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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 the rest of the industry is heading too. Firstly, Medit has announced the “Essential App Bundle” launching June 9, 2026.
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 and organized by Koelnmesse, the same organization behind IDS in Cologne. That’s a pedigree worth paying attention to. IDEM is
2025 People’s Choice Award WinnersSee the results below! As voted by over 4200 Dentists around the world.1st Place – DEXIS Imprevo2nd Place – Straumann SIRIOS X33rd Place – Alliedstar SENSACongratulations to all the winners. Each year, we at the Institute of Digital Dentistry step away from product launches, marketing cycles, and trade show noise to assess
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 same scanning platform.If you’re unfamiliar with the iTero Lumina, it’s Align Technology’s flagship intraoral scanner, launched in 2024. You
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 answer.Three new products were on display: the CrownPod, a pod-based chairside 3D printer with a built-in resin
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 get as many dental practices as possible to sign up for its lab. Their pitch is simple: sign up with
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 – one of the most famous events on the international dental calendar. This year, I’m combining both shows into a
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 March 3rd, 2026. This update touches several areas of the DS Core ecosystem, from scanning and chairside design to
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 Latin America’s premier dental event would compare. With over 100,000 attendees and hundreds of exhibitors, CIOSP stands as one of
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 markers and hinted at a system that would bring photogrammetry capabilities to your iPad. Well, at AEEDC Dubai 2026, T-Marker
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 on implants, cosmetics, and facial aesthetics, AEEDC 2026 reinforced its position as one of digital dentistry’s premier annual showcases. The numbers
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 Go, Primemill Lite, and the launch of CEREC on DS Core, I was curious to see what Dentsply Sirona had
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