June 10, 2019 Feature Oral HealthOral Surgery

The MINIE™ Laser Extraction – A Novel Approach To Removal Of Teeth!

by Preety Desai, BSc, DDS, Dip. Periodontics, MSc Laser Dentistry

Introduction Dentists are bombarded with numerous products from our dental suppliers’ trying to sell us on the fantasy of an “atraumatic tooth extraction”, promising to improve on what we were taught in dental school. This is all in an effort…

March 19, 2012 News ClinicalDigital radiography

Phosphor plate scanner uses RFID to simplify workflow

by ken

By Kathy Kincaide – Dr. Bicuspid – March 19, 2012 — Carestream Dental is working to ease the transition to digital imaging with a computed radiography (CR) system designed to bridge the gap between conventional and digital x-ray imaging. The CS 7600, which made its…

October 9, 2011 News EndodonticsLaser Dentistry

Lasers in Endodontics

by ken

Comments from Maarten Meire re; subject about to get a lot of press as Biolase Technology has secured a new patent for cleaning and disinfecting root canals. The new patent called “Fluid Controllable Laser Endodontic Cleaning and Disinfecting System” covers…

March 31, 2011 News New Technologies

Microsoft exec thinks tablets may be a fad, talks of new laser retina display

by ken

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September 18, 2010 News Periodontology

LANAP

by ken

This is not what you call what you do in Los Angeles when you get tired, nor is it a misspelled APP for setting up a Local Area Network…..LANAP is an acronym that stands for Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure. …