The Top 5 Trends That Are Shaping Our Industry

By Maribeth Marsico

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Management


What is shaping our industry? In this lively roundtable discussion with LMT, five industry leaders discuss key trends, how they think they'll play out and what laboratory owners can do to succeed in a changing marketplace.



TREND: New technology


Walke: The influx of new technology is the one thing that will change our industry most significantly, and it's long overdue. In the 90's when we saw new products come onto the market, they were basically just reinventions of products that already existed. For example, we saw numerous pressable ceramic systems introduced that offered the same basic benefits without expanding the market. But now we're seeing technology that is truly innovative, that is truly changing dentistry--for example, CAD/CAM, digital impressions, rapid prototyping technologies and everything related to information transmission. The rate of change is just amazing.


Kalaw: And hand-in-hand...

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  • Maribeth Marsico

    Senior Editor at LMT Communications, Inc. · Cheshire, CT

    A 30-year veteran of the editorial department, Maribeth loves getting to the heart of the story. She especially enjoys creating and analyzing reader surveys and staying in touch with our readers.

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