November 27, 2011 News ImplantologyWebinars

RD Online Dental Education

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Free webinar on Atlantis – now owned by Dentsply…….hmmmmmm, I wonder……. http://www.prodentalcpd.com/members/webinars Related articles Kodak Dental Systems: Free Online Webinar (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) ACE Dental Education (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Annual session course on dental labs first of its kind (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Open Wide – The…

October 3, 2011 News Endodontics

White lines or white lies?

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By Rafael Michiels, Belgium – from Dental Tribune With the recent development of new file systems–WaveOne from DENTSPLY Maillefer and RECIPROC from VDW–endodontists have been having controversial discussions about their usefulness. This is partly due to the aggressive marketing of…

August 26, 2011 News Implantology

Dentsply and Astra Tech sitting in a tree, D-o-m-i-n-a-t-i-n-g

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Personally, bigger is never better. Customer service and the value of the enduser goes out the window in lieu of margins and bottom lines. Perhaps Bret W. Wise may see this as an opportunity to turn the corporate culture of…

June 29, 2011 News Keeping you guessing

Standard Oil – Dentsply International – do the math?

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One has to wonder whether a colossus is the answer to the future of dentistry. Does a monolithic entity that detaches itself at the corporate level, further and further from it’s client base, r Image via CrunchBase eally bring needed…

June 22, 2011 News Implantology

Astra Sells Dental Unit for $1.8 Billion

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By Margot Patrick from the Wall Street Journal LONDON–AstraZeneca PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to sell Astra Tech to Dentsply International Inc. for $1.8 billion,after a sale process that attracted strong interest from private-equity firms and strategic buyers looking to tap into…

June 15, 2011 News Endodontics

DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties introduces WaveOne reciprocating file system

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From Dentistry IQ – June 14, 2011 “Single file shaping of an entire root canal system may sound like a myth to some…… Nuff sed…Read more Related articles Endodontic Parousia – Nullius in Verba Redux (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Drilling away at dental…

February 21, 2011 News Implantology

DENTSPLY Friadent’s long-term treatment success under the IDS banner

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Solutions for every individual case “from root to crown”: DENTSPLY Friadent offers a comprehensive portfolio, from the pinpoint accurate digital planning, through the stable base for implantation, right up to the esthetic completion of the treatment. This complete concept is…