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38th International Dental Show • Cologne • 12–16 March 2019
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The state of the
profession

“The response has been
fantastic”

Planmeca puts on a
show

CED President Dr Marco Landi
says opportunities and challenges
lie ahead
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Matt Muramoto of DryShield
talks about the company’s
isolation system

Extensive line-up of new
products introduced at IDS
2019
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MORE INVENTIVE
LESS INVASIVE

“Innovation backed by science”
An interview with Hans Geiselhöringer, President of Nobel Biocare
 Dental Tribune International met
with Hans Geiselhöringer, President
of Nobel Biocare, at the 2019 IDS
to discuss the company’s latest innovations, its upcoming Global Symposium in Madrid, and what he sees
as its future focus.
Mr Geiselhöringer, a point of emphasis
for Nobel Biocare at IDS 2019 was implant surfaces, with the company taking
the opportunity to launch the Xeal abutment surface and the TiUltra implant
surface. How does TiUltra build upon the
success of the TiUnite implant surface?
Well, there are several aspects to
take into account when discussing
implant surfaces. Over the decadeslong history of implantology, there
have been many different types of
implant surfaces presented, including machined and anodised. As leading innovators in the industry, we
had both machined implants and im-

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Xeal and TiUltra, that cater for the
specific needs of each area and surface of the restoration. TiUltra, specifically, has a surface topography
that changes gradually to become
moderately rough towards the implant apex and surface chemistry
designed to positively interact with
cells and improve osseointegration.

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plants with the moderately rough
TiUnite surface, which now has a
wealth of science behind it and is one
of the most clinically researched surfaces on the market.
This overall success showed the
superiority of our implant surface,

but also demonstrated the important role that research plays at Nobel
Biocare. We invested further into
basic research to understand even
better the early integration processes, which eventually led us to
create two new implant surfaces,

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Along those lines, a key indicator of
implant success has been osseointegration. However, Nobel Biocare
is promising to go beyond this with
the Mucointegration era. How do
Xeal and TiUltra allow for this era to
commence?
Given that we have more than
100,000 TiUnite implants documented
in clinical studies, we know that implant success is influenced by various
factors, such as implant placement,
maintenance protocol and prosthetic
design.
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4–8 September 2019

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IDS reaffirms its leading position
as global dental trade fair
This year exceeds previous results, increases internationality and quality.

© Koelnmesse/Thomas Klerx
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The 2019 International Dental Show exceeded the results of the previous event and the organisers attained their goals of greater internationality and higher quality in supply and demand,
boosting the satisfaction of both exhibitors and attendees.

 The International Dental Show (IDS),
which took place in Cologne in Germany from 12 to 16 March, fulfilled
the high expectations of the global
industry and once again underlined
its position as the leading trade fair.
With 2,327 companies from 64 countries participating, this year’s event
welcomed 20 more exhibitors com-

pared with two years ago, as
well as 160,000 trade visitors from
166 countries. The overall number
of visitors rose by 3.2 per cent (about
5,000 more people) and the number of foreign trade visitors by
6.0 per cent.
Gerald Böse, CEO of Koelnmesse,
which stages the show, said: “IDS is

a trade fair in a class of its own and
always sets new benchmarks. It manages to surpass the already excellent results of the previous event every time.” Both visitors and exhibitors are impressed by IDS: it is only
here that one encounters supply and
demand of such an extent, quality
and level of internationality. “IDS is
the undisputed leading global trade
fair for the dental industry,” he continued.
The official figures confirm the
high level of internationality at IDS:
73.0 per cent of the exhibitors and
62.0 per cent of the visitors came from
166 foreign countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Egypt, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, South Africa and the US. Regarding the 6.0 per cent increase in
foreign visitors, IDS 2019 recorded
significant growth in the number of
visitors from Asia (+23.1 per cent),
Eastern Europe (+19.6 per cent), Africa (+17.0 per cent), Central and
South America (+14.6 per cent) and
North America (+5.3 per cent) specifically.
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« 1 – Nobel Biocare
We have seen that failures occur
more frequently as soon as copycats and unvalidated prosthetic
solutions are integrated into the
implant treatment.
With Xeal and TiUltra, we are
now able to offer a pair of surfaces
with the surface chemistry and scientific backing necessary to promote
not just early osseointegration and
long-term implant stability, but also
soft-tissue attachment to the abutment. Together, these new surfaces
can optimise tissue integration at all
levels to help improve implant treatment outcomes for all patients.
The patient is at the centre of
everything we do at Nobel Biocare,
and these surfaces are another big
leap forward in addressing their
needs for immediate function and
long-term maintenance and aesthetics.

be running to provide dental professionals with the education and
skills necessary for working with
the Nobel Biocare N1 system. I invite those interested in a pre-launch
experience to register and join us
in Madrid at the end of June.

The Nobel Biocare Global Symposium, where the new Nobel Biocare
N1 implant concept will be presented, seems to be just around the
corner. What can dental professionals look forward to when joining
you in Madrid?
Based on the extensive clinical
experience our key experts have
gained with the Nobel Biocare N1

After IDS, Hans Geiselhöringer said the next big event for Nobel Biocare will be its Global Symposium, taking place in Madrid in Spain
from 27 to 29 June.

implant concept, I am convinced
that what we will be showing
in Madrid is the next chapter in
dental implant care. We have designed this system working with an
international network of researchers and clinicians, and during the

course of its development, we have
consistently surpassed our own
very high expectations. I believe
that the Nobel Biocare N1 system’s
biologically driven design presents
a breakthrough in our understanding
of how implant placement and pros-

thetic procedures can be achieved
with a streamlined digital workflow.
Though there are many things to
be excited about ahead of the Global
Symposium, I am particularly looking forward to the many hands-on
sessions that our clinical experts will

You have been President of Nobel
Biocare for a little over three years
at this point and have been with the
company for more than a decade.
How has the company changed in
this time, and what do you see as its
future point of focus?
Going forward, our focus remains
on the development of innovations
which address customer needs and
are backed by science. A clear aim for
us is to improve procedures and the
dental workflow as much as possible,
in order to provide clinicians with forward-thinking solutions that allow for
immediate function and shorter timeto-teeth, while at the same time supporting long-term maintenance and
aesthetics. Going beyond just the improvement of existing solutions, N1 is
really a ground-breaking innovation
that will set new standards in the industry. We have many more innovations to come in the future, and I look
forward to presenting these in due
time with the assistance of our excellent team here at Nobel Biocare.7

« 1 – IDS
An independent visitors’ survey
reported that the largest groups of
visitors came from the dental industry. Schools and universities were
strongly represented too.
Almost 80.0 per cent of those
who completed the survey stated they
were satisfied or highly satisfied with
the range of exhibition offerings.
More than 93.0 per cent said that
they would recommend visiting IDS,
and 70.0 per cent of the respondents were already planning to visit
the next IDS in 2021.
Dr Markus Heibach, Executive
Director of the Association of the
German Dental Industry, which is involved in organising the event, was
also pleased with the outcome of the
trade fair: “The high level of satisfaction of our trade visitors and exhibitors is for us impressive confirmation of our efforts to make our
guests’ stay as pleasant and successful as possible by offering them a
cosmopolitan, hospitable and perfect service.”

IDS offered the ideal business
platform, especially for new companies on the dental market seeking to
establish themselves with high-quality innovations, such as those for improved digital workflows and additive production, new prophylactic formulas and filling materials, pioneering intraoral scanners and implant
designs, as well as flexible workflows
for management of the laboratory.
According to the show organisers, the success of IDS 2019 was
achieved by striking a positive balance between current growth areas
in the industry. “The International
Dental Show is a phenomenon: the atmosphere is so international, thirsty
for knowledge and open that it has
been simply very inspiring once
again this year. Digitalisation can improve the workflows of practices, but
shouldn’t be implemented non-critically or too hastily,” commented Dr
Peter Engel, President of the German
federal dental association (Bundeszahnärztekammer), which is an IDS
partner.

In addition, Engel said that the
success of IDS 2019 had once again underlined the significance of the dental
industry as a major economic driver
and creator of jobs within the wider
health sector. “A local dentist employs
between four and five employees on
average. Trained dental employees are
the heart of every dental practice—
without them a practice wouldn’t
work. Skilled dental employees there-

that master dental technicians and
their teams are irreplaceable experts
in the provision of dental restorations. “Well-trained young professionals are important for a strong
dental technology trade. Highly
trained young dental technician apprentices once again impressively
demonstrated their skills at this
year’s IDS in the scope of the Gysi
prize competition,” he pointed out.

the German dental association, and
the projects currently being undertaken provide aid and support in a
number of ways within Germany and
Europe but also worldwide. At home
in Germany, for example, many dentists are committed to helping people
of lower socioeconomic standing and
those in need of emergency assistance. These dentists treat people
who have no health insurance and of-

Carrying on the tradition of recognising and facilitating the social
commitments made by the dental industry, the German dental association’s conference of aid organisations
was also held at the event in Cologne.
The organisers commented that the
conference is a source of ideas for
developing and strengthening dental
aid projects, and functions as a forum for discussion and personal exchange. Around 60 dental aid projects and organisations are currently
represented within the network of

fer aid organisations both monetary
and in-kind support. Overseas, many
dental aid organisations are engaged
in international projects that provide
assistance in acute humanitarian situations such as natural disasters
and in regions suffering crises. As
IDS 2019 has shown, the dental industry is experiencing growth and is
in a strong position to continue its important social engagements.

© Robert Haussmann

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fore require recognition as well as inspiration and know-how,” he pointed
out. Dominik Kruchen, President of
the association of German dental technician guilds (Verband Deutscher
Zahntechniker-Innungen), also an IDS
partner, added: “IDS has demonstrated
at what speed the digital dental world
is developing. One has to weigh up the
risks, recognise one’s own opportunities and make investment decisions
based on good judgement.”
Touching on the role of dental
laboratories, Kruchen commented

The 39th IDS is scheduled to take
place from 9 to 13 March 2021.7

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A European perspective on opportunities and
challenges for the dental profession
 The Council of European Dentists
(CED) has expressed great concern
about the pressures that both the
liberal profession and its patients are
facing. Purely market-driven dental
chains put patient safety at risk
through mismanagement and mistreatment of patients and employees.
While advertising by dentists is
tightly regulated, dental chains are
able to take a more aggressive
approach. Therefore, national legislators have a responsibility to put
patients ﬁrst and ensure that they
receive the oral care they deserve.
The CED is a European not-forproﬁt association, previously known
as the EU Dental Liaison Committee,
that represents over 340,000 dentists
across Europe. Its objectives include
promoting high standards of oral
health, dentistry and dental care,
contributing to safeguarding public
health and promoting the interests of
the dental profession in the EU. To
this end, the CED has worked tirelessly over the years on improving EU
legislation and putting issues that
concern dentists on the political
agenda. These include matters as diverse as professional qualiﬁcations,
patient safety, health workforce planning, antimicrobial resistance, dental materials, medical devices and
e-health.
The dental profession and dental
services are constantly evolving. New
technology, new materials and new
devices create both immense opportunities and great challenges. On the

one hand, dentists nowadays must
be more digitally savvy, follow strict
data protection regulations and work
within the constraints of tight healthcare budgets. On the other hand, they
have access to more research, better
instruments and improved materials.
Despite all these developments,
the CED’s guiding principles remain
the same: Europeans should have access to high-quality oral healthcare,
which must be provided by welltrained, skilled and fully competent
dentists using the latest and most
appropriate technology with an evidence-based approach. The CED,
therefore, strives to ensure that the
dental profession continues to be adequately regulated and that today’s
dental teams can face new challenges
and provide patients with the best
possible treatment.
It must be stressed that dentists
and other healthcare professionals
provide a unique service. Provision of
healthcare is not a commodity and
falls outside of the market-driven supply and demand logic of other regulated professions, such as those of
plumbers, ski instructors or translators. Unfortunately, some regulators
do not differentiate and try to apply
competitive free-market ideology to
dentistry, either because of budget
pressures or for political motives.
With this in mind, the CED has
noted with concern the latest developments regarding corporate dentistry
in Europe. Organisations, usually run
by investment companies, are setting

An editorial by Dr Marco Landi, President of the Council of European Dentists

up dental ofﬁces in a number of locations, either in a single country or
across a number of different countries, often motivated more by creating a return on investment than by
delivering good dental care to patients. Frequently, these organisations
are headed by a manager who is not a
dentist, and the dentists are relegated
to the role of employees. The CED is
concerned that the commercial inter-

ests which are driving the business
model of such organisations may impact patient safety overall through a
variety of factors, including poor
treatment, unsatisfactory employment conditions and inadequate provision of care. Incidents in Spain and
France have shown upsetting examples of some dental chains’ disregard
for patient safety. Patients were left
without proper care and, in some in-

stances, even harmed. To draw attention to these worrying developments,
the CED General Meeting adopted a
resolution on corporate dentistry in
Europe in November 2018.
Advertising of dental services is
another widely discussed issue in Europe. The European Court of Justice
issued a preliminary ruling in May
2017 in which it concluded that an
overall prohibition of advertising is
excessive, but that the protection of
health may be an objective that justiﬁes advertising restrictions. The
Court considered that promoting inappropriate or unnecessary care, misleading patients, damaging the image
of the profession and distorting the relationship between dentist and patient undermine the protection of
health and compromise the dignity of
the profession. While dentists are
bound by national legislation, regulations or codes of conduct setting out
rules for advertising by healthcare
professionals, dental chains are not.
Anecdotal evidence shows that some
chains try to recruit patients through
more aggressive marketing focused
on prices and payment plans. It is up
to national legislators to put an end to
this to ensure that patients are not
misled and that they receive the oral
care that they deserve.
The CED is proud to represent
340,000 practising dentists across Europe and we stand ready to seize the
opportunities and face the challenges
that the present and future hold for
oral health and dentistry. 

The social gathering place at IDS 2019
OEMUS MEDIA and DTI media lounge hosted successful social events. By Dental Tribune International
 The International Dental Show
(IDS) is not only a place for trade but
is also a crucial event for collaboration and development across many
ﬁelds of dentistry. Over the course of
IDS 2019, Dental Tribune International (DTI), in conjunction with
OEMUS MEDIA, held a number of
social occasions. Designed to bring

professionals from many different
corners of the dental industry together, honour those who have dedicated their lives to the industry and
celebrate new partnerships, the three
separate functions were all well received.
On 13 March, DTI and the International College of Dentists (ICD) for-



malised their media agreement with
the signing of a contract at the OEMUS
MEDIA and DTI media lounge. The
signing was witnessed by DTI CEO
Torsten Oemus, ICD representatives
Dr Dov Sydney and Dr Mauro Labanca and Henry Schein representatives, including Chief Global Communications Ofﬁcer Gerard Meuchner.

The media lounge also hosted the ROOTS SUMMIT brunch—pictured is Stephen Jones, one of the Founders of the summit
and Co-Chairman of the 2018 event.

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Speaking about the ICD, Sydney,
International Editor and Director of
Communications, as well as General
Chair of the College Centennial Committee, said: “Over the past 100 years,
there have been changes in social
structure and the economy and yet
we have continued to grow because
our purpose and our goals continue to

Food, drinks and ﬁ rst-class networking opportunities.

be relevant in every age and stage of
world development. And now we are
going to build on that with DTI and
make it a long-term relationship. They
help us, we help them, everybody is
happy.”
The following night, DTI and
OEMUS MEDIA hosted the Channel3
evening. Attended by more than 80 industry professionals, the event celebrated for the ﬁfth year running the
P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Dentistry. Awarded
this year to Prof. Jörg Strub of the University of Freiburg in Germany, it was
accepted on his behalf by Dr Kenneth
Malament.
At the award ceremony, Malament reminded an assembly of Strub’s
colleagues and friends that he “is an
individual who has put his whole life
into dentistry—there is simply no one
like him. He is the best of his generation.” Mark Ferber, Founder of Channel3, which presents the award, told
DTI that “Jörg Strub has perfectly represented, throughout his career, the
ﬁve characteristics of Prof. Brånemark, on which the award is based.
Dr Strub is a scientist, a clinician,
an educator, a humanitarian, and a
sage.”
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A real product experience
W&H held several “Walk & Hands-on Tours” at IDS
 At IDS 2019, Austria-based company W&H decided not to host one
large press conference, but rather to
invite the press to attend specially
stylised “Walk & Hands-on Tours”.
Held at different times throughout
the trade fair at the W&H booth,
the tours allowed participants to
get up close and personal with the
latest products released at the fair.
On Wednesday, Dental Tribune International attended an afternoon
tour.
Simon Niedermüller, Director of
Business Management, led the tour.
Besides a number of products that
the company had on display, W&H
launched its latest cloud-based technology, the ioDent system. “The ioDent



Simon Niedermüller, Director of Business Management at W&H, led the tour.

platform is an Internet of Things
platform connecting different W&H
@ Luke Gribble/DTI

tas, APCD) in Brazil. APCD is the organiser of the São Paulo International Dental Meeting (CIOSP), the
largest such event in Latin America.
Oemus announced the marketing
and educational agreement together

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« 4 – Media lounge
On 15 March, DTI and OEMUS
MEDIA hosted the ﬁnal event of IDS,
Latin America night. The event gathered a number of dental professionals and partners from the Latin



Chair of the College Centennial Committee, Dr Dov Sydney, shakes hands with DTI CEO Torsten
Oemus—DTI and the International College of Dentists (ICD) formalised their media agreement at
IDS 2019.

American region and beyond to discuss further collaboration and recap
the activities of the previous days.
The main event of the evening was,
however, the announcement of a
new agreement between DTI and the
São Paulo dental association (Associação Paulista de Cirurgiões-Dentis-

with APCD President Dr Wilson Chediek and International Director Dr
Marcos Capez. DTI and APCD have
been collaborating for several years
now, mostly in the international
marketing of CIOSP, for which DTI
produces the daily paper CIOSP
today together with APCD. 

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products, from our implantology
products through to our sterilisers,
but also provides service support to
the clinics,” explained Niedermüller.
With many features, the new platform’s intuitive interface enables the
user to predeﬁne all the treatment details, implant positions and necessary
programme steps, which are customised for each patient and can be
planned and conﬁgured prior to the
treatment.
Other products showcased during the tour and launched at IDS
for the ﬁrst time were the new Lisa
and Lara sterilisers, and a new prophylactic portfolio.
For more information on W&H,
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This was
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OptraGate advertises
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So much to do and see in
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Dürr Dental presents itself again as a modern provider
of systematic diagnostic solutions
The future of dental diagnostics is digital. That is why Dürr Dental is developing both the hardware and the software for a complete digital workflow.
Among the new products presented by the specialist for dental technologies during IDS 2019 were VistaVox S Ceph and VistaSoft.
VistaVox S Ceph: An all-in-one
unit for the full range of
radiographic diagnostics
n Dentists are already using VistaVox S
for excellent panoramic and CBCT radiographic images. With VistaVox S
Ceph, Dürr Dental is now offering orthodontists an all-in-one digital radiographic device adapted to their needs.
One of the special features of VistaVox S
and VistaVox S Ceph is S-Pan technology for excellent panoramic images.
Here, VistaVox S selects from a large
number of parallel layers the image
sections that correspond best to the
anatomy of the patient. This results in
images showing the actual positioning of the teeth, automatically cancelling out certain mispositioning
errors. This means fewer repeat images and huge time-savings. Just like
VistaVox S, VistaVox S Ceph really
stands out with a perfect 3-D imaging
volume (Ø 130 × 85 mm). It follows the
natural shape of the jaw arch and,
thus, perfectly maps the relevant
region for diagnosis—including the
molars. VistaVox S Ceph offers all
the qualities of VistaVox S—with the
addition of six programmes for timesaving cephalometric exposures. These

include the options “Lateral Head”,
“Full Lateral Head”, “PA Head”, “Submentovertex”, “Waters View” and
“Hand”. As with all other products
from Dürr Dental, VistaVox S Ceph
is all about smooth processes and
user friendliness. That is why the
new product features two sophisticated sensors. There is no need for
unplugging and reconnecting between the 3-D radiographic unit and
the Ceph boom, a process that is
both cumbersome and risky. The
therapist selects the required programme, positions the patient, and
can then immediately start taking
the radiograph.

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digital practice
The latest generation of Dürr Dental imaging software covers the
complete digital imaging workflow for dental practices. VistaSoft
from Dürr Dental offers
nine different modules
that cover all the functions, including taking
and processing digital
radiographic and camera
images, transferring radiographic images via

the cloud, and planning implants and
drilling templates. This is thanks to
the ergonomic design and one-click
design philosophy, which ensure that
practice team members can get used
to the software very quickly and use
it intuitively. VistaSoft Implant is a
state-of-the-art tool for complete backward planning, from crowns to implants. The resulting planning data
is saved as an open STL file and can
be forwarded without complications
to, for example, a laboratory. The
same applies to drilling templates,

which can be created with the module VistaSoft Guide. The VistaSoft
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sharing, for example, CBCT images
really easily with colleagues, laboratories, clinics or patients. Data and
comments can be exchanged efficiently and securely, as the image
data is transmitted via the VistaSoft
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DryShield’s new isolation
system lands in Europe

Interview: Adopting intraoral scanners
is vital for success

An interview with Matt Muramoto, Regional Sales Manager at DryShield

An interview with Thomas Weldingh, Deputy Group CEO of 3DISC

n Modern isolation systems are designed to accomplish the tasks of a
high-suction evacuator, dry angles,
cotton rolls and gauze in one easy-touse device. DryShield is an exciting
and innovative company in this field
and just made its second appearance
at the International Dental Show
(IDS) in Cologne in Germany after
recently receiving the CE marking
for its eponymous product, allowing
its sale in Europe. Dental Tribune International spoke with Matt Muramoto, a
Regional Sales Manager at DryShield,
at IDS 2019 about the device and the
company’s plans for introducing the
system to European dentists.

DryShield promises to be an all-in-one
system. What features does it offer?
DryShield was designed with the
dentist in mind by our Founder, Dr Lan
Nguyen, a long-time practising paediatric dentist. He was seeking to address a need that he and his colleagues
faced, with an all-in-one isolation device
that was autoclavable, comfortable and
easy to use. DryShield combines isolation, retraction of the soft tissue, protection of the throat from liquids and
debris, and aspiration of the oral cavity.
It frees up the dental assistant—who,
by the way, loves DryShield—to multitask and prep for the next procedure.
We’ve had great success with DryShield
since launching in May 2014.
Why has DryShield decided to enter
the European market?
We have experienced enormous
success in the US and Canada, and Europe was the next area of expansion
for us. We have had so many dentists
contact us from all over Europe requesting an isolation system that was
autoclavable. They were looking for
something that could fit into the economics of a typical dental office, rather
than expensive disposable mouthpieces. Europe represented an attractive market with a high level of demonstrated interest in our product. Now
that we have our CE marking, we are
selling in Europe and actively building
relationships with dealers.
What has the response in Europe been
so far?
The response
has been fantastic
since our participation in IDS 2017.
Attendees at the

last IDS responded very positively to
the DryShield system—it was the first
time they had seen an entirely autoclavable system on the market. They
were talking about its cost-effectiveness and ease of use with installation
in seconds, and, of course, they appreciated that DryShield, like other modern isolation systems, can dramatically increase efficiencies: a study of
100 dentists showed a typical reduction in chair time of 20–30 per cent.
How comfortable is this system for
patients?
Because Dr Nguyen works with kids,
patient comfort was a top priority. The
material is a soft, ﬂexible silicone that
doesn’t impinge on the soft tissue,
and is great in addressing mandibular
tori and other oral issue. DryShield
increases comfort for patients: all the
liquids are aspirated, the patient’s
throat is protected, his or her mouth
can rest on the bite block, and the
procedure is over more quickly. The
bite block is interchangeable, which
means it can be selected to fit to an
array of different-sized mouths, for both
children and adults. We’re starting to
see patients ask their dentists if they
use DryShield, and also dentists using
DryShield to attract new patients.
Given the continually evolving nature
of dentistry, companies need to consider education when entering a
new market. What is DryShield’s
approach to education?
DryShield’s vision is to bring new
technology to the dentistry profession—
to help the profession grow and to
help dental practices evolve. We believe that modern isolation is essential
for dentists in serving their patients
while gaining ﬂexibility and efficiency.
Dentists that already use modern isolation understand the value proposition
of DryShield in terms of providing
greater safety and patient comfort, reducing chair time and ensuring that
schedules run in an efficient manner.
It’s the more traditional isolation users
that need a little more education on
the technology and its value. For instance, we talk to customers about our
very simple sterilisation protocol, in
which DryShield goes into the normal
autoclave workﬂow with other dental
tools. We go above and beyond by
offering every customer a Q & A session with an expert, talking through
the installation process, patient introduction and so on. We also provide
quick-start guides, monthly tips and
how-to videos in order to provide help
at each stage of the experience.

For more information, visit
www.dryshield.com 7

The Heron IOS intraoral scanner from 3DISC.

n The US-based company 3DISC,
which recently launched the Heron
IOS (intraoral scanner), specialises
in quality imaging solutions for dentists. Dental Tribune International
spoke with Thomas Weldingh, Deputy Group CEO of 3DISC, about this
scanner and the company’s focus
at IDS.
Mr Weldingh, which products is
3DISC highlighting at IDS 2019?
We are proud to be showcasing
the Heron IOS solution. Recent upgrades mean that the scanner now delivers more detailed and accurate images, has a larger range of indications
and operates at a faster speed. Heron
IOS is the smallest and most lightweight colour scanner on the market
and provides unsurpassed ergonom-

Thomas Weldingh is Deputy Group CEO of
3DISC.

ics for dental professionals. It is designed and manufactured in the US.
3DISC primarily targets small- to
mid-sized dental practices. What
factors have led to this segment of
the market being your focus?
The adoption of intraoral scanners in solo practices is vital for
companies’ success. Approximately
70 per cent of all dental practices in
the US and 75 per cent in Europe are
solo practices. However, only an estimated 5 to 15 per cent have intraoral
scanners. Simplicity is key for most
practices in this segment. The Heron
IOS is recognised as being a simple,
reliable and cost-effective solution
with an open system structure that
allows for ongoing ﬂexibility and
freedom of choice.

Can you describe the price model of
the Heron IOS?
The Heron IOS is available at a
one-time, affordable fee, with no additional costs. The scanner comes
with a free programme that automatically updates the scanner with
software upgrades as they are released, improving characteristics
such as scanning speed, scanning
accuracy, colour rendering and usability. It is safe to invest in this scanner today, knowing you will always
have the latest generation even years
from now.

Thank you very much for the interview. 7
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n Tecnomed Italia wishes to take the
opportunity to say “thank you to all
of our clients and business partners
for visiting our booth at IDS 2019.”
The exhibition provided the opportunity to highlight the Handy Surgery
product range and to present Sterinox, the new sterilisation line.
Each element of the Handy Surgery line has been studied in order to
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Success at IDS!

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Dealers with A-dec received honours at an exclusive awards event at the A-dec booth at IDS.

n Thank you to those of you who
stopped by the A-dec booth in Cologne to say hello. IDS is always a
great opportunity to meet dentists
from around the world, seeing faces
familiar and new, and learn about
what has changed in the dental industry in the past two years.
A-dec threw a dealer awards
event one evening after the show, inviting all of our dealers from across
the globe to celebrate with us. It was
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Dealer anniversaries were also
celebrated at the event, with Sadent
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Medical Ireland both achieving 40 years
of partnership with A-dec international. DB Dental achieved its 20-year
collaboration anniversary, and Hague
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Chlorhexidine, but not as you know it…
CURAPROX Perio Plus+

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CURAPROX Perio Plus+ is chlorhexidine combined with CITROX. This unique combination has been proven to be more effective than chlorhexidine alone.

n Swiss oral health company Curaden
launched CURAPROX Perio Plus+ at
IDS 2019. This pioneering antiseptic
range is chlorhexidine, but not as
you know it—the mouthwashes, gel
and toothpaste are all naturally
enhanced chlorhexidine products,
and pave the way towards organic

oral antiseptics with minimal side
effects. The secret? A potent and
natural antibacterial: CITROX.

Maximal effect…
Research led by Prof. David
Williams at Cardiff University in
the UK has proven the unique sy n-

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ergy between chlorhexidine and
CITROX—a natural antibacterial agent
extracted from bitter oranges. “The
active agents in CITROX can attack
multiple sites of a microbial cell,
leading to improved deactivation,
and making the agent effective at
inhibiting microorganisms known

to cause infections in the oral cavity,” says Prof. Williams. “Our research has shown that a combination of chlorhexidine and CITROX
was demonstrably more effective at
inhibiting bacteria, compared with
using either of these ingredients
alone.”

paste contains a balanced 0.09 per
cent. The 0.5 per cent chlorhexidine
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of wounds, infections or implant complications. Moreover, the toothpaste,
gel and regenerate mouthwash contain hyaluronic acid, which promotes tissue regeneration.

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A compliance booster

Perio Plus+’s unique mix of CITROX
and polylysine—another natural antiseptic—prolongs CITROX’s substantivity in the mouth. Because CITROX partially substitutes the chlorhexidine, it
is possible to reduce the concentration
of chlorhexidine after the initial thera-

Whereas the addition of Perio
Plus+’s active ingredients makes all
the difference for dental professionals, taste makes all the difference
from the patient’s perspective. Perio
Plus+’s pleasant fresh mint flavour
minimises taste disturbance and has

peutic dose, minimising possible chlorhexidine side effects such as discoloration, taste disturbance and irritation of
the oral mucosa.
For this reason, the Perio Plus+
mouthwash is available in different
chlorhexidine concentrations, ranging from a bactericidal 0.2 per cent
to a bacteriostatic 0.05 per cent for
adequate, individualised treatment,
while the Perio Plus+ Support tooth-

been positively received by patients,
enhancing patient compliance. Lastly,
Perio Plus+ contains no alcohol or
sodium lauryl sulphate, ensuring
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Keep up to date on everything
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Polydentia showcases its innovative restorative solutions at IDS
n Polydentia thanks everyone for visiting us at IDS in Cologne. We highly
value the interest in our new products
and our line of sectional matrix systems. For five days, dental professionals, opinion leaders and dealers from
all over the world could appreciate
our restorative innovations displayed
during the dental expo. This year, we
also offered six live product demonstrations featuring dentists and StyleItaliano silver members who explained how they achieve excellent
anterior and posterior restorations
and save chair time with our sectional
matrix systems and conservative
dentistry solutions. We would like to
thank Drs Katherine Losada, Anna
Salat, Jordi Manauta, Giuseppe Chiodera and Antonio Nicolò for presenting
our products during the dental show.

Polydentia products
launched at IDS
MyTines Small, Medium and
Large are autoclavable, replaceable
and interchangeable ring extremities
especially developed to fit on to myClip 2.0 and myRing Forte. These extremities enhance the adaptation of
Polydentia’s sectional matrices to a
wide range of clinical situations and
teeth with different crown heights. In
the case of different tooth morphologies, the ability to combine myTines
Small with myTines Medium on the
same Polydentia sectional ring pro-

ity with the appropriate separation
force, enabling dentists to achieve
ideal contact surfaces. In addition, the
extra grip provided by the flexible
extremities, myTines Junior and the
rounded silicone tubes ensure better
adaptation of the sectional matrices,
hence, preventing annoying composite flashes and overhangs.
Unica anterior is a simple and
ideal matrix for anterior restorations
such as Class III, Class IV and Class V,
direct stratification composite veneers and shape modifications.
Thanks to its contoured shape, Unica
anterior adapts correctly to the different morphologies of anterior teeth
and makes it possible to restore proximal and cervical margins at once,

vides an improved matrix adaptation
to the teeth and a firm grip, thus, reducing composite flashes and optimising stability. MyTines Large, instead,
offers the ideal system when dealing
with restorations of a wide cavity,
even in the case of a missing cusp.
MyJunior kit is the first sectional
matrix system for paediatric dentistry,
and has been especially developed
for smaller primary and young permanent teeth. The kit offers child-friendly
solutions that help save valuable chair
time and reduce the child patient’s
distress. Two junior sectional matrix
rings are included in the kit, myClip
Junior and myRing Junior. These minimally invasive, safe-to-use, brightly coloured paediatric rings combine stabil-

even in the presence of a rubber dam
or gingival retraction cords, thus, reducing chair time significantly. The
placement wings allow fast and efficient matrix positioning. Furthermore, Unica anterior, once positioned,
allows the dentist to easily visualise
the fi nal shape of the restoration,
even before starting the procedure.
Diamond24 are anatomically
shaped silicone tubes designed to
be used with Polydentia’s sectional
matrix ring myRing Classico. Diamond24 can be oriented in 24 different combinations of shape and
length, ensuring optimal matrix retention and adaption to the tooth,
even in the case of difficult clinical
situations.

We invite you to discover more
about these innovative products and
all of our restorative solutions at
www.polydentia.ch. You can consult
the complete list of our international
distributors at www.polydentia.ch/en/
distributors
Furthermore, we are pleased to
offer you access to exclusive clinical
content, next event announcements,
and product updates on our social
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An outstanding IDS 2019: A retrospective
n For the 38th edition of IDS, the famous Japanese architect Kengo Kuma
created an entirely new booth design
for GC. It was praised by many visitors,
customers and members of the press,
who took photographs of the booth and
shared them on social media.
There was a high turnout, and
many people were interested in the
latest innovations by GC. “There is an
increased interest in complete solutions brought about by the high work
pressure in contemporary labs and
practices,” said Josef Richter, Chief
Operating Officer and President of GC
Europe AG. “GC accommodates these
practitioners with its newest digital
developments, integrated services
and a complete portfolio of products
that are complement each other, sparing practitioners effort in finding
compatible products; everything that
is needed can be found at the same
place, with clear information and instructions for even the most complex
situations.”
The Aadva Lab Scan 2 and the
IOS 100P and IOS 200 intraoral scanners, for laboratory and intraoral
use, respectively, attracted extra at-

tention. The digital solutions will be
further expanded in 2019 with new
3-D printers to be added to GC’s digital portfolio.
At IDS again, internationally renowned dentists and dental technicians shared their experiences with
visitors at hands-on workshops and
Speakers Corner. Contemporary topics,
such as molar incisor hypomineralisa-

tion, injection moulding techniques,
high-strength lithium disilicate aesthetic restorations and different luting
alternatives, as well as tips and tricks
in the collaboration between laboratories and dentists, were addressed.
IDS is also a great place for networking with peers. The busy chats
during the breakfasts and happy
hour at the booth created a festive at-

mosphere. Shortly before IDS, the US
International Trade Commission dismissed the allegations of patent infringement filed against us by one of
our market companions and that became a hot conversational topic, with
a lot of praise for Initial™ LiSi Press
the pressable ceramic system.
Next to the professional content,
visitors put their best smiles forward,

hopping in the photo booth for the
most original “Smile for the world”
photographs. Many also tried their
luck in the bike contest to win a completely personalised bicycle.
And for those who missed IDS
this year, the show will be back in
2021. GC will be celebrating its 100th
anniversary then and we hope to see
you there! 7

Produits Dentaires
presents IrriFlex
Innovative needle design for advanced root canal irrigation.
n A new generation of an irrigation
needle designed and manufactured by
Swiss endodontic company PD (Produits Dentaires) enables more effective
cleaning and disinfection in
root canal therapy
owing to its unique flexibility
and exceptional
irrigation capabilities.
bilities

The IrriFlex needle solves
a common problem for dentists:
how to completely and efficiently
irrigate complex root canal systems. Combining a soft polypropylene body with a unique lateral
solution delivery, PD has designed
a 30-gauge needle that can easily
adapt to the canal anatomy, irrigate effortlessly and clean areas
once impos sible to reach. The result is enhanced cleaning and irrigation for a more efficient, comfortable treatment compared with
conventional metal needles.
PD’s patented needle design
encompasses two side vents positioned back to back at the tip for
powerful lateral irrigation and a
tapered shape to match the root
canal preparation, unlike metal
needles. The 4 per cent tapered
design maximises the shear stress
along the root canal walls to improve mechanical cleaning efficacy.

The IrriFlex needle safely performs powerful and complete irrigation of the root canal to improve
removal of residue, such as debris,
smear layer and biofilm, in areas
impossible to reach with conventional metal needles.
The needles are produced in a
clean room certified ISO 7 and delivered individually in sealed pouches
designed for single-patient use, thus,
maximising safety.
With this new needle, PD supports general dentists and specialists in performing root canal irrigation more efficiently, comfortably
and safely.

Comfort for you, too.
The difference is in the details.
The A-dec 500 chair is engineered for better dentistry. The pressure-mapped
upholstery comforts the patient, while the thin graceful backrest optimizes
ergonomics and brings you in close. Lasting innovation. True comfort. For you and
your patient.

Visit a-dec.com/thedifference to find out how every detail behind an A-dec
Learn more at pd-irriflex.com 7

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The new generation of Lisa: Incredible inside. Incredible outside.

n With the new Lisa steriliser, W&H
continues on its journey towards providing even greater user comfort and
safety. From the inside, the W&H steriliser offers a wealth of innovative
technologies that go beyond the everyday user experience. Equipped with
artificial intelligence, Lisa turns highend type B sterilising into an efficient
and safe work process. From the outside, Lisa convinces with its perfect
ergonomic design.

Incredible experience
With EliSense, the new Lisa provides an unexpected user experience
and the best performance. Its LED
indicators and display offer information on cycle status, temperature and

much more to optimise both workflow and output. Additionally, now
with new artificial intelligence, Lisa
brings increased efficiency and control.
EliSense’s Smart Sense helps to
shape and optimise the daily work
routine. Thanks to this, Lisa continues to learn use-by-use and makes
suggestions for greater efficiency in
the sterilisation process. It informs
users about optimum steriliser usage
and even reminds them when the
next routine test should be performed, depending on local regulatory requirements. In short, EliSense
Smart Sense is a revolutionary technology which goes beyond everyday
user experience.

The new W&H steriliser provides
clear information on cycle status delivered by EliSense Status Sense. For
the first time, a glance at the unit provides all information needed. Small
LEDs on the display indicate whether
a cycle is in progress or finished,
giving users a complete overview of
the cycle status at all times.
EliSense’s Temperature Sense
serves to protect the practice team
and is an important aspect of the
new Lisa. Equipped with this feature, the W&H steriliser will warn
if the door is open while the load is
still too hot to be touched. Lisa, thus,
takes care of user well-being and offers greater safety during work processes.

the drying time to the mass of the load.
This reduces the cycle time, increases
the lifespan of the instruments and optimises the energy consumption. That
not only results in significant time-saving in reprocessing, but also makes Lisa
a “green solution” in everyday practice.
The outstanding technology inside the new Lisa was developed to
meet the highest demands. Lisa offers
new safety standards, new intelligence
and a new user experience, owing to
the crystal-clear colour touch display
for intuitive navigation through the
intelligent menu structure. In addition
to these innovative features, the steriliser offers all known and proven
Lisa functions, such as User Authentication, Remote Data Storage, shared
LisaSafe (label printer), Programmable
Start, 3-D maintenance animation, help
buttons and Remote Monitoring thanks
to the Lisa Mobile App.

Incredible traceability
A high standard of hygiene is the
hallmark of every dental practice.
With the new generation of Lisa,
this standard is now becoming even
more stringent. EliTrace is the new
enhanced Lisa documentation system and for the first time offers full
traceability down to the single instrument or set without any extra software or computers. The result is a
high level of safety for practices and
their patients.

Incredible performance
The new Lisa features the improved patented Eco Dry + technology
that allows for an even more economical solution. Lisa Eco Dry + adapts

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The battle between digital and analogue
Interview with Dr Galip Gurel, Dr Stefan Koubi & Hilal Kuday
 The use of digital technologies in
dentistry is on the rise, a fact that
clinicians Dr Galip Gurel, Dr Stefan
Koubi and dental technician Hilal
Kuday are well aware of. They are
convinced that the use of modern
technologies is a growing trend in
all areas and to believe that this will
not come to the dental clinic would
be a big mistake. Ulyana Vincheva,
Managing Director of Dental Tribune
Bulgaria and publisher of Dental Tribune Bulgarian Edition, had the opportunity to talk with them about
their lecture during the 2018 Competence in Esthetics meeting held
in Belgrade in Serbia on 10 November
and organised by Ivoclar Vivadent.
They told her of their fascination for
digital dentistry and their vision of
the near future, in which they believe virtual reality and artificial intelligence will feature.

an easy task. The main problem was
that many dentists couldn’t translate
it to the patient’s mouth. We realised
that many of our colleagues don’t use
mock-ups. They take an impression,
send it to the lab and the lab technician prepares a wax-up. Back then,
the lab technicians didn’t have much
supporting material. They had only a
few photographs and a stone model,
and they tried to build up the entire
case based on that. Nothing was personalised. Everything changed the
moment we realised that our IT team
could transform 2-D into 3-D. That is
how Rebel was born. Thanks to Rebel,
we can transform all of this knowledge into a 3-D digital wax-up, which
can be sent to the dentist for 3-D
printing, then for impressions and
back to the patient’s mouth. This is
the chronology of how personalised
smile design became a reality.

A few years ago, you emphasised the
importance of proper communication with lab technicians. Does Rebel
help in this matter?
Gurel: I think Rebel is an amazing tool for ceramists—and I am not
talking only for ceramists like Hilal,
who is a superstar and a great professional. For the majority of lab technicians, Rebel represents an amazing
tool and opportunity to immediately
create a 3-D wax-up that not only is
aesthetic in their opinion, but also
perfectly suits the patient’s facial appearance and personality. At the beginning when starting beta testing of
this project and giving lectures to
dentists and lab technicians, the lab
technicians were the first to embrace
the idea because it makes their lives
much easier. Instead of spending
hours carving and sculpting the
wax-up without having all the infor-

library and you can include as many
tooth shapes and forms as you like.
And after that, you can play with the
software and make some modifications. The problem is that most dentists are not able to experiment with
the software because we don’t have
the knowledge and ability to do it.
That’s the main problem with smile
design: the dentists are not able to experiment with the software and the
lab technicians have one and the
same signature. Rebel provides a
solution, giving you the advantage of
outsourcing the headache of smile
design. We have to be realistic: most
dentists are not able to use the software or Keynote properly; we are
dentists, not fancy speakers, or we
just don’t have enough time to spend
hours in front of the computer. The
ceramists don’t have the knowledge
or ability to create all the different

You are three of the world’s top experts in dentistry and you work together as a team, but you are also
good friends, right?
Koubi: Of course! Nicely done
teamwork is only possible among
people who like each other.
During your lecture you spoke about
“the most personalised smile design”. What is the point? Do you
believe in the individualised approach
for every case, and how does it fit in
with a fully digitalised workflow?
Gurel: As I explained in our lecture, we have been working like this
for years. It provides a personal
touch. It depends on your intuition
how you approach and evaluate the
patient and his or her smile. Even
with this protocol, you should have
some trials. Maybe sometimes the result will be superb; sometimes the patient won’t like it. Our workflow was
already a personalised smile design,
but we didn’t know it until we started
our research. When we started sharing cases with each other, at first, we
selected only the best cases, trying
to evaluate which part of the smile
design goes with which part of the
patient. Does it depend on physical
appearance, which we can’t change,
or on personality, how the patient
wants to be perceived? We frag mented all these smiles and tried
to analyse, for example, on what the
tooth axis depends, on what the tooth
shape depends. After that, we crossmatched these cases and came out
with some results, which we put into
a software programme. This software
is based on hundreds of algorithms,
and most recently, we developed software that is driven by artificial intelligence and suggests smile designs
that are appropriate for the patient
because they go well with his or her
facial appearance and his or her personality. That is how we started using
this programme. The first stop was
the VisagiSmile, which gives us the
2-D design. This programme was
amazing for someone who is into aesthetics. If I show the programme to
Hilal or to Stefan, they will understand it and transfer it to the patient
either as a mock-up or a wax-up, but
for majority of the dentists it wasn’t

like Drs Gurel and Koubi, who appreciate my work in the lab. All of
the precious information that they
register from the patient’s mouth,
the questionnaire in Rebel, give us
an idea of how to follow nature. At
the end of the day, we are a team; we
sit down and work together in order
to create a beautiful job as partners.
Koubi: With Rebel, we are not
talking about replacing the lab technician; we are talking about supporting and assisting him or her. It is very
important to keep that in mind. Rebel
is a very useful tool to improve the
quality of the technician’s work in
order to create even more beautiful
restorations.
Gurel: One other thing: thanks
to Rebel, even more dentists who
were previously afraid to work in the
aesthetic zone will go into aesthetic
dentistry. Imagine that every patient
who needs an aesthetic treatment is
like an empty canvas. You need to
create an artwork there and not every
dentist is capable of doing that. Rebel
gives you the opportunity to create a
masterpiece without worrying about
how to use Rebel. All other programmes, as Stefan and Hilal have
already said, require detailed computer knowledge in order to create
proper smile designs or a great deal
of time to work with digital libraries,
to position the teeth and to establish
a really aesthetic smile. For the dentist to be able to achieve a perfect
smile with a single mock-up is a
completely different story. That’s the
beauty and ease of using Rebel. The
effect of integrating Rebel into the
dental world will not be erasing and
replacing all dental technicians. Instead, it will create a huge community of dentists doing aesthetic cases,
which will increase the number of
veneers, crowns and bridges to be
made. As an end result, more dental
technicians will be needed to cope
with the rising needs.

Left to right: Hilal Kuday, Dr Stefan Koubi and Dr Galip Gürel at the Competence in Esthetics event in Belgrade in 2018.

As I mentioned in our lecture,
when you go into Rebel, there are
some mandatory fields you need to
fill in, like the facial photographs,
the intraoral scanning, the questionnaire, and your or your patient’s preferences. For example, if you would
like to have a mild surface texture or
a strong or smooth one, you need to
enter this information into the software. 90 per cent of the infor mation
needed can be entered only by clicking, nothing further. Some of the data
needs to be entered as a text, but this
is very limited, so definitely I can state
that Rebel is extremely user-friendly.
From a technical perspective, if you
send a case without writing anything,
only with the information that has
been registered by clicking and selecting one of the given options, you
will still have a 100 per cent digital
wax-up. Maybe only 5 per cent needs
to be entered manually by the clinician in order to complete the smile design. As far as I know, to date, this is
the only software that instantly gives
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mation and parameters needed, with
Rebel they can have an accurate
wax-up ready in a split second. Of
course, they can make some small
changes if they like. In my lecture,
you saw how amazingly one can
translate all details, like surface texture and tooth shape, into 3-D printing or CAD/CAM milling in order to
be tested in the patient’s mouth even
before one starts prepping the teeth.
Dr Koubi, what are the benefits of
digital technology for dentists?
Koubi: I would like to briefly
address the previous two questions.
Generally speaking, you have two
realities. One is the patient’s expectations. Patients would always prefer a
customised smile, not a standardised
one. And the second one is the technician’s abilities. Most lab technicians have a specific signature, their
own style, and they pretty much repeat it with every case. I am talking
about the majority of technicians, not
the top professionals. The beauty of
the software is that you have a digital

tooth morphologies because there
are more than 12,000 different tooth
shapes. That is where Rebel comes in;
its algorithm supports you in this
task. Returning to the question, the
benefit for dentists is that it is so
user-friendly—you just plug and play!
Rebel saves a great deal of time and
gives you a quality product, so it
meets every dentist’s needs!
Mr Kuday, would you like to add
something to this topic?
Kuday: As a dental technician, I
would like to say that digital workflow is a tool you can always rely on.
If you integrate digital technology
into your everyday practice, it definitely raises the quality of your work.
We dental technicians study anatomy,
biology and morphology and are a
part of the team, so if dentists don’t
respect our work as lab technicians
and don’t send us all information
needed to create beautiful, nicely
fitting prosthetic restorations, then
our hands are tied. Fortunately, I am
lucky to work with dental experts

You have touched on some advantages of digital technology, but what
are its limitations?
Gurel: Well, there are always
limitations. First of all, it won’t work
in extremely crowded dentition. We
shouldn’t expect miracles. Rebel can
cope with cases with a reasonable
initial situation, for example minor
crowding or minor spacing. It is not
mandatory for the restorative technique to be additive for every case.
That’s another great advantage of
Rebel, meaning that if a part of a
tooth is protruding out of the aesthetic arch, the software doesn’t take
that into account. It will place the
original shape over the ideal arch
position, leaving that part outside.
The advantage of this is that in a traditional system in order to put the
wax-up into the patient’s mouth we
have to first cut the protruding edge
of the tooth and then make the
mock-up, which means we have already started prepping the teeth and
if the patient is not satisfied, it will
be a problem. With Rebel, you can
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even with this crowding and then
explain to the patient that if he or
she doesn’t want the dentist to prep
this tooth then he or she needs to undergo an orthodontic treatment. The
possibility of having this visual information and communicating with the
patient enables you to achieve superb
outcomes.
Koubi: We need to have a very
clear vision regarding the digital
technologies because it is a reality already. In order to be good with digital
technologies, you need to be a skilful
driver and manager of the whole process because, as we have already
mentioned, digital technology serves
you as a tool. But you and your lab
technician need to be well educated.
That’s the basis of your teamwork.
Sometimes, people are confused because they believe digital technologies will provide them with all of the
clinical solutions, but that’s not true.
It only supports us in our work; it
speeds it up and improves its quality.
We use artificial intelligence to simplify our life, but not to replace the
human with his or her mind and
knowledge.
Kuday: I would like to talk
through it from a human perspective.
If we retain the human factor in the
technology, then everything will be
alright. Nowadays, we are talking
about self-driving cars replacing drivers. Sooner or later, it is going to happen. But if we would like to do something as a team, we need to integrate
the human factor to control the whole
process. From an ethical point of
view, human touch is mandatory
during the digital workflow. The operator needs to be either the dental
technician or the dentist, not the engineer. The human, not the technology, has to be the creator and leader.
The new digital technologies are developing very, very rapidly. For example, if you buy an iPad today, tomorrow it will be out of date. This is dictated by today’s economic situation.
Do we need major reforms in dentistry? If so, what might those be
with regard to digital technology?
Koubi: We need many reforms in
dentistry. I will speak also on behalf
of my friends and colleagues. In
France, two types of dentistry have
been established for years: mass dentistry and elite, boutique dentistry.
Digital dentistry is very useful for
mass dentistry because it makes aesthetic treatment faster and more affordable, but we have to keep in mind
that we work in the medical field, not
in economics, for example, and we
are treating patients. We have to take
responsibility for all our actions. Digital technologies will improve the
average quality of our work, but will
never be better than an exceptionally
good dentist. It is the same in other
medical fields: surgical robots perform better than an average surgeon,
but robots will never be more skilled
than an experienced and well-trained
surgeon. Most dentists cut too much
tooth structure. If you examined
1,000 impressions, you would see
that most teeth are over-prepped.
Thus, the risk of complications rises.
Thanks to robots, we can standardise
quality. Is it the best quality? No, it is
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needs to be clear that digital dentistry is certainly our future, but I
don’t believe everything will become
digital. We need to implement also
the human touch in order to exploit
all advantages that digital technologies provide, but at the same time to
avoid their weaknesses.
What does the future hold for dentistry in your opinion? How do you
see the dental world in 20 years?
Koubi: Our future is digital for
sure! We will have less useless stuff;
the impression trays and impression
materials will be forgotten. Everything in the dental office will be
clean, white and clear as it is now
in our clinic. My wish and hope for
the future is that dental students will
receive better training and be better
prepared for the digital workflow.
The digital process needs to be better
integrated into university curricula.
Universities all over the world have
to make a significant shift and to implement digital education in every
dental specialty so that students
graduate already prepared to work
with digital technologies because
nowadays they have to learn how to
do it after graduation by attending
additional courses and lectures. Education, not only university education
but also continuing education, will
become more and more relevant and
it will be key to success.
Gurel: My short-term project is
to see our robot DIGICUTO working.
Five years ago, nobody believed that
the iPhone would be so small and
able to multitask so quickly. Now, it is
a reality: your phone, your computer,
your camera, everything is becoming
even smarter. Our idea has already
been born. When we will realise it
depends on two things: technical issues, which in my opinion will be
solved soon, and patient acceptance—
people usually ask me not how it will
be done technically, but how patients
will allow a robot to prep their teeth
instead of a dentist. In the near future, cars will be driven without drivers by artificial intelligence. Our concept is the same; it is even safer. I
think the near future will look like
that. I hope, as Stefan said, that digital technology will enable us to offer
even more affordable treatment
plans. I hope that new 3-D printable
materials like ceramics will speed up
treatment and once again make it
cheaper so that more people worldwide will have access to high-quality
dental care instead of what they are
getting now. Everybody deserves to
be treated in a precise and predictable manner.
Kuday: Regarding future development, I think “affordable” is definitely the key word. Everybody deserves to have unique restorations,
not only wealthy people. I would like
to emphasise that, if the quality of
3-D printed restorations is high
enough, then I will accept it.
What do you think the role of leading
brands will be in the future?
Gurel: We are all professionals
with many years of experience, working with big companies. In my opinion, the companies should not sell
materials only, but should sell complete storylines, and by that, I mean

things connected with each other, so
that if somebody starts working with
some system he or she should not
even think about leaving it. Just like
Apple. Once you buy an iPhone, then
you buy an iPad, then a MacBook Pro,
so you always stay in the family.
Why? Because they are very nicely
connected with one another. Many
people nowadays are afraid of the
word “digital”. They are concerned
that they don’t have advanced computer skills, and don’t know how to
use the software or how to shape the
teeth digitally. Working in a digital
workflow doesn’t require all of this.
A digital protocol should be very
user-friendly and intuitive so that
once you start using it, you will feel
the urge to dive even deeper into it
and to also try a scanner, for example.
And if it is easy to work with, then
you won’t even think about buying a
device from another company. If you
follow the Ivoclar storyline and you
are satisfied with all of its products,
then you won’t buy another brand’s
porcelain blocks, for example, because you are sure that quality of the
end result is guaranteed only if you
stay in the family. And if the brand
you are satisfied with also offers you
a robot to prep the teeth, it will complete the whole storyline and you

won’t look for different solutions.
Getting a milling machine from one
company, porcelain from another
and a scanner from a third will create
a higher risk of mistakes and complications, so adopting one brand is
more convenient for everybody.
Koubi: Dentists want to buy solutions, not ingredients. If you go to
an Italian restaurant, you order a
whole plate, not the pasta itself, and
you are sure that it will be cooked
al dente. It is similar to some of the
brands on the market: they stress the
qualities of some ingredients, some
materials, but customers are looking
for integrated solutions. This is important for producers to keep in mind
and for them to develop and improve
their sale strategy according to it.
Kuday: At the beginning of the
congress, Ivoclar Vivadent launched
IvoSmile, an application for smile design that gives you the final outcome
after aesthetic rehabilitation of the
smile. Anybody can download it from
Ivoclar Vivadent’s website; even patients can download it and give it a
try. This means companies are thinking ahead and they are already trying
to establish and improve the connection with each other.

Gurel: When a company delivers
a product to patients or to dentists, it
should be connected in a clear workflow. If the patient sees the smile
design and approves it, the dentist
shouldn’t have any fear or uncertainty regarding how to achieve it.
In my opinion, dentists won’t even
try it because they might be afraid of
how to proceed, how to create such a
smile design. That is the reason why
I am saying we should have a wellestablished workflow and every new
product launched on the market
needs to be connected with the rest.
When a patient wants a particular
smile design, the dentist needs to be
certain which 3-D design programme
to use. I believe defining a very clear
treatment process lies in the near
future of companies.
Thank you very much for this interesting conversation! It has been a
pleasure having all three of you! 7

Acknowledgement
This conversation was held with the kind support of
Ivoclar Vivadent, who provided its lecture room for the
speakers to comfortably sit and chat after their lecture
at the Competence in Esthetics congress in Belgrade.
The conversation was transcribed by Dr Pavlina Koleva.

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Hydroxyapatite toothpaste from SANGI arrives in Germany
From outer space to your mouth.
 Traditional Japanese company
SANGI, based in Tokyo, has now
launched its hydroxyapatite toothpastes in Germany. At IDS, SANGI
provided evidence-based information about the use and scientiﬁc
background of its products at a press
conference titled “The original from
Japan: Space-inspired toothpaste
with hydroxyapatite for remineralisation”.
SANGI Chairman and founder
Shuji Sakuma began with insight into
the company’s history. Starting out as
a small commercial enterprise, SANGI
acquired a NASA patent for remineralising bones and teeth. This eventually
led to the idea of using the mineral
hydroxyapatite. In 1980, SANGI launched the world’s ﬁrst toothpaste containing hydroxyapatite as an agent
for remineralising teeth: APADENT.
A second product line, APAGARD,
followed ﬁve years later.
SANGI’s special form of hydroxyapatite (medical hydroxyapatite—mHAP)
was ofﬁcially recognised as an anticaries drug 15 years later by the Japanese government. The effect was
proven in several studies. SANGI
products, including those manufactured for other companies, are very
popular in Japan and they have a market share of 7 per cent in oral care.
In the top-end segment, APAGARD

actually holds a share of 50 per cent.
APAGARD PREMIO was the ﬁ rst
toothpaste to be awarded Hall of
Fame status by @cosme—Japan’s
number one consumer beauty product reviewer—as it was the most recommended toothpaste for three consecutive years, from 2015 to 2017.
Owing to this popularity, SANGI executives decided in 2011 to export the
products to Russia, Canada, Eastern
Europe and some Asian countries.
Since the end of 2017, the company
has been preparing to export its products to Western European countries
too through SANGI Europe, which established it in Germany.
After this brief introduction, dental hygienist Izumi Hashizume presented several studies and microscopy
images to demonstrate how SANGI’s
mHAP works. The mHAP remineralises the enamel on and below the surface and adsorbs harmful bacteria
such as Streptococcus mutans more
effectively than other calcium phosphates do. By coating exposed dentinal tubules, this active ingredient
also protects against hypersensitivity
and helps restore the shine and colour
of the natural tooth structure.
The product lines for the German
market launch are APADENT and
APAGARD. SANGI produces EUcompliant versions of these products

with a microcrystalline
form of the active ingredient especially for the
European market, while
in Japan, the mHAP particle size has been reduced to the nano range
since 2003. The original
tooth enamel remineralising toothpaste APADENT
with protection against
dental caries and periodontitis will be available
in three variants in Germany: APADENT Total
Care, APADENT Sensitive and APADENT Kids.
The APAGARD product
line, which is particularly popular in Japan,
is based on SANGI’s
MEDIA AG
mHAP and helps to re
Oversees Relations Manager Dominik Demel moderates the SANGI press conference at IDS as Shuji Sakuma,
store the shine and denthe
Founder of SANGI, looks on.
sity of enamel in three variants. APAGARD M-plus,
company has chosen not to advertise
Jochen Freibert, who is responin a convenient family size, offers a
and is putting more emphasis on
sible for market development and
balanced mix of all of the product
product samples, broad public relaregulatory affairs at SANGI Europe,
benefits. APAGARD SMOKIN’ is
tions work, a wide range of inforexplained that the company was purparticularly effective for the premation in the form of studies, explasuing a fairly conservative marketing
vention of stains caused by ciganations of hydroxyapatite and reapproach in Germany. The products
rettes, coffee and wine. Finally, the
commendations.
are being distributed exclusively
company’s most popular product
through pharmacies and dental clinin Japan, APAGARD PREMIO, comics through the two wholesalers
pletes the range with a higher mHAP
To learn more about SANGI,
Sanacorp and Hageda-Stumpf. The
concentration.
please visit: www.sangi-eu.com 

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Implants—You will LOVE them with CST
 Are you looking for a reliable solution for your implant bar? Are you
looking for an affordable solution for
your patient? Are you fed up with
all-on-four restorations fracturing
all the time? At Bio Composants
Médicaux, we offer you innovative
solutions for your practice. Accessible to all dental professionals, our
solutions are safe for you and your
patients, simple, fast and easy to
apply. Since its introduction, FIBER
FORCE CST has set a new standard
for reinforcements for partial, removable and all-on-four restorations.
Moreover, CST-LINK is a reliable
technique for the consolidation of
implant transfers and positions.
As a dentist, you will be able to
take a very accurate impression in
less than ten minutes. Thanks to our
innovative ﬁbreglass system, CSTLINK consolidates your transfers together with light-cured impregnated
braids. It ensures your technician of
a reliable impression that yields only
a 50 µm difference between the implants that you put in your patient’s
mouth and the master model created
in the laboratory from the impression. This coming September, we will
be releasing an innovative ﬁbreglass
braid dispenser to make your life
even easier. It will facilitate the application of the ﬁbreglass braid in
your patient’s mouth.

Bio Composants’ implant bar solution is strong, durable and affordable.

As for the technician, the precise
impression you received from the
dentist (via CST-LINK) will enable
you to create a solid ﬁbreglass-reinforced framework that is safe and
reliable. Our FIBER FORCE CST braids
and braiding technique were inspired
by an engineering principle called
cable-stayed technology. It is mainly
used for the construction of cable
bridges. These hybrid braids once
chemically bonded in the prosthesis
act like reinforcement cables in a concrete structure. The tensile strength
is heightened because of them. These

braids are impregnated at the core
with a UDMA resin. This enables the
3-D framework to be viscoelastic. The
braids, the inserts and the prosthesis
will act and move as one block.

The key benefits of these two
solutions are as follows:
• Our braids will keep your transfers
together; the shrinkage of the impression material will not have an impact
on the precision of your ﬁnal impression. No veriﬁcation jig is needed.
• The tensile strength of FIBER
FORCE CST will dissipate the stress

load throughout the whole of the
all-on-four restoration.
• As a result, the all-on-four restorations you create will be strong,
durable and affordable. Offer your
patient the best. Fibreglass-reinforced all-on-four restorations with
high resistance to stress, these
braids are chemically bonded to the
acrylics and composites you use.
• In addition to all of this, the tensile
strength of our ﬁbreglass braids
has been proved. These braids will
resist up to 405 daN compared with
a regular titanium bar and will help

you reduce the possibility of any
kind of fracture.
All your problems with broken
prostheses, tooth or resin expulsions,
and insert decohesions will be gone!
What are you waiting for? FIBRE
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improve your practice’s workﬂow—
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Planmeca introduces extensive line-up of new products at IDS 2019



Pictured: At Planmeca’s busy IDS booth, visitors were excited to see, among other things, the new Planmeca Emerald S intraoral scanner in action alongside the new and improved Planmeca Romexis 6.0 software.

 Planmeca put on a spectacular
show at IDS 2019. At the leading international trade fair in the dental
industry, the company was thrilled
to present a sensational line-up of trailblazing new products which both expand and complement its range of
advanced digital dental equipment.
At this year’s event, Planmeca
brought 3-D printing directly to
dental clinics. Designed speciﬁcally
for dental professionals, Planmeca
Creo C5 is a high-speed chairside
3-D printer which enables the fabrication of patient-speciﬁc surgical
guides, dental models and aligner
bases reliably and in the course of
a single patient visit. Its compact
and robust aluminium body makes
it ideal for clinics and laboratories
of any size.

The growing Planmeca Viso
family of next-generation imaging
units is also expanding with the
phenomenal Planmeca Viso G5. The
newest addition to the company’s
range of CBCT imaging units provides
exceptional ease of use through, for
example, unique patient positioning
and intelligent ﬁeld of view adjustments. With its many accessible
features, low-dose imaging protocol
and noise and artefact removal,
Planmeca Viso G5 is set to become
a staple of the dental practice. “The
most capable X-ray imaging platform just became more accessible,”
commented Timo Müller, Vice President of Planmeca’s X-ray division.
“We are very excited about making
the Planmeca Viso experience available to a wider community of imag-

ing enthusiasts—offering the same
great features and beneﬁts to all.”
The intelligent Planmeca Solanna
Vision is ready to make operating
lights even brighter—in every sense
of the word. In addition to providing superior lighting over the entire treatment area, the cutting-edge
operating light comes with, among
other things, computerised imageprocessing capabilities and two fully
integrated 4K cameras which allow
the recording of treatment sessions
for purposes such as patient education or consultation. “Planmeca
Solanna Vision is a great addition to
our product family. Taking premiumquality still images and videos chairside has never been as fast and easy.
The beneﬁts include patient education, consultation with a colleague,

and documenting treatment information for quality assurance. The
seamless connectivity to Planmeca
Romexis enables getting reliable usage
information. Planmeca Solanna Vision
is built on a powerful platform which
allows dental professionals to access
great features, such as surgical implant navigation, through software
upgrades in the future as well,”
states Jukka Kanerva, Vice President of Dental Care Units & CAD/
CAM Solutions at Planmeca.
At IDS 2019, Planmeca also introduced Planmeca ActiveAqua, a
state-of-the-art water treatment system which complements its new
Planmeca Compact i5 dental unit.
Planmeca ActiveAqua puriﬁes the
water entering the dental unit without added chemicals, resulting in

clean and soft water that is safe for
the dental team, patient and dental
unit. The revolutionary system is
based on electrochemical activation
and is fully integrated into the dental
unit, which distinguishes it as the
ﬁrst of its kind in the industry.
Finally, everything comes together
seamlessly in Planmeca Romexis 6.0,
the latest and greatest version of
our powerful all-in-one software. The
new software version includes a
wide selection of new tools and
features alongside a modern user
interface. With a particular focus
on usability, Romexis 6.0 offers an
easier navigation with fewer clicks
and an optimised workﬂow for all
stages of treatment—from image acquisition to diagnosis and treatment
planning. 

It’s time for atraumatic extractions
• no risk of damaging the alveolar
bone—safely remove the tooth
while fully preserving the surrounding bone walls to place
your implant;
• no risk of piercing the Schneiderian membrane—safely perform a
lateral or trans-crestal sinus lift
and place your implant
• no risk of bone loss after split-crest
procedures—gently cut the bone
with micrometric precision and
place your implant.
 The innovative Piezotome Cube STAR
ultrasonic surgical device signiﬁcantly
improves practitioners’ experiences and
represents the new gold standard in
surgery as proven by systematic reviews.4 Offering high-quality bone management, Piezotome Cube STAR is the
minimally invasive solution for extractions and other surgeries related to
the preparation of the implant site. Immediate implant placement after an
extraction can be challenging when
using rotary instruments, but with
Piezotome Cube STAR, there is:

Thanks to the new STAR tips,
Piezotome Cube STAR offers a complete
solution for preparing your implant
site without the need for rotary instruments, making your surgery more predictable and safer. The increased power allows you to drill through cortical
bone without pressure, while maintaining tactility to guide you safely
within the surgical site.
Tooth extractions are not always
easy, and traumatic extractions can
lead to negative experiences for both
clinician and patient1,2, which may

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affect their relationship. With the
demand for immediate implants on
the rise, the ridge preservation offered by the Piezotome is key for surgical success. Minimising any trauma
caused during the extraction procedure is crucial.
From a dental professional’s
point of view and supported by more
than ten years of scientiﬁc evidence,
Piezotome surgery provides safer surgical procedures,3–5 with maximum
soft-tissue protection and bone preser vation, precise micrometric bone
cutting and optimal visibility owing to
a blood-free surgical site. It is indicated for extractions of retreated teeth,
difﬁcult-to-access teeth, merged roots,
root fractures, and ankylosed or impacted teeth.
For patients, Piezotome surgery
has been shown to reduce postoperative pain and swelling by up
to 50 per cent compared with rotary
instruments,3, 4 making the intervention more comfortable and enhancing the postoperative outcome. No
nerve lesions have been observed, com-

pared with 16 per cent of cases
with rotary instruments, and up to
50 per cent less analgesic is required
when using Piezotome for extractions.3, 4
Finally, acquiring Piezotome Cube
STAR is more than just buying a surgical device; ACTEON believes the

quality of its customer service is every
bit as important as the quality of its
products. The group provides truly
personalised support based on the
individual practitioner’s needs and
speciﬁc situation. 
Editorial note: A list of references can be obtained from the
publisher.

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