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Cc: Irina Negru, CDT and David SotoDavid Soto, Co-Owner of Accurate Dental, a full service lab in Middletown, NY, buys a new tcs Flexible...(more)
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3Shape, Inc. · New Providence NJ, United States
The next 3Shape Webinar will be on Removable Partial Dentures and will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1.00 - 2.00 PM
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Kelly Fessel Carr wrote an article
2012 Removables Survey: Removable Market Holding Its Own
Kelly Fessel Carr · Lab Owner · Sep 2012Forty-five percent of respondents to LMT's exclusive 2012 Removable Survey rate the market as good and 35% classify it as fair. The majority say their removable business in the first half of 2012 is level...
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Kim Molinaro wrote an article
Fourteen technician-volunteers bring partials and dentures to patients in need, working on about 150 arches in two days.
CDA Cares: 'It's a Beautiful Thing'
Kim Molinaro · Lab Manager · Aug 2012> Sponsored by the California Dental Association Foundation, CDA Cares is a series of dental clinics that provides the state's underserved population with free care. The most recent event, held in May in Modesto, provided $1.2 million worth of cleanings, fillings, extractions and even dentures and partials...
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Kelly Fessel Carr wrote an article
The majority of respondents to LMT's Small Lab Survey are enthusiastic about the outlook for their own...(more)
The Future of the Small Laboratory: Grim Or Great?
Kelly Fessel Carr · Lab Owner · Jun 2012>Small laboratories—those with one to three people—are the backbone of our industry, representing more than 50% of the U.S. market. LMT's Small Lab Survey offers an overview of who they are, how they work and their outlook for the future of their own businesses as well as their market segment...
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LAB DAY Product Launch: Candulor Announces New Denture Products
LMT Communications, Inc. · LAB DAY · Apr 2012
"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...See more implant supported and we expect to see 6.5% growth in this area next year." To meet this increasing demand and help laboratories fabricate esthetic and functional dentures, the company announced several new removable products, including: • Bite Fork--an instrument for checking the correct position of the occlusal plane--has been reworked and is now available in a set with four removable vertical pins. • Tooth Sieve is a time-saving aid for sorting, boiling out and cleaning single teeth. • Strong, elastic and transparent Silicone Mixing Bowls for acrylic feature a suction cup on the bottom to prevent sliding and come in three sizes. • New products for dentists, including the Clinical Instrument Set that helps dentists provide the laboratory with necessary denture measurements, and two new intraoral registration sets: the CRS Set 10 for full dentures and the CRS Set 15 for dentate, partially edentulous as well as fully edentulous jaws. For more information, call 323-254-1430, email info@candulor.us or visit www.candulor.us. To order products online, visit Candulor's eshop at www.candulor.de/catalogus/index.php.
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Technicians On a Mission: 87 Partials in 20 Hours: Annual Labor of Love For Connecticut Lab
Kim Molinaro · Labs & Profiles · May 2012
From bringing smiles to the underserved dental population to rebuilding the lives of our military veterans, technicians across the country are devoting their time and skills to making a difference.
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Positioned For Growth By Going Full Service
Kelly Fessel Carr · Labs & Profiles · May 2012
Eleven years after purchasing Choate Ceramic Laboratory, Co-Owners Jimmy Durham, David Fitch, CDT, and Alton Trotter, CDT, moved out of their ceramic comfort zone and into the realm of removables.
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The Future of the Small Laboratory: Grim Or Great?
Kelly Fessel Carr · LMT Surveys · Jun 2012
The majority of respondents to LMT's Small Lab Survey are enthusiastic about the outlook for their own businesses, calling their future "good" or "great." However, their prediction for the market segment...See more as a whole isn't quite so rosy.
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CDA Cares: 'It's a Beautiful Thing'
Kim Molinaro · Industry News · Aug 2012
Fourteen technician-volunteers bring partials and dentures to patients in need, working on about 150 arches in two days.
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Removable Partial Dentures--The Lost Art
PREAT Corp. · Seminars/Clinics
Tom Bormes introduces a new patented technology where the first tooth in the removable partial denture becomes a veneered pontic that matches and blends with the veneered crown on the retaining abutme















