The Top 10 Dental News Items of 2017

Monday, December 18, 2017

The Top 10 Dental News Items of 2017

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, and before we dive headlong into celebrations and resolutions, it’s time to take a look back upon the most popular content on Dentalcompare during the past 12 months. As always, we get started with a look at the news that gets the views, the Top 10 Dental News Items of 2017.

Anyone familiar with past editions of our year-end lists will not be surprised to find this list jam packed with exciting dental product innovations. New technologies, intriguing upgrades and changes in product availability always get lots of clicks and 2017 was no different. While this list certainly doesn’t include all of the industry-changing products to hit the scene, it certainly shows off a good number of them. (Well 10 of them to be exact.)

Here are the Top 10 Dental News Items of 2017:

New Dental Product: Harmonize Universal Composite from Kerr10. New Dental Product: Harmonize Universal Composite from Kerr – Dental composites are the go-to material for most direct restorations, and Harmonize, the latest from the chemists at Kerr, is designed to make it even easier for dentists to complete those restorations with amazing esthetic results. This material is exciting thanks to its Adaptive Response Technology (ART), a nanoparticle filler network that provides a chameleon effect to blend in with surrounding teeth. The news of this new composite certainly stood out in a way that restorations completed with Harmonize stand out by blending in. 

Enhanced Dental Product: Invisalign Teen with Mandibular Advancement from Align Technology9. Enhanced Dental Product: Invisalign Teen with Mandibular Advancement from Align Technology – Invisalign is the leader in clear aligners and its line of aligners for teens was a great addition to many practices. Now the latest update makes it possible to use the Invisalign system for treating Class II cases that require both alignment of the teeth and advancement of the lower jaw. Innovative precision wings on the lower aligner accomplish the jaw advancement, allowing orthodontic treatment to be completed in less time, while eliminating the need for the use of elastic bands, thus improving patient compliance. That’s definitely newsworthy.

Dentsply Sirona Showcases New Products, Unified Solutions at IDS 20178. Dentsply Sirona Showcases New Products, Unified Solutions at IDS 2017 – The bi-annual International Dental Show is always a whirlwind of new product launches, and the largest dental company on the planet makes sure to use that platform for all it’s worth. Dentsply Sirona uses the IDS as a stage to promote not just new technologies, but integrated systems that combine a range of the company’s offerings to tackle specific clinical needs. The news from the show included a 3D Endo software and new files, enhanced implant systems, updated CEREC CAD/CAM software and even new handpieces. This news gave a look into a range of things this company is staying busy with, and was definitely worth the attention it received.

New Dental Product: Emerald Intraoral Scanner from Planmeca7. New Dental Product: Emerald Intraoral Scanner from Planmeca – CAD/CAM dentistry is no longer a futuristic novelty. Today, it’s a major part of many practices, a service being marketed directly to patients and an important way for practices to improve both efficiency and quality of care. Still, this shift in the industry is not dampening the excitement about new intraoral scanners, especially from leading names in the dental CAD/CAM arena. Planmeca’s new Emerald is stylish, lightweight, and easy to use. It’s more than just a comfortable scanning tool, as it is an entry point to digital dentistry for practices whether they’re looking to send scans to their lab, or to complete the chairside CAD/CAM workflow in-house. This is why it’s among the most popular news posts of the year.

exocad America and Biodenta Announce New Path to Compliance for Dental Labs6. exocad America and Biodenta Announce New Path to Compliance for Dental Labs – Not every popular news post on Dentalcompare is all about new products, and they’re not all about chairside dentistry. News about the lab side of the industry is always well received, and this news announced what could be a huge change for dental labs. This partnership between exocad America and Biodenta allows dental labs to produce in-house custom abutments with FDA 510(K) clearance without having to deal directly with the FDA. Labs getting on board with this service gain a major business advantage without the cost, paperwork and hassle they’d have faced otherwise. No wonder so many people were excited to see the announcement.

New Dental Product: MyCrown CAD/CAM System from FONA Dental5. New Dental Product: MyCrown CAD/CAM System from FONA Dental – Complete chairside CAD/CAM systems are still few in number, so this announcement of a system that includes a scanner, software and a mill was standout news. This system allows the export of scan and design files in the common STL file format, making it both a complete chairside solution, and a digital bridge to a range of new treatment and fabrication possibilities. The dental CAD/CAM landscape continues to grow more crowded, so paying attention to the latest systems is important for dentists who want to stay ahead of the technology curve.

New Dental Product: Endovac Pure from Kerr Endodontics4. New Dental Product: Endovac Pure from Kerr Endodontics – The original Endovac irrigation system was popular with specialists but known as a technique sensitive solution. The upgraded Endovac Pure makes it possible to make use of the apical negative pressure technique with just one hand. The new version of this system takes it from an innovative novelty to a convenient necessity for busy endodontic practices. It’s likely people were waiting for a better version of this system, and they were definitely excited by the news that it’s here.

New Dental Product: EXTARO 300 Microscope from ZEISS3. New Dental Product: EXTARO 300 Microscope from ZEISS – Dental microscopes are a major part of many practices, but as a category of products, they were not overflowing with innovative features before the EXTARO 300 hit the scene. This latest system from ZEISS goes beyond magnification by augmenting the clinician’s view with a caries detection mode, making it simple to see the edges of areas of decay while treating them. Other viewing modes make it easier to sculpt composites under the microscope, allowing this system to help clinicians provide the best possible care.

New Dental Product: Waterlase Express All-Tissue Laser System from BIOLASE2. New Dental Product: Waterlase Express All-Tissue Laser System from BIOLASE – Dental lasers have had their moments over the years, but for a while soft-tissue diode lasers have been the most popular systems. Innovations in the field are changing that as the latest all-tissue systems work better than ever before, and allow clinicians to use their handpiece less frequently while providing less invasive laser treatment. With its portable size, easy to use touchscreen controls and integrated instructional animations, the latest from this leader in dental lasers definitely deserved the attention it received.

New Dental Products: PrograMill Milling Machines from Ivoclar Vivadent1. New Dental Products: PrograMill Milling Machines from Ivoclar Vivadent – The most popular news item of the year is once again about CAD/CAM dentistry. But while in the past it’s been scanner innovations that have earned the most attention, this year it’s the latest in milling technology from Ivoclar Vivadent that claims the title of most viewed news. With mills of various sizes for just about any lab or practice, Ivoclar’s latest offers precision and speed, along with native compatibility for the popular IPS e.max CAD/CAM blocks. As CAD/CAM becomes more commonplace, attention is shifting from digitizing the teeth to the entire digital workflow. A new line of mills being the most popular news item of the year shows just how far that interest has shifted from chairside scanning to making use of those digital scans to produce high quality dental restorations. 

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