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

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The Straumann® CARES® Variobase™ Abutment is a hybrid abutment with a titanium-alloy bonding base and customized zirconium dioxide coping, delivering the reliability of a titanium connection with the pleasing esthetics of a ceramic coping.

Quality, versatility and reliability with the Straumann CARES Variobase Abutment [VIDEO]

Roland DGA Corp.’s DWX-4 compact dental mill has now been qualified by 3M ESPE for use with Lava Ultimate Restorative resin nano ceramic material. 

Lava Ultimate Restorative now qualified for use with the DWX-4 Mill

The initial research for Vident’s VITA Enamic began years ago at Boston University, and Dr. Russell Giordano was there from the beginning.

Inside Look: Vident's VITA Enamic [VIDEO]

Panthera Dental has contracted Jerry Vogel as Executive Vice President, U.S.

Panthera Dental has new U.S. leadership

Non-optimally positioned implants can significantly impede the ability of restorative dentists and their laboratory partners to deliver functional and esthetic restorations.

Using a BellaTek Copy Milled Framework to solve a tricky case

DiamoDent offers engaging and non-engaging gold colored TiN coated Titanium Base Abutments for Zirconia at 3mm and 5mm lengths with 0.35mm cuff height for Nobel Replace Select, Zimmer and BioHorizons (internal connection).

DiamoDent's new titanium base abutment solutions

Anybody who’s ever researched investing in a digital workflow solution for their dental lab knows all of the different terms. They also know how confusing these terms can be-how does one even begin to navigate the myriad of options on the market for scanners, mills, software and everything in between? What if you get something that doesn’t play nicely with tools you already own?  Is there a way to make sense of all the different features and system differences?

Untangling the confusing world of CAD/CAM

Whip Mix has announced it now offers milling services for dental laboratories.

Whip Mix's new plan to help labs meet digital demand

Ivoclar Vivadent transformed the world of restorative dentistry several years ago with the introduction of IPS Empress®, the ultimate in metal-free esthetics. Then they changed everything again with the stronger, popular IPS e.max®. Now Ivoclar Vivadent is taking another step toward delivering solutions to laboratories of all sizes and services with the recent acquisition of Wieland Dental and Wieland Precision Technology (WPT) .

An all-ceramic solution for everyone [VIDEO]

Introduced at the recent ADA Annual Session in New Orleans, Carestream Dental’s new CS Solution for CAD/CAM restorations is said to offer dental practitioners the ability to scan, design, mill, and place a restoration in a single appointment.