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Copyright © 2007
by the NADL
Journal of Dental Technology.
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February 2007

CAPTEK/SIUC Scholarship Winner Announced

Lynnae Volzke has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship sponsored by Captek. Volzke is a sophomore at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the second year of the dental technology program. She has a 3.93 GPA at SIUC and assists in providing prosthetic restorations such as dentures, space maintainers, and crowns to patients in the SIUC Community Dental Center according to program director John R. Winings, an associate professor in the college of applied sciences and arts' school of allied health. CAPTEK made the financial gift to the Southern Illinois University Foundation to create a fund to be used for the benefit of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. This fund is being established by CAPTEK to help dental technology program students finance their educations and because the firm places high value on individuals who are graduates of the program.

Market Moves

Millennium Research Group's (MRG) Marketrack service reveals that the top five dental implant manufacturers grew their collective market share over 2006 from 66.6 percent in the first quarter to 78.7 percent in the third quarter. Interestingly, price increases among leading manufacturers have not deterred increased physician adoption of leading brands.

The top five competitors have included Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Zimmer Dental, 3i, Astra Tech and Lifecore Biomedical Inc. Other companies captured in market share data include BioHorizons Inc., Bicon Dental Implants, Camlog, Blue Sky Bio, Osteo-Implant Corporation, IMTEC, Intra-Lock, Thommen Medical, Basic Dental Implants, Dentsply Friadent Ceramed, Innova Sybron Dental Specialities, OCO Biomedical, Tatum Surgical, BioLok, Stabledent, ADI, PerioSeal, ACE Surgical Supply, Northern Implants, Renew Biocare, Dentatus, and MIS Implants. Source: PRNewswire

Sirona Dental Systems announces the expansion of its Charlotte, N.C., headquarters. Due largely to the success of its inLab^® and CEREC CAD/CAM Systems, the Sirona facility has doubled its square footage from 28,000 to 56,000 square feet.  With the addition of 18 new workstations and 15 new offices that house more than 30 employees, the renovation substantially supports Sirona’s rapid growth as a leader in dental technology. The expansion enables the company to accommodate a total of 70 in-house employees, with 20 of those employees currently dedicated to Sirona’s CAD/CAM technology. 

Zimmer Dental Inc., announces the educational sponsorship it formed with the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI) as a gold platinum sponsor. Through an educational grant, Zimmer Dental will be an integral part of the Implant I and Implant II courses available at LVI. During these courses, students will learn the fundamentals of how to place implants. In a separate course, students will also learn the latest in bone regenerative techniques utilizing Zimmer Dental products. 

Awards and Appointments

Two brochures designed by Vident’s in-house marketing services department have been chosen as winners of the 2006 MarCom international design award. The VITA Easyshade brochure won the platinum award and the Sirona inLab Training Course brochure won the gold award. Carrie Kuehn, creative media designer at Vident, created both award-winning brochures.

DentalEZ® Group recently announced the appointment of Kevin Corriveau, Jr., as territory sales representative - equipment.

Charles Moreno, CDT, was the only technician nominated this year as top clinician in Dentistry Today magazine. Moreno owns Excel Studios, located in Chatsworth, Calif. He lectures and teaches dental photography, laboratory and clinical techniques.

Whip Mix Corp. announces that Craig A. Pickett, CDT has joined the company as a senior technical representative.

Sirona announces Tom Nieting as national laboratory sales manager for CAD/CAM applications.

Noteworthy

The Association of Dental Office Managers (AADOM) recently endorsed the programs of the Identalloy Council. AADOM researches and maintains a list of approved products, companies, and services in order to assist its 1,500 members in the management of Dental offices.

Whip Mix Corp. held its annual dealer training seminar Nov. 9–10. The seminar was attended by representative from Zahn, Henry Schein Ash Arcona, Great Lakes Orthodontics, Dental Supplies Unlimited, Benco, A Leventhal & Sons, and Vision USA. Through hands-on training, each attendee used Whip Mix products, to pour gypsum models, mount models on an articulator, wax and sprue patterns then invest and cast the patterns to create a finished casting.

The American Dental Association has published a major revision of ADA Specification No. 41, Recommended Standard Practices for Biological Evaluation of Dental Materials. This specification, recently approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard, is its first revision since 1979. Expanded and updated, the revised edition provides detailed guidelines and methodologies for dental professionals, scientists and manufacturers who must evaluate the biocompatibility of dental materials as part of a materials research or evaluation program. ANSI/ADA Specification No. 41 and all ANSI/ADA Specifications, ADA Technical Reports and ISO Standards are available for download or hard copy purchase from the ADA E-catalog at www.adacatalog.org or by calling (800) 947-4746.

Recently, Ivoclar Vivadent along with Jake Kneiert of Albensi Dental Lab hosted an Advanced IPS InLine course. The course consisted of attendees matching existing tooth No. 9 (the restoration was tooth No. 8) with several IPS InLine impulse powders and various enamels. The crown was also intricately internally and externally stained to match the demanding tooth shade of No. 9. The completed crowns were sent back to the West Virginia School of Dentistry for a live patient try in, with a digital picture taken to give all attendees real life feedback of how well they matched tooth No. 9.

The Ivoclar Vivadent education team hosted a comprehensive training course in e.max Press on December 10-12. Attending the course at LVI were: Victor Garza; Kyong Lee, CDT; Ernest Fulop; Ben Higashi, CDT; Ron Hirsty, CDT; Bob Walther; Israel Villalpando; Enrique Mota; Levon Snkhtchian; Todd McMillen; Will Muncy; Adib Tannous, CDT; George Xanthopoulo;, Keith Jackson; and Ernie Dymond, CDT.