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Calcium Sulfate to Revolutionize Bone Augmentation?

April 25, 2006

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Does anyone have any thoughts on BoneGen, a new product being marketed by Bio-Lock for bone augmentation? Given the recent concerns surrounding other regeneration materials, do you think BoneGen will make a strong impact on the market? According to the company, BoneGen is new clinically safe, nano-composite, time release calcium sulfate product for bone augmentation.
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Written by ddsgadget · Filed Under Surgery, Bone Augmentation, Dental Implants | 17 Comments 

Ozone Therapy for Cavities?

April 25, 2006

ozone therapy for cavitiesCan ozone be used to treat caries (cavities) without the need for drilling and filling? We recently attended a lecture on the uses of ozone in dentistry. It seems that in most of the world, other than the US, ozone is already being used to disinfect cavities by killing bacteria on direct contact. All you do is expose the carious enamel and dentin to ozone. Ozone can also be used to disinfect root canals.

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Written by ddsgadget · Filed Under Operative Dentistry, Restorative | 10 Comments 

3-D Digital Imaging to Revolutionize Impression Taking

April 18, 2006

According to Eric Paley, CEO of Brontes Technologies, an estimated 50% of the roughly 50 million dental impressions taken each year in the U.S. are substandard, and require a second one or lots of finish work by the dentist to get them to fit properly. “Patients and doctors hate them,” stated Paley. Is the new 3-D Imaging technology out of Brontes the solution to our impression problems?
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Written by ddsgadget · Filed Under Digital Impression Systems | 9 Comments 

Intraoral Cameras

April 10, 2006

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Dr. Feuerstein asks: Are Intraoral cameras still useful? With the advent of high resolution, low cost digital cameras, many practitioners feel that they do not need intraoral cameras.
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Written by ddsgadget · Filed Under Technology | 7 Comments 

Electronic Apex Locator

April 3, 2006

I have tried a bunch of electronic apex locators, like Foramatron, Root-ZX, Apex NRG, etc.
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Written by ddsgadget · Filed Under Instrumentation, Endodontics | 4 Comments