July 2011

3D Imaging Institute Presents the Live 3D Dentistry Forum

Jul 18, 2011 | Continuing Education | 0 |

The 3D Imaging Institute, sponsored by Imaging Sciences International, has addedthe Live 3D Dentistry Forum to its 3D dentistry curriculum. The eventfeatures lectures and live scans, as well as real-time surgical andtreatment-planning procedures.The

Tornado Blows a Patient’s Aligners 100 Miles

Jul 18, 2011 | Aligners | 0 |

The invisible dental aligners belonging to a patient whose home wasdestroyed on June 1 by a tornado that hit Brimfield, Mass, turned upnearly 100 miles away, according to Scott Smith, a Springfield, Mass, orthodontist.The aligners were found by a

NewTom 5G Cone Beam CT Gets FDA Approval

Jul 18, 2011 | Imaging | 0 |

ImageWorks,Elmsford, NY, has received FDA approval for its NewTom 5G cone beam CT.The NewTom 5G is the successor to the company’s NewTom 3G. The NewTom 5G uses flat-panel technology with a 16-bit dynamic range. Itfeatures seven flexible fields

Survey Finds That Dentists Charge Less than Orthodontists for Braces

Jul 18, 2011 | Miscellaneous | 0 |

A surveyby The Wealthy Dentist Web site has found that American and Canadiangeneral dentists charge an average of $4,350 for braces, whileorthodontists charge an average of $5,141. The poll received 50responses.One Pennsylvania dentist reported that

Henry Schein Introduces the Maxima XL Torque Brushless Micromotor Handpiece System