LAB DAY

From the Series: IDS 2013 Offers First Look at Emerging Innovations

Intraoral Scanners

Among the newer features in digital impression-taking systems are smaller-than-ever intraoral devices and color technology. Also: several new players enter the market.

Digital Technology, Big Names Draw Over 900 Attendees to LMT's LAB DAY East

> LMT's LAB DAY EAST--the largest dental laboratory trade show on the East Coast--was the place to be to research digital technology. This year, of the 93 exhibitors, over 40 companies offered the latest scanners, milling and rapid prototyping machines, wax printers, software, materials and services,...

DK Mungyo Announces New Die Stones

DK Mungyo's new Die Stone Gold is a type 4 stone specially formulated for implant and CAD/CAM models. It offers a .07% setting expansion and high compressive strength (62.8MPa at one hour). Offering good scanability, the stone has high fluid thixotropic properties because of its refined alpha hemihydrate...

Smile Line USA Launches Smile Lite Shade-Taking Tool

Chris Bradley of Smile Line USA tells Vinod Dudhat, MDT, American Dental Designs, Montgomeryville, PA, all about the new Smile Lite, a lightweight, hand-held tool that makes shade taking more reliable and efficient. It's equipped with a 5,500°K calibrated LED light (equivalent to daylight) so it provides...

Top Industry Trends at LAB DAY Chicago

All-ceramics, implants, profit erosion and other hot topics inspired dialogue during the biggest weekend of the year.

3Shape Launches D900 Scanner, LABcare™ Program and Expanded TRIOS Features

The 3Shape clinic room at LAB DAY was bustling as the company made several key announcements and offered a variety of product demonstrations. Show attendees got the first look at 3Shape's latest scanner, the D900, that offers four high-res 5MP cameras and blue LED technology for excellent speed, high...

Zimmer Announces CAD/CAM Partnership With Zfx

At the show, Zimmer formally announced its partnership with Zfx GmbH. Zimmer now distributes Zfx products, including Zfx CAD software and scanners, and offers CAD/CAM services—including crown and bridge components, bars, and titanium and zirconia abutments—through its new Zfx milling center...

Exocad® America Announces Two New Modules

exocad America launched two add-on modules for its OEM CAD/CAM software solution: The Provisional module is used to rapidly create temporary crowns and bridges. Users can determine the shape of the provisional crown or bridge from either the original anatomy or integrated tooth libraries. The...

Sirona Demonstrates New InLab SW 4.2

Sirona introduced the new inLab SW 4.2 at this year's LAB DAY Chicago. Its many features—including virtual articulation, enhanced smile design capabilities and expanded in-house implant applications—will improve your digital restorative offerings. Users of inLab software are already experiencing...

TCS Debuts IFlex Thermoplastic Polymer

LAB DAY was the official launch of iFlex by TCS, a new thermoplastic polymer specifically formulated for removable flexible partials. Made of polyolefin, it offers durability, flexibility and esthetics with virtually no water absorption. The material can be injected using most thermoplastic injection...

Technical Talent Featured at Jensen Education Day

Nearly 600 lab owners and technicians attended Jensen Dental's 18th annual Education Day at the Swissôtel in Chicago. On hand to share tips and techniques and answer attendee questions were Nondas Vlachopoulos, MDT; Hubert Schenk, MDT; Dr. John Sorenson; Naoki Aiba, CDT; Fechmi Housein, MDT; Eric Sjodin,...

Cal-Lab Meeting Focuses On 'Winds of Change'

"Our business will continue to change to meet new demands. It's less about the ability to manage change and more about the strength to lead change," said Ivoclar Vivadent's CEO Bob Ganley during his State of the Industry address to the more than 700 attendees at the 87th Annual Cal-Lab Meeting held at...

REGULATORY UPDATE: What You Need to Know About OSHA, FDA and the Medical Device Tax

At the Cal-Lab Meeting in Chicago, Safelink's Gary Morgan, CDT, offered an update on various regulatory issues, including OSHA, the FDA and the Medical Device Tax. Here's an overview: OSHA has revised its Hazard Communication Standard. "This is a major change you need to be aware of and address right...

Ivoclar Vivadent Celebrates Partnerships and 'All Ceramics, All Options'

More than 300 industry personnel came together for Ivoclar Vivadent's Leading the Future event on Friday night in Chicago. Held at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel, the evening showcased the company's partnerships and innovations that are shaping the future direction of dentistry. "This...

Jensen Dental Rebrands Its Digital Solution

Jensen Dental announced the rebranding of its Jensen Digital Solution as the Preciso Digital Dentistry Solution, a complete system of materials, CAD/CAM equipment, software, education and support that allows laboratories of all sizes to produce consistent results and transition to digital processes....

Delcam's Latest DentMILL Software Debuts at LAB DAY

In Chicago, Delcam demonstrated its latest DentMILL software for milling implant restorations. Software enhancements include: - Improved integration with the DentCAD design software, including a new interface that features bolder and clearer icons and a reduced number of toolbars to allow maximum...

Shofu's One Shot Porcelain Offers a Single Powder Buildup

Shofu demonstrated its next-generation ceramic, One Shot Unilayer Porcelain, that enables you to match all VITA shades and achieve the esthetics of a multi-powder buildup with a single powder. "They said it couldn't be done but we did it. One Shot powder is an incisal, body and dentin all in one bottle....

Primotec Unveils Premio Plus Wet/Dry Mill

LAB DAY Attendees got the first look at Primotec's new milling machine: Premio Plus. The 5-axis, fully open wet and dry mill is capable of dry milling zirconia, Co-Cr, PMMA, wax, composites and polyurethane (models) and wet milling titanium and ceramics, including IPS e.max. The machine's design and...

Zahn Introduces New Lab Partnership Program

Over 100 lab owners and managers attended an invitation-only reception hosted by Henry Schein and Zahn Dental to announce a new program for its key laboratory clients. The Henry Schein Dental Lab Prosthetic Network provides members with national marketing support, product and service differentiation...

Tizian™ Smart Scan Operates 70% Faster

Schutz's new desktop-size scanner, the Tizian Smart Scan, features an optical light and large-capacity scanning bay that allows you to scan fully articulated models with most articulation systems. In addition, the camera is positioned at a 45° angle. "This means each scan only requires 20 pictures...

TruRx® Mobile App, New Furnaces Available From DENTSPLY

Dentsply's TruRx is now available as a mobile app for the iPhone® and iPad®. The TruRx seven-step process guides the dental office through all the key information labs need to make a high quality denture. In addition to capturing detailed prescription information, a patient photo can be included...

Whip Mix Introduces Vericore® Milling Discs, Articulation Products

In Chicago, Whip Mix introduced its Vericore milling discs. From highly translucent zirconia for monolithic full contour restorations or substructures, to PMMA burnout materials to wax, Whip Mix offers a wide variety of materials and sizes for multiple applications. All Vericore discs offer a diameter...

Amann Girrbach Introduces New Milling Machine, Scanner, Materials and Furnace

Crowds gathered in Amann Girrbach's AGA Lounge to test drive and learn about the company's new digital equipment and materials: The new Ceramill Motion 2 milling machine combines the 5-axis milling technique with the wet-grinding technique in a compact machine. Thanks to the hybrid design, the machine...

VITA Introduces ENAMIC® Hybrid Dental Ceramic

Vident introduced VITA Enamic, a hybrid dental ceramic combining the properties of ceramic and composite materials. Its dominant ceramic structure and reinforcing polymer network offer high fracture load capacity, high levels of elasticity and integrated crack prevention. "This innovative material has...

GC/Renfert Give Away $25,000+ Worth of Products to LAB DAY Attendees

The GC/Renfert prize wheel was spinning all weekend long in the Exhibit Hall. The two companies awarded over $25,000 worth of products and equipment, allowing attendees of their Friday and Saturday clinics to spin for a chance at a prize. Everyone was a winner and the big-ticket items given away included...

Preat Introduces New PRISM Services, Removable and Implant Products

Preat Corp.'s PRISM Milling Center now offers implant frameworks with a new pearl texture surface, which provides mechanical retention and maximum space for resin for increased esthetics. The frameworks are created using selective laser melting and the finish lines and implant interfaces are then milled. PRISM...

Digital Captek™ and ArgenZ™ Zirconia Make Debut

To meet the needs of the changing landscape of the dental laboratory industry, Argen has heavily invested in future technologies and expanded its product line to include digital solutions. "Our vision is to supply laboratories with products that can expand their product offerings. We feel that the more...

Straumann Unveils Straumann® CARES® VISUAL 8.0 at LAB DAY

With an eye on increasing efficiency, Straumann launched the latest version of its CAD/CAM software, Straumann CARES Visual 8.0 during Lab Day Chicago. The enhanced software delivers optimized digital workflows, increased design flexibilities, improved ease of use, and an extended prosthetic product...

Thriving Implant Market Key Topic at Interactive Nobel Biocare® Panel

The implant market isn't slowing down anytime soon. At Nobel Biocare's LAB DAY panel discussion, featuring laboratory owners and other industry experts, the company offered these statistics: - 60 million people are edentulous in one arch or another. - The "nearly edentulous"—those with two...

ATLANTIS™ Lab Scanning Capabilities Using 3Shape

DENTSPLY Implants made two announcements at the show: The ATLANTIS™ Abutment core file—currently compatible with Dental Wings software (DWOS) 2.5.5 or higher—will soon be compatible with 3Shape. This file is a digital representation of the outer surface of an ATLANTIS Abutment that...

Nobel Biocare® Introduces Host of Updates, 3Shape™ Partnership

At LAB DAY, Nobel Biocare presented its latest innovations in dental implant-based CAD/CAM solutions, including: - NobelProcera® Abutments, now available on Biomet 3i, Camlog and Zimmer implant platforms (in addition to Straumann, Astra Tech and Thommen). - NobelProcera users can expand their...

From the Series: Publisher's Page

Among LAB DAY® Vendors, Competitive Fervor Intensifies

For me, one of the greatest highs of our LAB DAY shows is returning home afterwards, brim-full of new ideas, juiced with the energy and creative strategies I pick up from you—our participants and clinicians—when I hear your presentations or we meet on the show floor. One thing I noticed...

LAB DAY West: the 'Place to Be' in Southern California

Attendees took advantage of two full days of clinics on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th, and were eager to shop exhibits on Saturday. In fact, the exhibit hall was already bustling with crowds

LAB DAY® EAST: Positivity Continues in New York

See the highlights from LMT’s LAB DAY East, where optimism was in the air and business was buzzing.

Ivoclar Vivadent Celebrates Its Innovative Spirit

"Validating the needs of dental professionals, our partners and even the patient drives Ivoclar Vivadent to remain on the leading edge of manufacturing, research and development. Producing state-of-the-art products and innovative materials demonstrates our passion and commitment to the dental industry,"...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Harvest Dental Introduces Ceramic Palette and Signature Line of Brushes

The Harvest Dental Laboratory Products' exhibit table was hopping all weekend thanks to an impressive lineup of master ceramists. Jungo Endo, RDT; Thomas Singh, MDT; Peter Pizzi, MDT; Nondas Vlachopoulos, CDT; Joshua Polansky, MDT; and Richard Pavlak, MDT, gave hands-on demonstrations of the company's...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Candulor Announces New Denture Products

"For the next 20 years, 10,000 people will reach the age of 65 on a daily basis," said Max Sturm, President of Candulor, during a press conference at LAB DAY. "In addition, 12% of all dentures are now implant supported and we expect to see 6.5% growth in this area next year." To meet this increasing...

New Players Join CAD/CAM Market

###The CAD/CAM software, equipment and materials market continues to flourish and several new players were first-time exhibitors at LAB DAY, including: Creo Dental System launched the Arum5X Milling Machine. This five-axis wet milling unit is compatible with any scanner and features a nine-unit revolving...

The Reinvention Convention

LAB DAY 2012 could easily be labeled "The Reinvention Convention." Laboratory owners and managers are more engaged than ever in finding new ways to reinvigorate their businesses

LAB DAY Product Launch: TechGuide is PTC's Newest Training Tool

Phillip Marashian (right), PTC's Operations Manager, stands ready to answer questions while Dale Mercer, Bluetooth Dental Arts, Alberta, Canada, flips through the company's latest training tool, the TechGuide. A companion to PTC's TechMaster Training DVDs, the TechGuide is a combined manual and workbook...

And the Winners in Candulor's 'Oscars' Are...

Calling it the "Oscars for denture technicians," Candulor announced the winners of its first-ever North American Kunstzahnwerk (Art of Denture) Competition at LAB DAY. The technician-participants displayed their proficiency in removables by fabricating a fully removable upper and lower bar-retained overdenture. Taking...

Automation, Recession Fuels Full Contour Revolution

We used to associate CAD/CAM with zirconia but, today, almost any product you want to make can be envisioned through CAD/CAM--whether it's the entire product or part of the product," said Don Cornell, Vice President of Jensen Dental, during his program, Critical Considerations for Integrating a CAD/CAM...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Straumann® CARES Visual 7.0 Offers Two Workflow Processes

LAB DAY Chicago was the official North American launch of Straumann CARES Visual 7.0. This is the first Straumann system built with Dental Wings Open Software (DWOS™) as the core software, the result of a partnership between the two companies formed last year. "This partnership improves the...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Heraeus Expands Mondial Denture Tooth Line

To meet the needs of implant, geriatric and TMJ patients, Heraeus Kulzer launched its Mondial 8i-5° posterior tooth line. "New indication areas such as implant prosthetics are placing increased demands on the stability, function and esthetics of denture teeth," said Lesley Melvin, Heraeus Laboratory...

Lab Summit Determined to Continue Momentum

We've got the ball rolling. We're moving the needle in the right direction--maybe not as fast or as far as we'd like--but it's moving," said Dr. James Willey, Director of the ADA's Council on Dental Practice, addressing almost 50 technicians, dentists, educators, manufacturers and association representatives...

LAB DAY Product Launch: 3Shape Dental System™ 2013 Offers Host of Enhancements

If 2011 is any indication, 3Shape isn't slowing down anytime soon. Last year, the company grew by 80% in sales for the U.S.; hired 65 people, including nine in its U.S. office; and filed dozens of U.S. patents. At LAB DAY, it made two key announcements: its 3Shape TRIOS intraoral digital impression...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Flexipalette Enhances Digital Photos

Smile Line USA introduced Flexipalette, an assortment of three photographic contrastors that have a spotless, anti-reflective black background that enhances your digital photographs. There are three different forms, each one made out of a bendable copper sheet overmolded with Plastimed, a safe medical-grade...

LAB DAY Product Launch: InLab® Software 4.0 Features Easier User Interface

Just as the Sirona inLab system celebrates its 10-year anniversary, the company has launched a new version of the software, inLab Software 4.0, that offers a faster, easier user interface. Software enhancements include: •Multiple restoration design that enables the user to work on as many different...

GC/Renfert Give Away $25,000+ Worth of Products to LAB DAY Attendees

The prizes were flowing fast and furious at the GC/Renfert exhibit. The two companies awarded over $25,000 worth of products and equipment throughout the weekend, allowing the attendees of their Friday and Saturday clinics to spin a prize wheel. Everyone was a winner and the big-ticket items given...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Nobel Biocare Continues Emphasis On Implant Technology

> Nobel Biocare's NobelReplace implants now offer more restorative options with two additions to the line: **NobelReplace Conical Connection (CC)** features an internal conical connection designed to preserve marginal bone by minimizing micro-movements and potential micro-leakage. It also withstands...