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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
I just returned from back-to-back conferences - CIOSP in São Paulo and AEEDC in Dubai - and the contrast between these two events was pretty striking. While CIOSP highlighted Brazil's unique market dynamics, with a focus
I was again honored to be invited to DS World Dubai, held last week at the Grand Hyatt Dubai, and I arrived with curiosity. Why? Because after a few major announcements at DS World Vegas 2025, including CEREC
As we step into 2026, it's time for our annual tradition - joining forces with Rune Fisker to explore where digital dentistry is heading next. Looking back at our 2025 predictions, they proved accurate. AI platforms continued
As the Greater New York Dental Meeting 2025 draws to a close, let's face it, this has been a busy year. 2025 will be remembered as the year the intraoral scanner market has reshaped itself, and
Align Technology is expanding its software ecosystem around the iTero scanner platform, with three major releases scheduled for the end of 2025. The company shared its roadmap with me, revealing a clear strategy to integrate scanning,
The dental CAD landscape is undergoing a transformation. What traditionally required expensive desktop workstations and years of training can now be accomplished in the cloud with AI assistance, often in minutes rather than hours. We're witnessing
Shining 3D Dental has just announced the Aoralscan Elf, with one of the key messages being that it is one of the lightest intraoral scanners available at just 106 grams. This represents Shining 3D's third scanner release
The intraoral scanner market continues to grow. DEXIS has just released its new intraoral scanner, the Imprevo, marking its first scanner launch since acquiring Carestream Dental. When DEXIS acquired the company, many of us wondered what
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