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An iDD member recently asked me a question I get quite often. They wanted a proper comparison of how the current generation of scanners handles soft tissue and edentulous ridges. In short, which scanner is best ...
Interesting news last week - Dentsply Sirona and HeyGears have confirmed that the Lucitone Digital Print Denture resins are now validated for one-piece denture production on the new HeyGears UltraCraft Multi-Material Fusion (MMF) DLP 3D printer. ...
Shining 3D Just Announced a Chairside Printer the Size of an Espresso Machine Shining 3D Dental has been on an impressive streak. First, the Aoralscan Elite disrupted photogrammetry. Then the Elf came out and turned heads ...
There are product launches, and then there are product launches that make you stop and pay attention. Today, Shining 3D Dental announced two new chairside 3D printers: the Ceramix-Nano Capsule Pod 3D Printer and the aggressively ...
Over the past few months, SprintRay has released a new priming tool for Midas capsules, brought its multi-unit capsules to market, and started sharing technique guides for cementing and finishing printed crowns. Here is a rundown ...
Here is the thing about a bad scan or a poorly done tooth prep. A lot of clinicians don't realize it at the chair. You find out days later, when the lab calls or emails, or ...
If you have followed digital dentistry for any length of time, you will know that exocad sits at the center of a huge number of lab and chairside workflows worldwide. The software is ubiquitous in the ...
The digital full-arch landscape has changed dramatically over the past few years. Intraoral scanners have improved, digital workflows have matured, and clinicians now have more options than ever to capture implant positions and deliver full-arch restorations. ...
Two pieces of pretty significant Medit news landed this week, and I think they are more connected than they appear at first glance. Together, they tell you something important about where Medit is going, and probably where ...
Having spent the past year attending major dental exhibitions across four continents, I was genuinely curious about IDEM 2026 in Singapore. This is Asia Pacific's premier dental event, a biennial show held at Marina Bay Sands ...
2025 People's Choice Award Winners See the results below! As voted by over 4200 Dentists around the world. 1st Place - DEXIS Imprevo 2nd Place - Straumann SIRIOS X3 3rd Place - Alliedstar SENSA Congratulations to ...
Align Technology has expanded the iTero Lumina lineup with a third configuration — a laptop-based one. The Lumina is now available as a Cart, Tablet, or PC configuration, giving practices three distinct ways to use the ...
Since Pac-Dent acquired Ackuretta in late 2025, there's been plenty of speculation about what the combined company would do next. At the Chicago Midwinter Meeting and LMT Lab Day 2026, we got our first real look ...
At the Chicago Midwinter Meeting 2026, one of the busiest booths wasn't a scanner manufacturer or a materials company. It was Dandy, a venture-backed digital dental lab based in New York, running an aggressive campaign to ...
Fresh off the back of AEEDC Dubai and CIOSP in São Paulo, I arrived in Chicago for the annual dual expo - the 161st Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting and the concurrent LMT Lab Day - ...
We were given early access to the Q1 2026 DS Core update ahead of its public rollout, so we can share what's coming before it goes live. Some features are already available, while others launch on ...
São Paulo's CIOSP (International Dental Congress of São Paulo) 2026 wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, and having attended major dental exhibitions across Dubai, Malaysia, Europe, and North America, I was curious to see how ...
If you've been following the digital dentistry space over the past two years, you'll know that TruAbutment has been teasing something big. At multiple exhibitions, from AEEDC 2024 to IDS 2025, the company showed off prototype ...
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