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Branding is more than just a logo or tagline – it's the entire experience that a customer has with your business. It's the way you communicate your values and unique selling points, and it's what sets you apart from your competitors. A strong brand can help you stand out in the market, attract and retain customers, and position your business for long-term success.

It's all about building that personal relationship between your business, your brand, and your customers. You want them to know...

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 recently developed mobile clinic has been created in cooperation with Planmeca’s Finnish distributor Plandent to enable dental care in areas where it is needed the most.

The five mobile clinics...

EasyRx President and CEO, Todd Blankenbecler, and EasyRx Chief Technology Officer, Andy Stark were guests on the Voices from The Bench podcast hosted by Elvis Dahl and Barbara Warner Wojdan, CDT, AAACD.

3Shape Automate is the world’s first dental design service platform exclusively powered by AI technology. Here’s how it works: on the Automate website, 3shape.com/automate, you can upload an unlimited number of scans and design instructions--from 3Shape Dental System, exocad software and directly from select scanners--and choose your desired turnaround time, which can be as soon as five minutes. Automate AI technology creates the design proposal and returns it at the selected delivery...

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Ivoclar Vivadent is excited to announce that they will be taking to the North American highways in 2021, embarking on an educational experience like no other - The 2021 Dental Innovation Tour.

"Our objective is to bring our innovation and educational programs to dental professionals across North America," said President Christian Brutzer.  "This way we can connect and cultivate relationships with our broad base of customers with personalized...

Keating Dental Arts has changed its name to Keating Dental Lab, has a new logo and updated its tagline to You Can Count on Keating. “At Keating, we strive to continually evolve with the times and with that, our branding has evolved as well,” says Shaun Keating, CDT, President and Founder of Keating Dental Lab. “As dental technologies, processes and procedures change for the better, Keating has always been at the forefront of innovation. Our new look is representative of that philosophy—a...

America’s ToothFairy will host its annual fundraiser with a special focus this year. Bid For Smiles, an online auction benefiting children in need of dental care and preventive services, will shine a light on products and equipment that help dental

Dentsply Sirona,  the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, announced today that Dentsply Sirona  World  2020 will be reimagined into dynamic localized in-person and globally-available virtual events. The new formats –  certain to delight attendees –  will offer expanded opportunities for earning  CE credit  and feature the best  and brightest speakers in dentistry presenting engaging educational sessions...

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 to many of us," says Renata Budny, MDT, CDT, FNGS, Chair, Department of Restorative Dentistry. "He was a very influential force in our profession and he will never be forgotten." 

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 wrote a book for dentists,Creating Unbreakable Bonds with Your Patients. It describes six patient retention strategies, and 87 ways to implement them to get their patients returning and bringing family...

The CARES Act, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, developed in response to the coronavirus pandemic following the passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201, now Public Law 116-127), has passed the Senate unanimously and contains many provisions which the NADL and its members have advocated for that could be of significant benefit to dental laboratories and dental technicians.

While the House is set to vote on the bill this Friday and it could still be amended,...

We’re excited to participate in this year’s LAB Day again! We will be represented by our dental team consisting of Soroosh, our Head of CAM Automation and Digital Dentistry and our dental frontmen Ben and Fabian. All of them will be there to answer any questions you may have and we hope to meet many of our valued customers and partners.

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Panthera Dental is proud to reveal the participants of the Panthera Master Cup 2020.  They all have a chance to win  more than $ 50,000 in prizes. This year, the 10 participants automatically win a trip to come to Quebec City, Canada. They will all participate in the Master Cup ceremony during the Panthera Days on June 19 and 20.

The participants are: 

Josh Branco, United-States

Marta  Noemi Mattioli, Argentina

Jeremy Darin,  United-States

Loulianos...

The deadline to be considered as a competitor for Panthera MasterCup is January 5, 2020!

Keystone Industries® has obtained 510k clearance by the U.S. FDA to sell its revolutionary 3D printing night guard and splint resin in the United States, joining Canada and the EU as territories where KeySplint Soft can be purchased.  KeySplint Soft is unlike any other 3D printing material. Without being brittle, it is tough and durable like a hard splint to withstand the forces of bruxism, yet flexible for patient comfort. It is abrasion and fracture resistant.  KeySplint Soft is made...

Panthera announces the winner of the 2019 Master Cup competition. Watch the official video here.

On Saturday, September 14, 2019, A Night for Smiles will host its second annual Black Tie Gala to benefit The Kenneth D. Owen North Carolina Missions of Mercy (NCMOM) – Charlotte Chapter (www.ncmom-charlotte.com). NCMOM is a grass roots effort, dependent entirely on volunteers, including dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and scores of volunteers who donate their time and talents. It also depends on grants and funding from charitable and civic organizations, corporations and personal...