Chairside CAD/CAM continues to become a very interesting technology for the restorative dentist. My office uses CEREC and E4D, and currently I prefer the E4D because the software and laser scan makes nicely fitting restorations. A practice should really be doing about 12-20 units/month to justify the cost of chairside over lab-fabricated restorations. This threshold [...]

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If you read about the Bluetooth insert that was designed to actually be placed in a tooth to detect vibrations for sound, you may have believed it! With all the new technology and medical miracles developing these days, a Bluetooth dental insert sounds feasible. However, this one was an April Fool’s Day hoax. The Chinavision [...]

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New research found that overweight kids age 6 to 18 have healthier teeth and fewer cavities than their normal-weight pals. Reality is stranger than fiction. It’s true. A study of 18,000 children, performed by the Eastman Dental Center at University of Rochester Medical Center, was intended to prove that overweight children have more cavities – [...]

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