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Materialise Dental launches the Dual Scan Package

The Dual Scan Package consists of the Dual Scan Module and a number of sample products to prepare patients for swift aesthetic and prosthetic driven computer guided surgery. The main goal is to offer SimPlant® users an integrated solution for prosthetic driven planning, to be completed in-house and in just one visit.

Materialise prints the ONLY replica of King Tut's Mummy!

From the press release:
Materialise is well known in the industry as a leader for Additive Manufacturing solutions. When a replica of King Tut's mummy needed to be built in an expedited fashion, who else but Materialise for the job! New York City is the last stop on the exhibit's U.S. tour and National Geographic, along with Arts and Exhibitions, wanted to add a new and exciting component. They decided that having a replica of King Tut would be just the thing to make the Discovery Times Square Exposition unique. They commissioned Gary Staab, natural history and prehistoric model maker, of Staab Studios to recreate the mummy. All he needed was Materialise to get him started.

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Expanding Educational Horizons In 3D

By Terry Myers, DDS
With all of the innovations available to dentists today, educating ourselves on how technology works and fits in with our goals keeps our practices vital. American scientist Marvin Minsky once said, “You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.”
As a general dentist, I don’t always need the same information as a specialist, but I still want to be able to make the best diagnostic decisions. For example, when I discovered Cone Beam imaging was an option for my office, I researched the technology--how it works; the fields of view available, and the safety issues related to radiation exposure.

Digital Dental Labs 3: The Future Is Now

“Dentistry is going digital” is a phrase we have been reading and discussing for some time now. Like all major breakthroughs, some approached the concept with excitement and enthusiasm for all the new possibilities, while others remain skeptical. Regardless of personal opinions, the truth is that dentistry has gone digital.

Digital Dental Labs 2: The Evolution

In our survey of the Digital Dental Labs, as we promised in our previous post (Digital Dental Labs), we have drawn up a picture of how those labs complement dental practices which utilize CBCT. The Digital Dental Labs offer various services, which not only complete the picture to the dentists, but they actually allow them to take all clinical and aesthetic factors into consideration, and to minimize surgical risks.

Digital Dental Labs

The CBCT technology arrived as fast as a TGV at the dentistry station some years ago. Many aspects of dentistry have become “Digital” with such technology- which was pretty much expected by many dentists, practitioners and professors. Some of us may agree or disagree on the benefits versus drawbacks; however, we would all agree that what we used to call 3 years ago a gizmo is becoming an everyday practice.