Flat-Panel HDTVs Behind the Screens - [1]

Manufacturers now measure flat-panel longevity in decades, not years, so you’ll have to live with your decision. Ensuring long-term satisfaction with an HDTV is easily accomplished with a little planning and some basic knowledge about what makes each of these HD display technologies tick.

[1] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2094230,00.asp

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2000 Patients
1/5 get a pano each year = 400
Every new patient, 2 a week gets a pano = 100
500 panos @ $80 ea. = $42,500  In the first Year!

Good digital panos like the Kodak 8000 can be purchased for less than $30,000. There is no cost for film or developing. Once you have paid for the machine it is almost all profit. That’s over $210,000 over five years.
If you do not have a digital panoramic x-ray machine….why not?

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Another new product on display in Chicago was the new milling chamber introduced a few weeks ago by Cerec. Check the link below for more details.
Sirona - The Dental Company - News - Press [1]

MC XL Milling Machine The MC XL mills a quality, precisely fitted restoration in just 4 to 12 minutes, approximately twice as fast as the current CEREC milling unit. MC XL enhances the level of precision and accuracy of CEREC, creating restorations that satisfy even the most critical requirements of dentists.  The new milling unit has an easy-to-read, intuitive display, a large milling door for easy access to the milling chamber and automatic block placement. These enhanced capabilities should result in even higher efficiency and profitability for dentists than the current system enables. The original CEREC 3 milling unit continues to be an option for dentists with lower production requirements. Both the MC XL and the original milling unit are compatible with all CEREC 3 units, allowing a smooth transition to the new technology for existing CEREC owners who wish to upgrade.

[1] http://www.sirona.com/ecomaXL/index.php?site=SIRONA_COM_press_new_milling_machine_and_enhanced_3d_software

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Several vendors introduced new Diode soft tissue lasers at the Chicago midwinter meeting. The coolest looking was the ezlase from Biolase. It looks like a big video iPod. I have been a BIG fan of diodes for many years and use mine [1]
everyday. I highly recommend you look into a diode for your practice. Prices have come down and quality is up.
Welcome to Biolase Technology, Inc. [2]

The new ezlase diode laser includes numerous benefits aimed at providing cleaner cutting and faster hemostasis, with excellent absorption in hemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin. Features include easy-to-use procedure-based presets accessed via an iPod®-like navigation wheel or color touch screen, ultralight fiber and handpiece, innovative low-cost disposable tips, infinite pulse combinations which deliver laser energy by dose, and wireless Bluetooth® foot pedal.

[1] http://www.biolase.com/
[2] http://www.biolase.com/ezlaseannouncement.php

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Sirona launched their new milling unit at The Chicago Mid-Winter meeting.  The new unit is completely redesigned from the old one and will mill in half the time while virtually silent.  Hector Gonzales from Patterson reviews it’s features in the video below.

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