ENAMIC® hybrid ceramic and 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Ultimate CAD/CAM Restorative pin-type blocks.

Roland DGA unveils new burs for DWX mills that allow milling of VITA Enamic and 3M ESPE Lava Ultimate

 Whip Mix has introduced Vericore® Gradient Temp Discs for temporary milled restorations. Vericore® Gradient Temp is a multi-layered PMMA material.

Whip Mix introduces Vericore Gradient Temp Discs for temporaries

At a CAD/CAM media event that took place yesterday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sirona offered a preview of CEREC software 4.3, which will be available July, 1 2014.

Sirona CAD/CAM media event previews upgraded CEREC 4.3 software and more

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

 The Zenotec select mill is an extensive CAD/CAM system that is comprised of products and services for the entire digital processing chain. 

Why the Zenotec select mill is a mill for every situation

There are a large variety of in-office scanning systems out in the market and there seems to be little commonality in how digital files are handled by the dental practice. Core3daCADemy aims to help alleviate this confusion.

Webinar: Learn how to effectively handle digital files from the dentist

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.

In the ever-changing world of dental laboratories and technology, D&S Dental Laboratory in Waunakee, Wis., believes it has found the pathway to continued success by incorporating an all-digital strategy. 

How an all-digital workflow can save a lab time and money [VIDEO]

 Dentists and labs looking to deliver durable, esthetic indirect restorations have plenty of options. One such option is to work with Zirlux to deliver highly esthetic, full-contour restorations.