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After 8 long years we finally hear about a brand new CEREC chairside mill. A lot of anticipation was building over the past week and the newest member of the "Prime" family was released by Sirona on Friday to a large reception. ...
Since its launch, the Medit i500 has been advertised as the "easy entry into dentistry" with absolutely no subscription costs. Although a very good way of penetrating the intraoral scanner (IOS) market, we personally had doubts about the long term sustainability of ...
BackgroundThe Medit i500 is one of the latest newcomers on the intraoral scanner market. It touts itself as the 'easy entry into digital dentistry' and is one of the most affordable when compared to other scanners from big names such as 3Shape, ...
The team at the Institute of Digital Dentistry has recently returned from the Digital Dentistry and Dental Technology Conference and Exhibition held in Sydney, Australia. As a whole the industry is moving at a very fast rate and although there were no ...
With Align Technology aggressively marketing its own iTero intraoral scanners and in the US no longer accepting TRIOS scans for Invisalign treatment, many dentists worldwide are wondering what the future holds for Invisalign and competing intraoral scanners. Now there has been a counter ...
At the 2019 International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne, Germany, there was an amazing number of new and revolutionary digital dentistry equipment and software released. As the biggest dental show in the world this is where most companies come to release their ...
We had a great experience at the 3Shape exhibition. The team at 3Shape were very open at talking to us about their products and had many experienced members of the development team present to elaborate further about their products.Overall it seems that ...
The Planmeca exhibition at IDS 2019 was quite impressive, to say the least. Over the past years, Planmeca seemed to have fallen in the shadows a little with releases of other CAD/CAM systems. Obviously, the brilliant minds in Finland have been busy ...
IDS (International Dental Show) 2019 is the international highlight of the dental industry. Held every two years in Cologne, Germany, it is the place to be to see the latest innovations with countless new products being released, live demonstrations and practical hands-on ...
Today I want to share with you how we took our new graduate, Dr Liam Dury, who joined our practice with no prior CAD/CAM experience to where he is comfortable making perfectly fitting, single visit crowns in less than one week. There ...
A few days ago a good discussion came up on a dental forum about the Pros and Cons of the iTero and 3Shape scanners. The question was about the main benefits of these scanners and their main uses. I posted on the ...
Digital Smile Design (DSD) has revolutionised how dentists undertake smile makeovers and aesthetic dentistry. A relatively new concept that was developed by Dr Christian Coachman, it has revolutionised cosmetic dentistry. The premise of DSD is a careful analysis of the patients facial ...
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