Kuraray America, Inc.Articles

Hiroki Goto, RDT explains two of his recent high-end cases.

Nearly 700 attendees were energized by the wealth of educational opportunities at LMT LAB DAY East on October 12 in Philadelphia. Even before the Exhibit Hall opened, over 100 lab owners, managers and dentists took advantage of a special LMT-sponsored keynote presentation,

Advice—provided exclusively by LMT’s 2019 Display Advertisers—on everything from 3D printing to zirconia.

Departing from the usual laid-back California approach, attendees were literally waiting at the door for LAB DAY West exhibits to open.

It’s not just multilayer zirconia that’s in the limelight. A new category of millable materials—Aryl Ketone Polymer (AKP)—is expanding CAD/CAM applications in the removable realm.

“Is zirconia meeting expectations?” asked Dr. Rella Christensen, PhD, in her keynote presentation at the 13th annual DLOAC CAD/CAM Expo & Symposium in November. Click here to learn her answer as well as more about the products introduced at the show.

Many thanks to the following LMT LAB DAY Chicago 2016 exhibitors for their generous door prize donations awarded to 59 lucky attendees totaling over $15,400. And the winners are . . .

Jean Chiha, CDT, shares his step-by-step CAD/CAM process for fabricating four anterior crowns using Noritake KATANA STML (Super Translucent Multi-Layered Zirconia) combined with his own highly successful conventional techniques.

As part of our ongoing State of the Industry 2015 coverage, LMT Editors visited the world’s largest dental show to bring you the scoop on the latest product and process innovations worldwide—including digital dentures, laser milling and more—and what else is coming down the pike for the U.S. market.

In April 2012, Noritake Dental Supply Co., Ltd. integrated with Kuraray Medical Inc. to form Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.; the U.S. representative of Noritake products is now Kuraray America, Inc. Both headquartered in Japan, Kuraray Medical is renowned for its dental adhesives and cements--including...