Game-Changing Products 2019
Inside Dental Technology delivers updates on digital workflows, materials, lab techniques, and innovation in dental technology through expert articles and videos.
November 1, 2019
Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2019
Page(s): p. 86
Every year, Inside Dental Technology asks its Editorial Advisory Board to nominate Game-Changing Products for the annual Product iNavigator. These products demonstrate superior innovation and potential for bringing change to the industry. The following are the 2019 selections.
Wow Scan
Biotech Dental
Eli Ganon
Wow belongs to the second generation of intraoral scanners. Wow's video system utilizes stereophotogrammetry. Thanks to it, we can create more detailed files. In fact, we start from a generation of color PLY files and use the colors to reconstruct a much more precise volumetric file.
VeriSplint OS Resin
Whip Mix US
Mark Williamson, CDT
This FDA-approved night-guard and splint material is rigid and water clear, allowing laboratories to print super clear night-guards with accuracy and strength.
Esthetic Healing Abutment with Scan Peg
Neoss
Steve Pigliacelli, MDT, CDT
Neoss offers anatomically-shaped PEEK healing abutments with an insertable scan peg to allow intraoral scanning without removing the healing abutment. Also, this product is compatible with most intraoral scanners.
Asiga MAX UV
Asiga
Mark Williamson, CDT
This very affordable and accurate 3D printer is a workhorse. It is very easy to use and allows your laboratory to create multiple products with multiple material choices-and there are more materials coming.
IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime
Ivoclar Vivadent
Jessica Birrell, CDT
IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime uses Gradient Technology (GT) in manufacturing the zirconia, allowing a seamless transition in color and opacity to translucency without compromising strength. We are very impressed with the results and excited to see a new, innovative product like this push the boundaries and challenge our industry.
MODJAW
MODJAW
Eli Ganon
With the 4D dentistry concept, MODJAW introduces a new way of entering your patients' reality using true jaw motion and dynamic occlusion, in addition to 3D modeling. 4D dentistry is driven by the idea that both static and dynamic parameters should be taken into account to enable complete diagnostics and bespoke restorations.
Lucitone Print Base Material
Dentsply Sirona
Valerie McMillan, DDS, MS
Lucitone Print is truly a game changer for dentures. The material and tooth line promise to solve several problems with current print solutions for dentures. I feel that the ability to additively manufacture dentures is a tipping point to transition denture fabrication from analog to digital.
eLAB Color Matching System
PhotoMed
Steve Hoofard, CDT
Developed by Sasha Hein, the eLAB Shade-Matching Kit is comprised of the eLAB_pilot App for measuring tooth shades and for generating ceramic mixing recipes as well as the eLAB_copilot high-precision instruments for mixing ceramic with stains.
KeySplint Soft
Keystone Industries
Mark Williamson, CDT
Do not be fooled by the name. This material is very durable and strong with some flexure. It will soften a little more when submerged in hot water and in the patient's oral environment, making delivery of the appliance easier.
Dental Implant Bars
Panthera Dental
Keith Miolen, CDT
I recently incorporated Panthera's milled dental bars into our product line. The quality of their products and the communication available with this manufacturer really set them apart. Panthera's team allows me to add the profit straight to our bottom line with their fixed pricing.
