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Planmeca is donating five mobile dental clinics to Ukraine to help provide dental care in the war-torn country. Each mobile clinic is fully furnished and includes a digital Planmeca dental unit, an autoclave and all other necessary devices and instruments needed to provide basic dental services.

The...

National Dentex Labs (“NDX”), the largest network of fully-owned dental labs in the United States providing superior restorative dentistry solutions, announced today the acquisition of Dental Services Group (“DSG”), a growing network of dental laboratories across North America....

LMT—the Industry’s Premier Event Sponsor—Launches a Virus-Safe Solutionto Recapture the Momentum of 2020

Join us at LABDAYonline.com, Thursday-Saturday, November 5-7 & Thursday-Saturday, November 12-14 to learn about the newest products and technologies and get your CE credits.

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LMT is saddened to report the passing of industry veteran Vinny Alleluia. Alleluia was a founding member of the Northeastern Gnathological Society and the American Society of Master Dental Technologists. He also served as Director of the MDT program at NYU. 

"Vinny was a mentor, teacher and friend...

From the SBA Press Office:

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, posted a revised, borrower-friendly Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application implementing the PPP Flexibility Act of 2020, signed into law by President...

A note to LMT readers from Bob Wakitsch, Dental Craft Corp., Ringwood, IL:

COVID-19 has flipped our industry. As dentists struggle, the downhill momentum affects us. One of the guiding principles of our lab is, “Helping our dentists succeed ensures our success.” With that in mind, I recently...

[April 2] Tomorrow lenders are expected to start processing applications for the Paycheck Protection Program, a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for businesses with fewer than 500 employees affected by COVID-19 to stay open and keep employees on the payroll. The exciting part of this Program...

Julien Bory, DD, (left) Owner of Ivoire Santé Dentaire in Longueuil, Canada, is the first-place winner in Panthera Dental’s Master Cup 2018. Bory is congratulated by Béatrice Robichaud, Co-Founder and VP Marketing & Customer Experience at Panthera Dental. Inset: Bory’s...

13-year-old Candy Queen Alina Morse will make history as the youngest person to land the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine when the September 2018 issue is unveiled later this week.

Alina invented a candy that cleans your teeth and is expected to clear $6 million at retail...

Here are the 10 Master Cup 2018 participants:

Visit pantheradental.com/mastercup for more details.

Universal Ball Head, sl (UBH), an associate company under Ball Head Group, sl, received a U.S. patent (#89785250) for its screw and driver for screw-retained prostheses with an angled screw access channel on March 23, 2015. The UBH screw and driver is licensed to and manufactured by Ibodontit, sl (IBO);...

D&S Dental Laboratory, Inc., proudly celebrates its 45th anniversary this October. Dick and Sally Pilsner founded the company as a “mom and pop” denture shop in October 1972.

From its modest beginnings, D&S has grown to become a full-service, Certified Dental Laboratory with 100 employees,...

Ardian, the independent private investment company, announce on August 2nd the acquisition of a majority stake in imes-icore GmbH (imes-icore), a specialist manufacturer of computer numerical control (CNC) and computer aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems predominantly focusing on the medical...

The Dental Laboratory Technology program at McFatter Technical College in Davie, FL, is looking to enroll students in its program to meet industry demand. “We have a shortage of qualified technicians to fill the jobs available nationwide,” says Fred Isaac, Program Director. “We are...

Renata Budny, MBA, MDT, CDT, FNGS—a long-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at New York City College of Technology (NYCCT)—has been named Chairman of the department, effective July 1. An industry veteran of over 21 years, Budny is a 1999 alumnus of the program...

LMT is saddened to report the passing of Norman Strate in May. Strate was CEO of J.F. Jelenko & Co. from 1986 to 1997; former Board Member of National Dentex Corp.; Director of The William J. Gies Foundation for the Advancement of Dentistry of the American Dental Education Association;...

See what reporter Jared Hopkins had to say after reaching out to dental technicians on Facebook to research the status of dental laboratory imports. His article, Trump’s...

To further their goal of producing the most innovative, high quality products in the dental industry, Keystone Industries has announced they have acquired Harry J. Bosworth, a company dedicated to producing top-quality dental materials since 1912.

The Bosworth Company, a business that has been committed...

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on November 22nd, blocking an overtime regulation that, as of December 1st, would have qualified millions more Americans for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant agreed with 21 states and a coalition of business groups, including the U.S. Chamber...

Dr. Irwin Smigel, DDS, world-renowned Father of Aesthetic Dentistry, President of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics, Inventor of Supersmile® Intelligent Smile Care passed away at his home in New York City on October 17, 2016. He is survived by his wife Lucia, daughter Bellanca, son...

Charles and Debbie Phillips ran a small C&B dental lab from their home in Fayetteville, NC. Last week, hurricane Matthew flooded their home and laboratory, and they lost everything.

A gofundme account has been set by an industry friend to help get them back on their feet. Click here...

Events will Generate Over 5,200 Hotel Room Nights and More Than $5 Million in Delegate Spending for Atlantic City

evident is now part of nimbyx, an online healthcare marketplace that connects dentists, labs and distributors. nimbyx CEO Paolo Kalaw is named CEO of evident, replacing outgoing CEO Rayne Verity.

“We have acquired evident and are investing a significant amount of capital into the company. Our focus...

Amann Girrbach North America appoints Georg Eickhoff as President, overseeing all U.S. operations. Eickhoff joined Amann Girrbach in June 2008 and has held various management positions including CFO at the company’s headquarters in Austria.

“Amann Girrbach has grown into a market-leading...

The industry is abuzz with questions and concerns about the FDA’s newest statement on in-lab milling of implant abutments (see NADL alert below). Watch for additional coverage in LMT.

From NADL:FDA Alert - Labs not permitted to use CAD/CAM for in-lab milling of most abutments

When FDA began studying...