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Greater New York Dental Meeting · November 25–28, 2012

NOV.

26
2012
Live from New York

Scenes from GNYDM

See him today!

DTSC kicks off its fifth
annual symposia with
‘beautiful baby boomers,’
‘dirty dentistry secrets’
and ‘uncompromising
results.’

A tooth that blows
bubbles, a fishy puppet,
kids at a carnival and
international visitors
all make the rounds on
Sunday.

Ron Kaminer talks tips
and tricks of minimally
invasive dentistry
today during the DTSC
Symposia. Read on to see
who else is speaking.

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What’s
new?
Plenty!
By Fred Michmershuizen, today Staff
n When it comes to learning about the
newest procedures and the most innovative products in dentistry, there
is no better place to be this week
than right here in the Big Apple. The
Greater New York Dental Meeting
(GNYDM), now in its 88th year, attracts
dental professionals from across the
country and around the world.
Attendees crowd the aisles of the exhibit hall on Sunday morning, opening day of the 2012 Greater New York Dental Meeting.
(Photo/Carlo Messina, FX Video & Photography)
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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

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new from page 1

When the
exhibit hall opened
promptly at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, meeting
attendees were
ready to stream in.
(Photo/Fred
Michmershuizen,
today Staff)

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The meeting, known as the largest
dental exhibition in the United States,
features products and services from
hundreds of exhibiting companies.
today has been combing the aisles
here at GNYDM to see what’s new and
exciting.
Here is just a sampling of the highlights.
• Now available from DENTSPLY
Caulk (booth Nos. 1400/1600) is the
Aquasil Ultra Super Fast Set material,
the newest addition to the Aquasil
Ultra Smart Wetting Impression Material portfolio. Aquasil Ultra Super
Fast Set is available in all viscosities
and packaged in a convenient, twocartridge 50 ml or DECA 380 ml refill.
Aquasil Ultra Super Fast Set formula
is optimized to offer an intraoral work
time of 35 seconds and super fast
mouth removal time of two minutes
and 30 seconds. It is indicated for all
dental impression techniques.
• NSK (booth No. 2036) is offering the Ti-Max Z, a durable premium
handpiece that is claimed to have
the smallest head and neck in the
industry, as well as an exceptionally low noise level and virtually no
vibration. The Surgic Pro surgical
micromotor has also received much
interest, particularly by dental
implant surgeons. This device is distributed alongside implant systems

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by major implant manufacturers.
• Luxator instruments, invented
by a Swedish dentist, are specially
designed
periodontal
ligament
knives with fine tapering blades that
compress the alveolar, cut the membrane and gently ease the tooth from
the socket. Luxator instruments are
available from Directa (booth No.
2332).
• Beautifil Flow Plus, available

from Shofu Dental (booth No. 3207),
is a flowable resin that is sculptable
and non-flowing. It is available in two
formulations: F00 and F03. Those
designations mean that it flowed zero
millimeters when an amount was
placed on a pad and held vertically for
one minute. Similarly, the F03 flowed
only 3 mm during one minute. Both
formulations contain the proprietary
giomer chemistry and S-PRG fillers,

which release and recharge fluoride
like a glass ionomer.
• Glidewell Laboratories (booth
No. 4400) continues to refine its popular BruxZir Solid Zirconia crowns
and bridges. The company says its
research and development department is committed to working to
increase the material’s ability to be
predictably prescribed in anterior
situations.
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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

DTSC: The most ‘bang’
for your C.E. buck
By Robin Goodman, today Staff

n If you don’t a have a few hours of
“live” patient dentistry in your day,
you’re missing out. The Live Dentistry
Arena here at the Greater New York
Dental Meeting seats 425 and has two
big screens so that every seat in the
house is a good one.
Yesterday’s first presentation by
Dr. Franklin Shull was about “Everyday Esthetic Dentistry.” Shull focused
on preparation design, provisionalization and the delivery sequence of
new high-strength ceramics. He also
demonstrated direct composite protocol and bulk fill techniques to include
matrix systems.

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Dr. Howard Glazer during his lecture
on ‘Baby Boomers Can Be Beautiful’ at
the Dental Tribune Study Club C.E. Symposium lecture area (Aisle 5000, Room
3). Even 10 minutes before the start of
the lecture, all seats were taken and
there was quite a crowd standing at the
back, just outside the arena.
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Dr. Mark Duncan at the Dental Tribune Study Club C.E. Symposium (Aisle
5000, Room 3) on Sunday spoke about
‘Dentistry’s Dirty Little Secrets … What
Is It That We Don’t Know.’
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as tooth remineralization, Botox, dermal fillers, bone saving exodontia,
sleep apnea and more — into their
practices. Malcmacher offered practice concepts that enabled dentists
to offer these new techniques immediately and also reduce stress levels,
increase production, lower overhead
and have fun.
Check out highlights of today’s
lectures in the box at right, but please
remember that this is just a sample,
as there are six different lectures you
may choose from for C.E. credit.

Attend today’s sessions

Today from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in
aisle 5000, Dr. Gary Henkel is speaking
on ‘Unsurpassed Handling, Uncompromising Results: Bone Grafting Simplified.’ Participants will be introduced to
a bone replacement material with an
excellent record of accomplishment
in the orthopedic world that is now
available to dentists. Its unique clinical
properties will be explored and several
clinical cases reviewed.
Today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Dr. Robert
Horowitz is presenting ‘Optimizing Implant Therapy with Advanced Digital
Technologies and Custom Transitional
Components.’ The course will show
how to incorporate the latest digital
technologies available to dental surgeons and restorative teams that allow
them to improve dental implant treatment outcomes.

Take your dental education ‘live’
By Robin Goodman, today Staff

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the Publisher

Chief Operating Officer
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n If you want the most “bang” for
your C.E. buck, could you do any better than not having to pay a buck at
all? If you lack an answer, then we
suggest you head over to Aisle 5000,
Room 3 on the exhibit hall floor to
take advantage of the Dental Tribune
Study Club C.E. Symposium, which
kicked off on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Yesterday’s speakers included Drs.
Howard Glazer, Mark Duncan, Mark
McOmie, Louis Malcmacher, Franklin
Shull and George Freedman. Lecture sponsors included NSK, Colgate,
Kerr, Henry Schein, Coltene Endo,
Kuraray, LVI Global, Shofu, Biolase,
Voco, American Academy of Facial
Esthetics, Air Techniques, Ceatus and
Glidewell Laboratories.
There were more speakers yesterday than we can do justice to here, but
we’ll highlight one or two. For example, Duncan’s lecture on ‘Dentistry’s
Dirty Little Secrets … What Is It That
We Don’t Know’ revealed some of the
hidden connections between a healthy
and pain-free patient and what issues
80 percent of adult patients present
with. Duncan noted that there are
many issues patients present with
that have a dental connection but are
missed because patients don’t discuss
them with their dentists. Issues such
as lower back pain, numb fingertips,
chronic pain and headaches can be
related to the bite.
The goal of Malcmacher’s lecture
on ‘The Top 8 Game Changers in Dentistry Today’ was to teach dentists and
team members how to use a commonsense approach in order to integrate
new techniques and concepts — such

The afternoon presentation by Dr.
Marilyn Ward focused on “Professional Tooth Whitening: Strategies to
Take Advantage of the latest Whitening Technology.” In this unique look at
tooth whitening, Ward demonstrated
step-by-step instructions for tooth
whitening in a clinical environment.
She also stressed the importance of
adding shade assessment into every
patient conversation and noted strategies for managing tooth sensitivity
and tissue isolation.
Today’s first live dentistry presentation starts at 10 a.m. and is part
two of Dr. Franklin Shull’s topic of
“Everyday Esthetic Dentistry.” In part
two he will focus on the latest mate-

rial options for posterior ceramics,
advancements in direct composite
and dentin/enamel bonding agents
and how fiber reinforcement can
solve many dental dilemmas.
The afternoon presentation sees
Dr. Ara Nazarian take the stage
for “OCO Biomedical Presents Simple Implant Placement in a Complex Economy.” Nazarian will focus
on how to diagnose, treatment plan
and present your plan effectively to
patients; the use of OCO Biomedical’s
Dual Stabilization implant system;
surgical protocols for simple implant
placement; and restoration and newer
techniques of surgery and prosthetic
treatment.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Greater New York Smiles teaches
NYC school children how to brush
By Jayme S. McNiff, Program Manager,
Greater New York Dental Meeting
n
The Greater New York Dental
Meeting (GNYDM) gives back to the
communities of New York City each
year by bringing together 1,300 elementary school children for the most
unique children’s dental health-care
program in the country.
For the past four years, with leading sponsorship from Colgate Palmolive Company, DentaQuest (Doral) and
the United Federation of Teachers, the
Greater New York Smiles program has
supported oral hygiene education and
dental screening for New York City’s
third- and fourth-grade public school
children.
This year’s Greater New York
Smiles is set to take place today
through Wednesday. The program
will include 1,500 children on a class
trip brought by school buses from
various New York City Public Schools
throughout the five boroughs.
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The children will first receive
an oral health-care tutorial including a world tour with “Dr. Rabbit.”
Creativity is encouraged, and the
Greater New York Smiles’ volunteers
are eager to involve the children in
songs and dances as well as makebelieve acts where children pretend
they are teeth and giant jump ropes
are the floss.
The Greater New York Smiles is
maintained by hundreds of hygiene
volunteers from New York University,
New York City College of Technology
and Hostos Community College as
well as the dental hygiene members
from the Dental Hygienists’ Association of the City of New York and the
New Jersey Dental Hygienists’ Association and hygienists from various
dental offices in Staten Island.
A child-friendly nutrition center is
packed with plastic fruits and vegetables to teach the children how to build
a well-balanced plate with all the
healthy food groups while puppets

Dr. Rabbit
has a
message
for kids at
the 2011
Greater New
York Dental
Meeting —
Brush!
He will be
back again
this year to
educate
even more
children.
(Photo/
Dental
Tribune
file photo)
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“Alexander Alligator” and “BG Roo”
are utilized for practicing brushing
techniques.
After these tutorials, the children
are able to further practice newly
learned brushing techniques with
the supervision of dental hygiene
students at plumbed sinks with running water constructed right on the
convention center floor.
Dr. Richard Rausch, general chairman said, “This unique program
offers our children free instructional
oral care, oral health-care education,
a dental screening and referral service which they might not otherwise
be receiving.”
Oral health-care volunteers work
with the children on all the steps
of the program from the tutorial to
the demonstration of brushing and
flossing. In a short span of time, this
program teaches 400 to 500 students
a day within four hours.
The Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright
Futures dental van staff includes
licensed dentists performing dental
screening examinations. The children are given a dental report card to
bring home after the dental screening
as well as a goody bag containing a
toothbrush and toothpaste, a dental
floss keychain, a notebook, crayons
and an oral health-care coloring book,
pencils, erasers, a pencil case and a
timer. The children also leave with a
Colgate knapsack to carry all of their
oral health-care items.
In 2011, Colgate exceeded its
record since it started screening children at the Greater New York Smiles
by screening 670 children in total
compared to 500 children in 2010. Colgate’s unique involvement and valuable role has helped transform the
Greater New York Smile’s Program
into the most successful program to
date.

At this year’s meeting, more dental
chairs will be provided so more teeth
screenings can be performed, therefore allowing more children to have
their teeth checked.
“The Greater New York Smiles
program is a one-of-kind program
because it gives back to the community without asking for anything in
return,” said Dr. Robert Edwab, executive director of the GNYDM.
“It’s a chance to offer a unique
clinical aspect to urban dental and
hygiene students while bringing an
awareness of dental access issues in
NYC to oral health-care volunteers,
teachers and chaperoning parents
who travel with the children to the
Javits Convention Center.”
With obesity on the rise among
children who live in New York City
and the chronic health issues associated with poor oral hygiene, these
children are at the highest risk and
are most vulnerable.
The Greater New York Smiles
instills healthier nutritional choices
focusing on the dangers of too much
sugar, while supplying the tools for a
healthier living and future.
The 2012 Greater New York Smile’s
Program promises to be an even
larger event by increasing its space
next to the registration at the GNYDM
with discussions of incorporating two
Colgate vans in 2013.
To view an up-close and in-depth
look at the Greater New York Smiles
program, visit the United Federation
of Teacher’s website, www.uft.org/
videos/students-greater-dental-meeting for a short video.
The program is sponsored by the
New York County Dental Society representing the Dentists of Manhattan and the Second District Dental
Society representing the Dentists of
Brooklyn and Staten Island.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Scenes from Sunday
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Tom Batz of Aribex (booth No. 3538).

Koichi Arakawa of Mani (booth No.
3932).
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Got implants? Annamarie Pino, left, and Samantha Merrick of OCO Biomedical (booth No. 2224) do. They have the T-shirts, too!

The team at Mydent International
(booth No. 2215): Luiza Barros, from left,
Phil Armijo and Meagan Wallace.
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Mark Eisen, left, and Sandra Metz
of DMG America (booth No. 2027).
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Meeting attendees learn more about D4D technology at the Henry Schein booth
(No. 3824).
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The gang from
DrQuickLook
(booth No. 3829):
Glynis Clark,
from left, Erin
Primerano and
Vince Primerano.
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Photos by Robin Goodman
and Fred Michmershuizen,
today Staff

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Dr. Mark Hochman of Milestone
Scientific (booth No. 1818).
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Frank Herrebout and Annelies
Moors came all the way from Evergem,
Belgium, to attend the Greater New
York Dental Meeting.
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If you are a VIP here at the Greater
New York Dental Meeting, you’ve likely
been to the executive headquarters
where we snapped a photo of some of
those who make it all happen, such as
Katie L. Daniels and Avery Sandiford.

Tiffany Ralescu, from left, Michelle Mirza and Jenny C. Sherpa are all third-year dental students in New York City.

Meghan Fialkoff, left, and Manijah Bazargan of the Fialkoff
Dental Study Club (booth No. 4837).
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Steele Monville, left, and Mike Gregory of Kilgore
International (booth No. 1721).
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Children’s program keeps kids busy on Sunday

Miri Wertzberger, dental assistant with a general practice in Pomona, N.Y., with
her daughter, Leah, 4, who asked the face painter from Transformation Face
Painting for ‘pink.’ (Photos & story/Rob Selleck, today staff)
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n
Sunday was kids’ day at the
Greater New York Dental Meeting,
with the special events hall on the
lower level of the Jacob K. Javitz
Convention Center packed with kids
activities. The program included a
puppet show, face painting, a bounce
castle and carnival games.
Puppetry Arts, a nonprofit organization based in Park Slope in Brooklyn, presented a musical show filled
with puppet characters.
Also as part of the children’s program, the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of the State of New
York sponsored a free child identification program.

Daniel Leung, DMD, endodondist
with a practice in Newmarket, Ontario, with his green-monster, platespinning son Bennett. His son Carter
also enjoyed the carnival activities.
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Lauren McDonell of MIS Implants
Technologies (booth No. 1623).
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Jaeyoun Kim, left, and Dinesh Kumar of Hiossen (booth No. 3836).

Yukari Aritake, left, and Emiko
Ota-Paussa of Osada (booth No. 1711).
5

Dr. Jack Gruber of Peri-Swab (booth
No. 1920). Gruber is inventor of the
Periclean brushless tooth cleaner.
5

This decorative tooth at Bay Area
Media & Dental (booth No. 5007) blows
bubbles.
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Dimas Garcia, left, and Dick Linde
of Technology4Medicine (booth No.
3818).

Meeting attendees get a close look at some of the products available from KaVo
(booth No. 3809).
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Del Hemphill of TeleVox (booth No.
2830).
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Charles Rieger of Sherman Specialty (booth No. 421).

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Attendees take notes during a
workshop in the ‘glass’ rooms on the
exhibit hall floor. (Photo/Carlo Messina,
FX Video & Photography)
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A presenter at Vatech America (booth No. 4018) offers educational information to
meeting attendees.
5

Sun Jun Yun, from left, Dave Maricondo, Bryon Kim, Giselle Ann Jose and
Stephen Quarcoo stopped for a photo
during the General Practice Residency
Fair on the South Lower Terrace on
Sunday.
5

Connie and Dr. Louis Malcmacher at
the Dental Tribune Study Club C.E.
Symposium lecture area (Aisle 5000,
Room 3) on Sunday just before he
presented his lecture on ‘The Top 8
Game Changers in Dentistry Today.’
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‘Where in the exhibit hall is … ?’ Check
out one of the large maps before you
enter the hall if you don’t have a
program book handy.

Sandrijn Van Wunnik, from left, Eddy Botter, Lucas De Cleen and Robin Baas from
the Netherlands are with Dental International, a company that makes the Dental
Stand Alone Treatment Concept, and came to the New York meeting hoping to
connect with U.S. distributors. If you are going to the International Dental Show in
Cologne next March, you can visit their booth as they don’t have one here.

The flags by International Registration
represent the many dentists who visit
this show from abroad. (Photo/Carlo
Messina, FX Video & Photography)

Need a shoe shine? It’s less expensive than you might think:
$4 for a regular pair of shoes, $5 for half a boot and $6 for a
full boot.

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Dr. Samuel Low speaks Sunday morning on ‘Innovative
Periodontics for Today’s Practice.’ (Photo/Carlo Messina, FX
Video & Photography)
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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Predictable, proactive
and profitable dentistry
Dr. Fay Goldstep offers tips and tricks of minimally invasive dentistry
By Kristine Colker, Managing Editor

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About the speaker

n TODAY from 10 to 11 a.m. in aisle
5000, room 3, Dr. Fay Goldstep will
present “Predictable, Proactive
and Profitable Minimally Invasive
Dentistry” as part of the DTSC Symposia.
In her session, she will focus on
“patient friendly” direct restoration
repair instead of indirect replacement as a predictable, minimally
invasive option. On the proactive
front, easy and effective bioactive
sealants can be placed without the
need for etching. Bioactive restorative materials enhance the healing of
teeth and reduce restorative failure.
Goldstep talked to today about
what to expect from the symposium.
Dr. Goldstep, you are presenting a
DTSC Symposia session called
“Predictable Proactive and Profitable
Minimally Invasive Dentistry.” Would
you give us a brief overview of your
session?
We are working today in what I think
is the “Golden Age of Dentistry.” We
have the technology and techniques
that finally enable us to treat our
patients with a medical, not a surgical, approach.
This session will highlight the
techniques that make this possible.
Our patients are seeking minimally
invasive options and searching out
the dentists who provide them. This
session will show the attendees how
to take this gentler, patient-friendly
dentistry to a level that makes it
predictable, proactive and even profitable.
When we talk about minimally
invasive dentistry, what are some
examples of this and how do you
see those techniques benefitting
patients?
Minimally invasive techniques are
conservative. The medical approach
helps the patient preserve healthy
oral tissues and new bioactive materials can actually promote healing.
For example, we are now able to
map the early incidence of decay on
the occlusal surface and evaluate
the areas that need treatment. This
real-time map shows both the location
and severity of the decay. Then very
conservative preparation techniques
such as fissurotomy burs (S.S. White)
or microabrasion selectively remove

Beautifil Flow Plus (Photo/Provided by Shofu Dental)

only the decayed areas. We restore
with Beautifil Flow Plus (Shofu), a
bioactive giomer flowable material
that adapts into all surfaces of the tiny
preparation. The bioactive giomer’s
remineralizing properties promote
healing.
You talk in your session about how
minimally invasive dentistry can also
be more profitable. Can you explain
how this is possible?
Minimally invasive dentistry absolutely improves the practice’s profitability. In today’s economically challenging times, we are competing
more and more for patient dollars.
Minimally invasive procedures are
appealing to patients. They seek out
the dentists and practices that provide these treatments.
Minimally invasive dentistry is
easier and faster. Although it takes
less time and involves less stress than
conventional treatment, it is similarly
billable.
If attendees are interested in
incorporating minimally invasive
dentistry into their practice, are there
any tips you would have to offer?
Are there any specific techniques or
materials that would be good to start
with?
First and foremost, have an open
mind. Think along the medical model
of practice.
Dentistry has focused too long on
surgery; we are paid by how much we

remove. This thinking must change.
Fortunately, there are dental manufactures that are helping us change
by providing the tools and materials
to heal and not just amputate oral
tissues.
This session introduces the “Perimeter Prep,” a predictable, highly conservative, direct restoration repair. It
is a great technique to get you started
with minimally invasive dentistry.
If attendees are interested in going
to your session, is there anything
they should be aware of ahead of
time? Is your session aimed at
specialists or is it more of a general
topic?
The session is geared to dentists and
hygienists. Both will come away with
techniques that will enhance their
practices.
For the dentists — they’ll get a
step-by-step guide from preparation
techniques to bioactive restoratives.
For the hygienists — a new bioactive
remineralizing sealant that can be
placed without etch.
Your session is sponsored by Shofu.
How did you begin working with the
company and what do you like about
its products and services?
I have worked with Shofu since the
1980s. I have always been impressed
with the quality and innovation of
their products. And, more importantly, I have been impressed with
the integrity and professionalism of

Fay Goldstep, DMD, has been a featured speaker in the ADA Seminar
Series and has lectured at the ADA,
Yankee, AACD, AGD and the Big Apple
dental conferences. She has lectured
nationally and internationally on CONSERVE-ative Dentistry, Innovations in
hygiene, dentist health issues, magnification and office design. Goldstep
has served on the teaching faculties of
the post-graduate programs in esthetic
dentistry at SUNY Buffalo, Universities of Florida (Gainesville), Minnesota (Minneapolis) and UMKC (Kansas
City). Goldstep sits on the editorial
board of Oral Health Magazine (healing/preventive dentistry) and Dental
Tribune, U.S. edition. She is a fellow of
the American College of Dentists, International Academy of Dental-Facial Esthetics and the Academy of Dentistry
International. Goldstep has been a
contributing author to three textbooks
and has published more than 20 articles. She has been listed as one of the
leaders in Continuing Education by
Dentistry Today since 2002. Goldstep
is a consultant to a number of dental
companies and maintains a private
practice in Toronto, Canada.

the Shofu team. The company has
revolutionized minimally invasive
dentistry with the introduction of
its unique giomer technology. It has
also created products that simplify
and take the stress out of practicing
dentistry.
If there is one thing you hope
attendees to your session come away
with, what would it be?
Open your mind. Treat your patients
the way you would like to be treated.
You will be rewarded with a thriving,
predictable, profitable practice with
patients for life.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Improve patient care while maximizing production
Dr. Ron Kaminer talks
tips and tricks of minimally
invasive dentistry
By Kristine Colker, Managing Editor

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n TODAY from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. in
aisle 5000, room 3, Dr. Ron Kaminer
will present “Tips, Tricks and Techniques to Maximize Success” as
part of the DTSC Symposia.
In his session, he will focus on the
new materials that can make traditional restorative techniques easier
and more efficient. The program will
cover the 10-minute bonded post and
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core; heavy flow flowable composites
and their application in routine dentistry; and esthetic temporaries for
crown and bridge.
Kaminer talked to today about
what to expect from his symposium.
Dr. Kaminer, you are presenting a
DTSC Symposia session called “Tips,
Tricks and Techniques to Maximize
Success.” Would you give us a brief
overview of your session?
There are a lot of great new products
in dentistry. This program will be fast
paced and loaded with pearls that the
doctor can immediately implement in
their practice.
The pearls will lead to greater effi-

ciency, great productivity and better
dentistry.
Your session focuses a lot on new
materials and how they can help with
day-to-day techniques. What are
some of the newest materials that
have really impressed you and helped
you the most in your practice?
The new highly filled flowable composites have really made an impact on
restorative dentistry. Easier to place
than traditional flowables, they are a
must in every dentist’s arsenal. A new
material that will make splinting of
teeth easier to do than ever before will
be presented, as well as the 10-minute
bonded post and core. Lots of fun stuff!

About the speaker

Ron Kaminer, DDS, graduated from the
State University of New York at Buffalo in 1990 and remained in New York
to practice laser and comprehensive
dentistry in Hewlett and Oceanside.
He lectures around the globe on the
subject of integrating lasers into dental practices and is a member of the
Academy of Laser Dentistry, Academy
of General Dentistry, American Dental
Association and Academy of Operative
Dentistry. He lives in Hewlett, N.Y.,
with his family.

When it comes to new materials,
do you like trying them out or do you
prefer to stick with what you know?
Why is that, do you think?
Change is critical to success. It is
always easier using what you always
used. But dentistry is always changing; we must not resist change.
In your session, you’re going to be
going over a lot of techniques in a
short time. Could we get a sneak peek
of what some of these techniques are
and what attendees will be learning
about them?
I hate giving away my pearls in
advance, but lets just say every
attendee will walk away with at least
one pearly that they can immediately
implement in his or her practice.
If an attendee is interested in going
to your session, is there anything he
or she should be aware of ahead of
time? Is your session aimed for specialists or is it a more general topic?
This is a program for day-to-day,
bread-and-butter dentistry aimed at
the GP.
Your session is sponsored by VOCO.
How did you begin working with the
company and what is it that you like
about its products and services?
All of VOCO’s products are well
thought out before coming to market.
They are far bigger in Europe than
here In the United States but are rapidly gaining market share because
once you try a VOCO product, you fall
in love with it, in my opinion.
If there is one thing you hope
attendees to your session come
away with, what would it be?
New products and materials require
careful evaluation before incorporating them into one’s practice. But if the
technique and product make sense,
then change is important to success.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Dr. Mike Rethman speaks on fluorides and
non-flouride interventions for caries control
By Kristine Colker, Managing Editor

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n TODAY from 2 to 3 p.m. in aisle
5000, room 3, Dr. Mike Rethman
will present “Fluorides and NonFluoride Interventions for Caries
Control – An Overview” as part of
the DTSC Symposia.
In his session, he will focus on nonfluoride anti-caries adjuncts in the
context of fluoride anti-caries strategies, including problems associated
with recommending the use of nonfluoride adjuncts.
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Rethman talked to today about
what to expect from his symposium.
Dr. Rethman, you are presenting a
DTSC Symposia session called
“Fluorides and non-Fluoride
Interventions for Caries Control —
An Overview.” Would you give us a
brief overview of your session?
Fluorides have long been recommended as key parts of anti-caries
programs. Recently, non-fluoride
regimes have gotten increasing buzz.
In the wake of chairing a recent

ADA expert panel and evidencebased review of the literature on the
latter, I’ll report what we found in the
context of the concepts and effectiveness underlying the use of fluorides
and other anti-caries methodologies.
Could you talk a little more in-depth
about non-fluoride anti-caries
adjuncts and some of the issues
surrounding them, including
problems with recommending them?
Fluorides help. Sealants help. Some
non-fluoride adjuncts also appear

About the speaker
Mike Rethman,
DDS,
is a boardcertified periodontist with
more
than
five years of
general practice experience. He is
also a dental
research scientist
and
a former director of the U.S. Army
Institute of Dental Research, as well
as a past-president of the American
Academy of Periodontology.

effective. Patients at low risk for caries may need no interventions, others
might benefit from all. Every patient
is different and because the literature
reports average responses, clinicians
need to remain aware that no patient
is average.
How do non-fluoride anti-caries
adjuncts fit in treatment protocols
compared with fluoride-based
interventions? Are there any
positives or negatives associated
with one over the other?
In my opinion, non-fluoride anti-caries adjuncts are best considered as
adjuncts to fluorides and sealants for
reasons I’ll discuss in my talk. Headto-head comparisons could tease
out the comparative and/or additive
effects but such studies are unlikely.
If an attendee is interested in going to
your session, is there anything he or
she should be aware? Is your session
aimed for specialists or is it a more
general topic?
It’s a topic of interest to all dentists and
dental hygienists who treat patients.
Your session is sponsored by Colgate.
How did you begin working with the
company and what is it that you like
about its products and services?
Colgate is a highly reputable company that sponsors many speakers
and conferences worldwide with no
expectation of gleaning anything
more than the respect of participants.
And Colgate has earned my respect.
But to drill down a bit, I’ve had sessions sponsored by close to a dozen
companies over the years. Crucial
to me is that a sponsoring company
expects nothing more than an armslength treatment of a topic. That’s
what I endeavor to provide, and it’s all
Colgate expects.
If there is one thing you hope
attendees to your session come
away with, what would it be?
I’d like for attendees to be better at
contextualizing the barrage of promotional information that they receive
every day.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Dr. Mark Duncan talks about
‘Dentistry’s Dirty Little Secrets’
By Kristine Colker, Managing Editor

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n TODAY from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. in
aisle 5000, room 3, Dr. Mark Duncan will present “Dentistry’s Dirty
Little Secrets: What Is It That We
Don’t Know?” as part of the DTSC
Symposia.
In his session, he will focus on some
of the hidden connections between a
healthy and pain-free patient and what
issues 80 percent of adult patients
present with. There are so many issues
that patients suffer with that are dentally related but are totally missed
because they don’t know to talk to
their dentist about them.
Duncan talked to today about what
to expect from his symposium.
Dr. Duncan, you are presenting a
DTSC Symposia session called
“Dentistry’s Dirty Little Secrets
… What Is It That We Don’t Know.”
Would you give us a brief overview of
your session?
For sure! I will focus on the things
that patients will present with that
generally are not seen as our first
concern. We have amazing training
in dental school and can do some
absolutely astounding things for our
patients, but there are still some very
troubling issues with dental care
today. The most commonly occurring
infectious disease on the planet is periodontal disease with an incidence of
more than 80 percent. We understand
better and better how to address and
manage – and even prevent and heal
periodontal disease. We also can perform genetic tests from their spit and
see how susceptible our patients are.
All the while there is another
foundational issue that we are all but
totally ignoring — and that is the way
that the bite fits. To be clear, when
I’m talking about the bite, I mean two
different things at the same time.
No question we need to have proper
tooth-to-tooth gearing or micro-occlusion — but actually more importantly,
we must provide proper jaw-to-jaw
relationships, or macro-occlusion,
that will allow the mandible to function correctly.
Providing our patients with the
proper macro-occlusion is of paramount importance. This is the rest
of the foundation in that, like periodontal health, it is only when the
jaws are functioning in a way that
is comfortable for the entire system
that we are not forced to deal with
consequences of muscle discomfort
and poor posture.
My dental school training, like perhaps all dentists, covered a lot of these
issues but was not clear in why they
were important. Or perhaps I was not
ready to understand the intricacies

About the speaker

Mark Duncan, DDS, is the clinical director at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. He is a fellow of
the institute and started teaching there
in 2002. He has lectured on esthetics,
occlusion, CAD/CAM technology and
practice management internationally
and serves as development consultant to several dental manufacturing
companies.

at such an early stage in my career.
However, I was also trained that
things like bruxism were idiopathic
and totally untreatable. “Don’t know
why it happens and we can’t do anything about it.” To my surprise, when
I utilize balance in the entire system
not only do I have an effect on bruxism, but I can eliminate it predictably!
The position of the lower jaw in
space was treated as if it were an
inviolate relationship and that we
were forced to deal with whatever is
happening when the patient presents,
or we refer them out for orthognathic
surgery. The reality is there is a nonsurgical modality that is not only
more conservative and predictable
and comfortable, but may well save
the patient’s life! The lower jaw posture is directly and inextricably connected to the airway, and we are professionally bound to help protect that
for our patients. This is a new topic in
mainstream dentistry; however, it is
perhaps the most important aspect of
our patients’ care!
In your session, you talk about how
so many issues patients suffer with
are actually dental-related, yet these
issues are constantly overlooked.
Why do you think this is, and what
do you think needs to change in the
dental industry to make a difference
in uncovering these issues?
Dental schools are built with the purpose of creating dentists. In order to
create dentists, the schools must have
them ready to pass board exams. The
reality of this process has two major
impediments to routinely producing
progressive dentists with respect

to technological advances. To start,
there is still only the same four years
in which to train the students. There
is vastly more material, but the same
amount of time.
Secondly, many of those exams are
still holding on to very old concepts.
While gold foil is no longer a part of
the process, neither is a conservative
adhesive onlay. Neither is bite diagnosis based on muscular comfort in addition to tooth and bone relationships.
As students, we do address signs
and symptoms, but their attached
meaning is often lost. Perhaps we are
simply not quite ready as students.
Perhaps we would be better served
with a more contemporary system of
exam and licensure. Perhaps both.
It seems a lot of the issues go
untreated just because patients
don’t know to mention them. Are
there any things clinicians can begin
looking for or doing in order to help
their patients communicate better
and get help for some of their medical
issues?
We have trained our patients how
to be patients and what to expect
for years. We made it OK for them to
allow their benefits manager at their
insurance company to decide which
treatment is the most cost-effective
for them.
Well, most cost-effective for the
insurance company. But as dentists,
we made it acceptable for our patients
to allow their insurance plan’s benefit
to determine which option to pursue.
Dental insurance is much like a
rebate and the amount of service rendered is generally not vastly different
than the amount paid in premiums.
The point or goal of these plans is not
better health care, but rather a modest
basement level of care as a benefit to
employees and still allow for a profit
for the insurance company. The most
important thing we could do is step
outside of the insurance benefits —
start talking to patients about what we
see and what we can do to help them.
Our patients have a huge variety
of dental issues and concerns and
there are so many new and innovative
approaches to delivering dental care
today. However, we need to know how
to discuss those in a safe environment
with our patients.
It continually amazes me how
much patients will censor what they
tell us and how tainted our perspective is as a result. The biggest hurdle
is getting them to tell us the whole
story. For years, our focus has been on
the teeth, things we can take X-rays
of. If the X-rays show something bad
we treat. If not, we don’t. We literally
have become a profession that largely
focuses on mechanical repair of the

hard tissues. Our patients are so
much more!
Some of the most critical things
to assess are not even in the mouth!
With a thorough cranial nerve exam
or adequate muscle palpation exam,
we can tell so much about the state of
affairs for our patients’ health.
Our bodies are very intricately
connected, and it is our responsibility
to outline these and determine where
there may be issues or consequences
that our patients struggle with.
For instance, if a patient were
to somehow think to tell his or her
dentist that he or she has lower back
pain or numb fingertips, would we
know how to respond to that? I know
in my own career, I would have had to
suppress a laugh if a patient had suggested to me he or she was walking
funny or fingertips were numb and it
was from their bite.
Not the case any longer! As a profession, we need to know how all the
pieces interconnect. Learning those
connections and being able to communicate them will be a huge thing for
our patients. Imagine if there was no
longer a reason for anyone to take Imitrex or other migraine medications …
Do you have any specific examples of
screenings that have led to saving a
patient’s life?
The easiest one to incorporate would
be the Eppworth Sleepiness Index.
Perhaps a bold statement, but medicine cannot treat sleep apnea as
effectively without a dentist as it can
with. We cannot make a legal diagnosis of sleep apnea, but this is such a
pervasive and serious problem that
it is irresponsible to not screen for it.
It is irresponsible for our profession
to not make sleep dentistry a routine
part of practice. It is more important
to live than to have white teeth. We
are lucky enough that we can help to
support both!
If an attendee is interested in going
to your session, is there anything he
or she should be aware of? Is your
session aimed for specialists or is a
more general topic?
There is no reason why every dentist
or dental health professional would
not get something from the discussion. Of course, any interaction like
this is a two-way street. It is not my
mission to convert anyone — but
rather to open eyes to what we have
seen work time and time again.
It is not what I was taught in dental
school, but it happens that it works
significantly better in my hands. I
see the same from the thousands of
dentists I have know who have taken
a similar journey.
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young profession with lots left to
learn. There will hopefully always be
more to discover and more to learn, so
the most important thing we can have
is an open mind! Any dentist or dental
health care professional should be
able to gain from the discussion.
Your session is sponsored by LVI, of
which you are the clinical director.
How did you begin working with LVI
and can you tell us a little more about
it for those who may not know?
LVI is an amazing place that continues to grow and evolve. It was created
out of the frustration of one dentist
with dental practice. Feeling forced
to do what every dentist did, he was
becoming burned out and bored.
Then one of his mentors helped him
to realize dentistry is about options as
much as anything and that he could
always refer away the treatment
he didn’t enjoy doing. That spilled
into esthetics, and the treatment of
esthetics led to the inevitable quest
for a better system of understanding
occlusion.
As it happened, the study of neuromuscular dentistry was well under
way in the year 2000, and it was a
platform from which LVI could evolve
and grow. Teaching neuromuscular
occlusion at LVI with the benefit of the
live patient courses, the field of NM
grew more quickly in the decade-plus
than it had in the previous 30 years,
and now it is a very predictable and
methodical process of evaluation and
data gathering to support decisions in
patient care.
This perspective has led to thousands of dentists from across the globe
implementing NM in their practice and
helping their patients to enjoy a higher
quality of life. Better management of
the micro- and macro-occlusion led to
more predictable and more pervasive
healing, and along with that, came
the painfully obvious management of
airway.
Thirty years ago a dentist helped
to develop a pacifier and nipple for
babies that supports proper growth
and development of the dental arches.
This undeniable connection to the
airway led to the inclusion of airway
in the workup of patients.
While we obviously are not able
to make the diagnosis of medical
issues, it is irresponsible to not have
a dentist on the team that is managing these patients. The statistics are
staggering. With more than a third of
male adults in North America being
affected and our increasing girth as a
population, this is a health-care issue
that must be addressed. While there
are a number of opportunities to learn
about sleep disturbances and airway,
most are focused on a particular
appliance or an arbitrary starting
point. The programs at LVI include
discussion of sleep issues, starting at
the very first one, Core I.
Airway issues are what created
malocclusion to begin with, so it is
only appropriate that dentistry join
in the management of airway when
our patients need it. The beautiful
thing is dental support will help in
nearly every patient who suffers with
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)!

If there is one thing you hope
attendees to your session come
away with, what would it be?
The most important thing I would
like to leave with the attendees is the
appreciation for the huge impact we
can have on our patients. Dentistry
is an amazing profession, and we can
do some incredibly good things for
our patients and never do anything
we weren’t taught in dental school.
However, in Jim Collins’ book, “Good
to Great,” the single biggest obstacle
to attaining greatness is simply being
good. It is easy to be good at dentistry.
I hope in some way I encourage or
inspire someone to step forward and
start the quest to be great!
We have an opportunity to help
patients live significantly better lives.
We can end migraine in the majority, if not all, migraine sufferers. We

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can catch periodontal infection and
reverse it before the entire body is
affected and slips into metabolic syndrome. If we screen for OSA, those
eight yes/no questions may not only
save the life of a patient, but end the
needless suffering of so many. We
have control of the reins of so much for
our patients, but we must look beyond
the “pano and four bitewings”!
Is there anything else you would like
to add?
Only the obvious, I am full time faculty and clinical director at LVI. No
question my perspective has been
modified by my association with LVI
going back to about 1999.
I have seen some amazing dentists
as I have tried to grow my skills and
knowledge, both at LVI and other
places. I have witnessed the way edu-

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cation changes the dentist and affects
the patients from every angle, and I
have no doubt any dentist who truly
cares to deliver the best for his or her
patients must be aggressive in his or
her education.
Dental school quite simply isn’t
enough. There are a few places where
comprehensive care is addressed;
however, I am not aware of any that
combine the balance of hard and
soft tissues (and in particular, muscles) with the business and communication skills, along with leadership
development and, finally, live patient
education.
It has been said “you can’t be down
on something you aren’t up on,” and
regardless of what you have heard
about LVI or neuromuscular dentistry, we are making peoples lives
better.
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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Crest Oral-B supports hurricane relief
Enter to win tickets to a
taping of the Dr. Oz show
By Robert Selleck, today Staff
n In addition to using the Greater New
York Dental Meeting to introduce new
products and services, Crest Oral-B is
using its presence here to help families affected by Hurricane Sandy. For
every case of manual toothbrushes
ordered at the booth (No. 4225) during
the meeting, the company is donating
12 of the same model toothbrushes
for personal health-care kits being
distributed to people displaced by
the storm.
The kits are being assembled at
Proctor & Gamble headquarters in
Cincinnati and distributed by Matthew 25 Ministries across the multistate area hardest hit by the storm.
Other Proctor & Gamble personalcare products are also being included
in the kits.
“We really have heartfelt concern
for all of the victims of Hurricane
Sandy,” said Dr. Veronica Sanchez,
global scientific communications ER
manager at Proctor & Gamble. “And
we wanted to give everybody here
the opportunity to help Crest Oral-B
in our efforts to help the victims of
Hurricane Sandy.”
Also at the booth, Crest Oral-B is
inviting dental hygienists to sign up
for weekly prize drawings through
its Crest Oral-B Facebook page for
professionals, Facebook.com/professionalcrestoralb.
Sanchez said prizes, which include
a variety of products from Crest
Oral-B and other Proctor & Gamble
brands, will be given away weekly —
all in honor of 2013 being the 100th
anniversary of the dental hygiene
profession. Sanchez said the activity
is an extension of the company’s “Pros
in the Profession” program, in which

In the Crest Oral-B booth, No. 4225,
Dr. Veronica Sanchez, shows the justreleased Oral-B Deep SweepTM brush
head, which offers all of the effectiveness of a power toothbrush head but
looks like a traditional manual toothbrush in order to broaden its appeal to
hesitant users.
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dental hygienists nominate their
peers for Crest Oral-B recognition.
“It’s a great opportunity for us
to celebrate the profession and this
important anniversary,” Sanchez
said. The prize drawings run through
Jan. 31, 2014.
Another activity at the Crest Oral-B
booth unique to the Greater New York
Dental Meeting is the opportunity to
win tickets to the taping of an episode
of the Dr. Oz television show.
“This is the perfect place for this
promotion because so many of the
attendees are from the New York City

area,” Sanchez said.
Winners of the Dr. Oz tickets will
be able to pick the show they want to
attend (travel costs are not part of the
prize). You can enter the raffle for tickets by buying $100 or more of Oral-B
products at the Crest Oral-B booth.
The drawing for the tickets is an
extension of a partnership between
Oral-B and the Dr. Oz show to promote
dental health. An episode planned
for Dec. 6 will prominently feature
an Oral–B power toothbrush. Dr.
Jonathan Levine, the show’s “dentist
of choice” for dental-health matters,

Here at the GNYDM
Help with the Hurricane Sandy relief
efforts, enter to win tickets to the Dr. Oz
show, sign up for Crest Oral-B Facebook
prizes and learn all about a variety
of products at the Crest Oral-B booth,
No. 4225.

will show viewers how to use the
power toothbrush. Kareen Wilson,
RDH, one of the 2012 Pros in the Profession winners, will also appear on
the program.

Dentatus introduces the new Elypse Platform
n At this year’s GNYDM, Dentatus
is introducing an expansion of its
ANEW Narrow Body Implant System,
providing doctors and their patients
more treatment options. The uniquely
designed Elypse Platform greatly
enhances the Dentatus product line by
blending the best features of the Atlas
technique with the ANEW Implant.
The ANEW Implant with the new
Elypse Platform allows doctors to
immediately retrofit a patient’s lower
dentures with a future option of later
converting that restoration into a fixed
restoration —all the while maintaining a soft silicone interface between
a patient’s ridge and denture for
enhanced comfort and retention. The
ANEW Narrow Body Implant system is
an extraordinary complement to other
implant systems, enabling practition-

Dentatus’ new Elypse Platoform enhances the company’s implant line.
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ers to offer more restorative solutions
for patients with insufficient bone,
limited interdentinal spaces or con-

verging roots. For many periodontists,
it is the implant of choice for complex
cases where provisionalization allows
for measured, expert treatment planning often required.
First used in 2000 and FDA approved
in 2004 for long-term use, the narrowdiameter 1.8, 2.2 and 2.4 single-piece
ANEW Implants have met with the
most precise implantology standards
and have undergone rigorous testing, research and clinical use by the
profession.
ANEW Implants are made of Grade
V titanium alloy, surface treated on
the threaded portion, and delivered
sterile. The tapered end mimics anatomical design and increases primary
implant stability. This in turn allows
the implant to be immediately loaded
with a minimally invasive procedure

Here at the GNYDM
To learn more about Dentatus
implants, visit the booth, No. 1200.

and eliminates most postoperative
challenges. With ANEW Implants,
total time in treatment is dramatically
reduced so that many more patients
can experience a quality of life that
implantology offers.
With these newly introduced
options, ANEW Implants offer unparalleled versatility with screw-retained
prosthetics. They are an ideal addition
in the armamentarium of any doctor
who routinely places implants and
who on occasion must find sound and
tested alternative solutions to traditional implant protocols.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

NSK looks back on success of expansion
By Robert Selleck, today Staff
n This year’s Greater New York Dental Meeting marks a first anniversary
for NSK Dental, which launched its
expanded presence in the United
States and Canada in November 2011
with a broadened distribution channel and the opening of a service and
support center.
“Looking back, it’s been a great
year for us,” said Mirco Stiehle, president of NSK Dental. “We saw very nice
growth every month this year and
did even better than we were expecting with our expanded distribution
channels.”
NSK products continue to be
designed and built in Japan, with
virtually every phase of the process
taking place in house — from product
concept through each step of the
manufacturing process.
With the opening of the service
and support center just outside of Chicago, all product support activities for
North American sales are now handled domestically. The North American service center was key in supporting NSK’s shift from an exclusive
distributor relationship to working
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NSK Dental President Mirco Stiehle
in the NSK booth, No. 2036, in front of
the attention-getting giant handpieces.
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with all of the major dental-product
distributors in North America.

The market has been receptive to
NSK’s larger presence. That wasn’t
surprising given the company’s global expansion record of accomplishment.
Yet there have been at least a couple surprises that market analysis
didn’t reveal ahead of time.
“One big surprise for us has been
the popularity of our electric handpieces,” Stiehle said. “The U.S. is
traditionally a high-speed, air-driven
market, but we have been extremely
successful with the electric too. There
seems to be a real customer need for
it.”
Stiehle said the NSK reputation
for high quality, combined with the
lighter weights, friendly ergonomics
and an attractive price point have
resonated with customers.
The company’s Ti-Max Z series
of electric handpieces, for example,
offers dentists the smallest head
and slimmest neck in electric attachments. “We see this trend continuing,” Stiehle said of the surprising
amount of interest in the electricmotor products. “It’s obviously hitting an untapped demand in the
marketplace.”

Here at the GNYDM
Visit NSK at booth No. 2036 (look for
the giant handpieces) to inspect and
learn more about NSK’s latest handpieces and see just how small the S-Max
Pico and Ti-Max Z really are.

On the air-drive side, the S-Max
Pico has been another nice surprise
for the company.
Originally designed to help dentists in Asian countries who were
often working with patients with
smaller mouths, the S-Max Pico has
been widely embraced by dentists
working with children.
It boasts the industry’s smallest
head and neck size of any handpiece,
and has been one of the company’s most popular products in North
America.
Stiehle said dental professionals
could expect more new products from
NSK in 2013, with new ideas always in
play based on feedback and requests
the company receives from customers. “That’s what NSK stands for. We
believe in innovation — and new products,” Stiehle said.

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exhibitors

Invest in KaVo now
By KaVo Staff
n Award-winning KaVo’s electric
handpiece collection offers the widest range of attachments to address
all restorative, orthodontic, pedodontic and endodontic needs, according
to the company. Earlier this year,
KaVo introduced the fourth generation of KaVo electric handpiece technology — the ELECTROtorque systems
with KL 703 short motor featuring
MULTI LED and SAFEdrive.
The new system embraces reduced
weight and sound, unprecedented
cutting performance and power, powerful lighting and efficient “Plug-nPrep” technology with the KL 703
short motor.
It is time to add KaVo electric handpieces to your practice. The KL 703
short motor’s unique design weighs
approximately 30 percent less and
is 25 percent shorter than marketleading electric options. The short
motor operates at only 55 dB, making
it one of the quietest motors on the
market today. Dental professionals
and patients alike will benefit from
the lighter, quieter KL 703.

Demand consistency and power

The KL 703 short motor and KaVo’s
upgraded ELECTROtorque TLC and
ELECTROtorque plus controllers
offer precise performance to assist
with faster and smoother preps, the
first time and every time. SAFEdrive,
an intelligent adaptive motor control
solution, helps you complete your
preps with assurance. Now you can
use your electrics with confidence,
and your patients can spend less time
in the chair.

(Photo/Provided by KaVo)

Start practicing with superior
lighting

The ELECTROtorque systems offer a
color temperature similar to daylight
at the bur tip.

Make it easier on yourself

The ELECTROtorque TLC and
ELECTROtorque plus system with
KL 703 short motor feature an innovative “Plug-n-Prep” auto-calibration
technology for easy setup, requiring
zero adjustment to other equipment.

Here at the GNYDM
To learn more about KaVo products,
stop by the company’s booth, No. 3809.
In addition, KaVo is offering exclusive
Greater New York Dental Meeting “Buy
1, get 1” electric promotions. When you
take advantage of one of these offers
by Tuesday, you will also get an extra
$100 off.

Doctors, assistants, hygienists and
patients will all appreciate the quick,

efficient work made possible by innovative “Plug-n-Prep” technology.
Adding KaVo electric handpieces
to your practice means you are aiming for big results in your practice. In
addition, KaVo is excited to announce
that the KL 703 motor or ELECTROtorque TLC system is now available as
an integrated option with the Pelton &
Crane Spirit 3000 series of delivery
units. Seamless assimilation is now at
your fingertips, and the future of your
practice is in your hands.
AD

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

BEAUTIFIL Flow
Plus, BeautiBond
join forces in kit
n Two of Shofu’s most acclaimed products are now available in two new kits
offering discounted pricing.
The new kits will contain six
syringes of the flowable restorative
BEAUTIFIL Flow Plus in either zeroflow or low-flow viscosities and a

box of 50 0.1 ml unit dose bottles of BeautiBond™, the seventhgeneration bonding agent.
The kits are expected to synergize
sales of both products, while providing significant cost savings to customers already using both products.

The new kits from Shofu contain
BEAUTIFIL Flow Plus (six 2.2 gram
syringes with choice of F00 or F03
viscosities in shades A1, A2, A3, A3.5,
A2O (opaque) or incisal) and
BeautiBond (50 0.1 ml unit dose bottles).
(Photos/Provided by Shofu)
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Here at the GNYDM
For more information on the new kits,
call Shofu at (800) 827-4638, visit www.
shofu.com or stop by the Shofu booth,
No. 3207.

BEAUTIFIL Flow Plus

BEAUTIFIL Flow Plus represents the
next generation of restorative materials, with a syringe-delivery that
provides void-free adaptation and
strength and durability of leading
packable composites.
High radiopacity that is 15 percent
greater than enamel ensures the base
and liner will never again be mistaken
for secondary caries.
Viscosity and handling characteristics have been optimized for greater
control while delivering smooth
and virtually self-polishing results.
Shofu’s proprietary S-PRG (surface
pre-reacted glass) filler technology
provides the only composite resin
with sustained fluoride release and
rechargability.

BeautiBond

BeautiBond is a seventh-generation
self-etch, prime and bond all-in-one
product. Unique dual-functioning
monomers (phosphonic acid and carboxylic acid) work independently,
achieving equal bond strength to
dentin and enamel comparable to
sixth-generation adhesives.
BeautiBond has a film thickness of
only 5 µm, providing indistinguishable
margins. Bonding requires only one
thin application, no shaking or agitation required and a 30-second application time.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Henry Schein launches Mac-based
practice management solution
n Henry Schein, one of the world’s
largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based
dental, medical and animal health
practitioners, recently announced
the launch of “Viive,” a new dental
practice management software for
the Apple Mac computer.
Viive features a patient-centric
workflow on a simple and clean platform to manage dental practices. The
new workflow takes advantage of
the Mac operating system to provide
access to all available management
tools directly from one patient screen,
streamlining task management to a
single click.
Charts, ledgers and other tasks
are completed faster and more simply
by eliminating the need to switch
between modules. “Viive has a very
esthetic, clean, beautiful look. Its
patient-centric approach makes it
easy to gain access to information,
charts and management tools,” said
Dr. Derek Fine, a Viive user practicing
in Denville, N.J.
Another reason for Viive’s speed
is its powerful PostgreSQL database, which loads charts and dental
images almost instantly, synchronizes records in real time and allows
updates to the same patient record
from the front and back office simultaneously.
“One of the largest benefits of Viive
is its backing by Henry Schein, which
guarantees continued development
of advanced features that integrate
the office technology,” said Kevin
Bunker, president and general man-

Here at the GNYDM
For more information about Viive,
visit www.viive.com, call Henry Schein
Dental at (855) MAC-VIIVE or visit its
booths, Nos. 3225, 3140 and 3432.

that ensure a comprehensive imaging
solution and integration of core technologies. These include Planmeca,
digital X-ray and imaging; Digital Doc
intraoral cameras; and Acteon dental
imaging equipment.

About Henry Schein

(Photo/Provided by Henry Schein Dental)

ager of Henry Schein Practice Solutions. “It also ensures that users will
receive the highest level of customer
service.”
“With more dentists choosing the
Mac platform, Viive will become an
important foundation for the integrated digital Mac office,” Bunker
said.
Viive was built directly on the Mac
OS X platform, providing the user
with the same robust, simple features

already built into the Mac operating
system.
“I love Mac computers because of
their elegance, combined with simplicity and ease of use. Henry Schein
successfully captured that balance
in the Viive practice management
system,” said Liz Alexander, an office
manager based in Doylestown, Pa.
The Viive Practice Management
system will be launched with a
number of equipment partnerships

Henry Schein is the world’s largest provider of health-care products
and services to office-based dental,
medical and animal health practitioners. The company also serves dental
laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics and other
alternate care sites.
Henry Schein employs more than
15,000 Team Schein members and
serves approximately 775,000 customers. The company offers a comprehensive selection of products and
services, including value-added solutions for operating efficient practices
and delivering high-quality care.
Henry Schein operates through
a centralized and automated distribution network with a selection of
more than 90,000 national and Henry
Schein private-brand products in
stock, as well as more than 100,000
additional products available as special-order items.

A new way to assess, treat and manage pain
n The TruDenta® System is a complete system for assessing, treating
and managing dynamic force imbalances in the mouth that contribute
to pain. It incorporates patented and
FDA-cleared assessment and treatment technology and software supplemented by clinical training and
ongoing implementation assistance.
The system evaluates the amount
and balance of forces during closure,
at closure and while chewing using
digital force measurement (T-Scan)
technology. The cervical range of
motion is measured with the computerized TruDentaROM (range of
motion) tool. A cervical ROM disability correlates with a mandibular
ROM disability and/or an imbalanced
dental foundation (Fig. 1).
Patients undergo therapies using a
proprietary combination of low-level
laser, therapeutic ultrasound, transcutaneous electrical stimulation and

Here at the GNYDM
For more information about the
TruDenta System by Dental Resource
Systems, visit www.dentalresource
systems.com or stop by the booth, No.
3302.

intraoral orthotics. These modalities
were originally developed by MDs to
speed the healing of joints and force
related traumas. TruDenta combines
these with advanced dentistry, as
needed, to achieve long-lasting outcomes.
Dentists can use TruDenta to realize predictable approaches for assessing and treating muscle and force
dysfunction. They can, therefore,
provide patients with opportunities
to address painful symptoms through
a pathway to long-term dental stability.

Fig. 1:
Illustration
of the ROM
assessment
data
provided by
the TruDenta
system.
(Photo/
Provided by
TruDenta)
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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Patterson Dental and RevenueWell
get serious about practice marketing
n Patterson Dental comes to this
year’s show with a new product and
renewed focus on helping its customers succeed in the Internet age. Its new
partner, Chicago-based RevenueWell
Systems, developed an online service
that helps dental offices cut costs,
attract new patients and engage existing patients with very little effort
from the clinician and staff.
RevenueWell is an online system
that uses information from the office’s
existing practice management software (e.g., Eaglesoft, Dentrix) to automatically communicate with patients,
let them access their accounts online
and help practices send out highly
targeted marketing campaigns to the
patient base.
One of RevenueWell’s main value
propositions is its ability to completely automate more than 20 types
of common patient communications.
RevenueWell does this by analyzing
each patient’s appointment, procedure and account data and sending
him or her timely emails, postcards,
ADS

Here at the GNYDM
For more information on Patterson
Dental or RevenueWell, stop by the Patterson Dental booth, No. 2600.

letters, text messages and automated
voice calls based on the practice’s settings. Some of these communications,
such as appointment confirmations,
birthday cards, welcome packets
and post-op instructions, are focused
on improving the practice’s operations and delivering better patient
care. Others are geared at bringing
patients back into the office for recommended treatment and maintenance.
This includes:
• Recall and reactivation communications that use a combination of
email, text and direct mail messages
to ensure that patients stay current
with their hygiene appointments
• Expiring insurance benefits
reminders that remind patients to

RevenueWell can help you communicate with patients by more than 20 different means, including text messaging.
(Photo/Provided by www.sxu.hu)
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use their insurance benefits before
the end of the year
• Video treatment plan follow-ups,
an industry-first feature that automatically follows up with patients
who have had a treatment plan cre-

ated for them but didn’t yet make an
appointment to start treatment
RevenueWell takes a similarly
comprehensive
and
automated
approach to solving its customers’
other marketing and patient management challenges. From automatically
collecting online patient reviews to
asking patients for referrals to establishing and maintaining a practice’s
profile across 150-plus online destinations, the system makes the best out
of today’s online technologies to make
practice marketing easy.
“RevenueWell is the first company
that we saw in the marketplace that
not only gets the technology aspects
of online marketing but was willing
to invest into applying these concepts
uniquely to the dental field,” said Tim
Rogan, vice president, marketing.
Patterson Dental is the only nationwide distributor of the RevenueWell
Suite and offers professional installation and support for the product
through its Patterson Technology
Center.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Scannable abutments: digital
impressions for dental implants
By Carlos A. Boudet, DDS, DICOI
n Technological advances are making it easy to practice dentistry in
almost every dental procedure.1 This
article aims to increase awareness of
a new modality for the restoration of
implants by general practitioners and
prosthodontists utilizing chairside
digital impression systems. 2
Taking an implant impression for
crowns and bridges requires a stock
or custom impression tray loaded
with a polyvinyl siloxane or polyether material that is placed in the
mouth to record the position of a
properly seated impression coping.
This impression is then used to pour
a stone model from which the laboratory fabricates the final restoration.
Digital intraoral impressions were
first introduced in 1987 by Siemens
with the CEREC 1.3 There are now
several systems that offer intraoral
scanning and digital impression capabilities for the construction of crowns
and bridges without the need for
impression trays or materials.4,5
For the dentist who needed an
implant impression, however, this
technology was yet available. In 2004,
BIOMET 3i introduced a coded implant
healing abutment that provided all of
the necessary implant information
without the need for impression copings.6
In 2010, Straumann introduced a
scannable abutment called a “scanbody,” which allowed for the taking
of a digital implant impression. We
needed this option to be available
for the most commonly used implant
systems, but Straumann only works
with iTero™.5
Axis Dental Design Center has
taken the concept further by developing scannable abutments that are compatible with implant systems from
most of the major implant companies,
allowing dentists to submit digital
impressions for CAD/CAM design and
milling of implant abutments and
fixed restorations. However, at the
time of this writing, they, too, can use
only the iTero scanner.7
In February, Glidewell Laboratories introduced intra-oral scanning
abutments under its Inclusive® line of
implant products for implant systems
from Astra Tech, Straumann, Neoss
and Zimmer, as well as Certain®, PrimaConnex® and Brånemark System®,
NobelActive™ and NobelReplace™.
These Inclusive Scanning Abutments
are also available for the lab’s line of
Inclusive Tapered Implants, and they
can be used to create digital implant
impressions with available, compatible intraoral scanners, such as iTero,
Lava™ C.O.S.®, CEREC®, FastScan® and
the soon-to-be-compatible E4D® Den-

Fig. 1 (Photos/Provided by Glidewell Laboratories)

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

Here at the GNYDM
For more information on Glidewell
Laboratories’ intra-oral scanning abutments, stop by the booth, No. 4400.

tist. Heraeus projects to have a new
intraoral scanner, the cara TRIOS®,
available this year.
The following case example demonstrates the simplicity of capturing
a digital implant impression using
an Inclusive Scanning Abutment and
CEREC Redcam acquisition unit with
version 3.8 CEREC Connect software
to restore a Zimmer Screw-Vent®
implant. However, any of the previously mentioned chairside digital
impression systems available today
are compatible and can be used for
this technique.

Case presentation

A 62-year-old male needed the restoration of a Zimmer Screw-Vent 4.7 wide
implant in the area of the right mandibular first molar (Fig. 1). The gingiva
healed around the healing abutment
and was ready for the implant impression.
After removing the healing abutment, I placed the Inclusive Scanning Abutment and finger tightened
it over the implant. If tissue shaping
is required for proper emergence of

the final abutment because you did
not use a custom healing abutment,
you can do it now. You will need good
hemostasis, as bleeding will interfere
with the impression.
Next, we powdered the scanning
abutment and adjacent teeth and took
the scans for the digital impression
(Fig. 2). I then took the buccal bite and
correlated the models before replacing the scanning abutment with the
healing abutment.
Lastly, we selected Glidewell Laboratories as the dental laboratory in
the CEREC Connect software and
completed the detailed prescription
for the simultaneous fabrication of
the CAD/CAM custom abutment and
crown. I selected a titanium abutment
and BruxZir ® Solid Zirconia crown.
Before the lab began the milling
process, the technician called as I
had requested, and we fine-tuned the
design (Fig. 3).
The case arrived, I tried in and
verified the fit of the CAD/CAM abutment, torqued it to the recommended
specifications and then cemented the
BruxZir crown with very minimal
adjustment (Fig. 4).

Conclusion

I could have handled this case inoffice with good results using soft-tissue models, a prefabricated titanium
abutment prepared extraorally and

About the author
Carlos
A.
Boudet,
DDS, DICOI,
graduated
from Medical College
of Virginia
in 1980 with
a DDS. He
established
his dental
practice in
West Palm
Beach, Fla., in 1983 and has been
there for 26 years. He is a diplomate of the ICOI, a member of the
Central Palm Beach County Dental
Society and sits on the board of directors of the Atlantic Coast Dental
Research Clinic. Contact him at www.
boudetdds.com or (561) 968-6022.

an IPS e.max® crown, but why would
I want to spend more time doing laboratory work when I can be more productive and deliver state-of-the-art
dentistry to my patients? When you
compare the simple steps involved in
capturing digital implant impressions
using scannable abutments to conventional impression systems, the digital
method is easier and makes you a better and more productive dentist.8
References are available upon request from the publisher.

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Does your implant training hold up?
Proposed guidelines finally catch up to legal standard-of-care expectations for general dentists placing implants
By Ken Hebel, BSc, DDS, MS, certified
prosthodontist, and Reena Gajjar, DDS,
certified prosthodontist

Here at the GNYDM
Ken Hebel and Reena Gajjar can be
reached at www.handsontraining.com
or info@handsontraining.com, by calling (888) 806-4442 or by stopping by
the booth, No. 807.

n Until recently, implant dentistry
was considered to be a therapy that
was primarily provided by dental specialists, and as such, training regulations were not an issue because most
specialties incorporate implant therapy into their residency programs.
With implant dentistry becoming
more mainstream and being incorporated into general practices, educators and licensing bodies are starting
to set training guidelines and parameters for practice.

by the profession in order to embark
on implant therapy in your practice.
It has been established that shortduration programs (one to three days
in length) cannot fulfill the minimum
standard that the profession considers appropriate for training in
implant dentistry.

Background

Standard of care

Several years ago, the Institute for
Dental Implant Awareness (IDIA)
released a document, “Recommended
C.E. Training Protocols to Meet the
Legal Standard of Care for Implant
Placement.” Although not legally
enforceable, this document provided
some guidelines for continuing education programs to meet the standard of
care for implant therapy.
These guidelines were based on
existing guidelines in the United
Kingdom and reviewed by many
dentists, both general dentists and
specialists.
The release of such a document
indicates the awareness by the profession for guidelines to be established,
both for the protection of patients and
the profession.
Many
undergraduate
dental
schools do not offer a full curriculum
in implant dentistry. As such, many
dentists are required to obtain their
implant education through post-graduate continuing education programs.
With the proliferation of implant
courses, it is critical to be aware of the
training that is considered adequate

Did you know that although a licensed
dentist can perform any dental procedure, if a general dentist chooses to
perform treatments that are not routinely performed by general dentists,
the law holds all practitioners to the
same standard of care that would be
provided by specialists providing
similar treatments?
As such, it is imperative that dentists who are not formally trained in
implant therapy pursue educational
programs that meet and exceed the
minimum guidelines that are proposed by not only the profession but
by their licensing body.
Recently, the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (Canada), the
licensing body for dentists in Ontario,
released a draft document proposing
minimum standards of educational
requirements for any dentist performing implant therapy.
Although this document applies
only to dentists in Ontario, it is
suggestive of the direction of the profession in establishing standards and
indicative of what current practitioners of implant therapy consider the

minimum educational requirements.
In addition, although these
requirements are not legal requirements, when a licensing body takes
these steps to provide recommendations regarding training, it can be
assumed that should an issue arise
for a dentist providing implant therapy, the college and other involved
parties will defer to these recommendations regarding the type and scope
of training that dentist received.

Cross-training

One interesting aspect of these proposed guidelines is that regardless
of what phase of implant therapy you
choose to provide to your patients,
you should be trained in all phases.
Dentists providing only the surgical
phase need to be trained in implant
prosthetics, and those providing
prosthetics need to be trained in surgical considerations.
This cross-training is indicative
of the complex, integrated nature
of implant therapy and the suggestion that one is not competent in one
aspect of implant therapy without
understanding all aspects.
Another interesting aspect is the
requirement for continued education
and training. Implant dentistry is
such a new and exciting area within
dentistry that techniques and products are still changing and advancing. The need for more frequent
continuing education is more critical
in this field than in other areas of
dentistry.

So what does this mean for you?

If you are considering incorporating
implant dentistry into your practice,
or if you already provide one or both
phases of implant dentistry, we recommend you follow these steps:
• Review the RCDSO proposed

guidelines and review the IDIA training protocols. Both these articles can
be found on our website, www.hands
ontraining.com, under the “Downloads” tab.
• Research your licensing body
and determine if it has set any minimum standards or guidelines.
• Make sure the training you are
considering, or have already taken,
fulfills those minimum standards (or
refer to the existing guidelines if your
licensing body has not yet set any
guidelines).
• Make sure the training institution that you choose provides not only
a comprehensive training program
but also provides tools and resources
that allow you to review, refresh and
continue to learn.
It is critical to emphasize that
even with continued education, a
general dentist should only practice
in accordance with his or her training and experience. As such, patients
who present with complex treatment
situations — or a level of difficulty
beyond the practitioner’s training
and skill set — should be referred to
a specialist.
In any profession, guidelines are
set to not only protect the providers
within that profession but to protect
the interests of the public. Without
proper guidelines, the standard of
care is diminished, and in many situations, a low standard of care not only
affects treatment outcomes but also
establishes a damaging reputation for
that particular therapy.
Guidelines within implant dentistry are long overdue, and the
establishment of educational recommendations will serve to raise the
standard of implant therapy provided
and improve treatment outcomes to
protect both the public and the profession.

3Shape opens new office near Los Angeles
Location strengthens
services for 3Shape’s
customer base throughout
the West Coast area
n 3Shape continues to expand its
presence around the globe with the
opening of a new office in California.
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, near
Los Angeles, the office will offer
training, technical support, product
demonstrations and business support
to 3Shape partners and end-users.

Local service, support, training
— Pacific Time

3Shape’s latest expansion will meet

the increasing demands for CAD/
CAM solutions in the area and lay the
groundwork for the increased activity surrounding the release of 3Shape
TRIOS®, a digital impression solution
system for dentists.
The opening of the new office
demonstrates 3Shape’s commitment
to maintaining the market’s highest
standards for service, according to
the company. Customers and partners
all over the West Coast will now have
quick local access to 3Shape technical
support and sales support during their
normal business hours (Pacific Time).
Henrik Vestermark, the vice president of operations in North America,
said: “The opening of this office represents our commitment to offer the best
support and training possible. We are

Here at the GNYDM
For more information on 3Shape, stop
by the booth, No. 5520.

3Shape’s office in Rancho Cucamonga.
(Photo/Provided by 3Shape)
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witnessing a strong growing demand
for our latest CAD/CAM solutions, and
the new office allows us to continue
building our market, while promoting
the advantages of digital dentistry
and ensuring our customers’ maxi-

mum uptime and competitiveness.”
The office will be managed by Vestermark, who has also been managing
the East Coast office in New Jersey.
The new office will host modern training facilities and equipment where
users and partners can benefit from
hands-on courses in 3Shape’s digital
technologies for labs and clinics.

Rancho Cucamonga address

3Shape
9227 Haven Ave., Suite 360
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 91730

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Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Aribex donates 10,000th NOMAD
GNYDM special
salutes achievement
n
Aribex®, a worldwide leader
in handheld X-ray technologies, is
celebrating the production of 10,000
NOMAD® handheld X-ray devices
here at the Greater New York Dental
Meeting at booth No. 3538.
In marking this milestone, Aribex
will provide customers who purchase
a NOMAD during the meeting 10,000
cents in the form of a fresh $100 bill. In
addition, purchasers will be entered
into a daily drawing for a no-charge
total care plan, a $495 value.
Unlike the conventional wallmount and portable X-ray systems,
NOMAD handheld devices from
Aribex are lightweight, rechargeable
(battery-powered), and can go anywhere. Dental professionals around
the world have rapidly chosen the
NOMAD as their preferred X-ray
device, both in and out of the office.
“We’re proud that because the
NOMAD has been so widely accepted
in the market, we’ve been able to
reach this 10,000-unit milestone,”

Dr. Jeff
Amstutz from
the Christian
Medical
& Dental
Associations
with the
10,000
NOMAD
handheld
X-ray device.
(Photo/
Provided by
Aribex)

Here at the GNYDM

For more information about Aribex or
the NOMAD, visit booth No. 3538.

said Ken Kaufman, president and CFO
of Aribex. “We’ve worked hard to get
to this point, and we can’t thank our
customers enough for their continued
patronage and support.”
Recently, Aribex donated its actual
10,000th NOMAD unit to the Christian Medical & Dental Associations
(CMDA). Headquartered in Bristol,
Tenn., CMDA centers much of its work
on humanitarian outreach — the common denominator of both organizations.
“The NOMAD handheld X-ray was
created in response to humanitarian
needs,” Kaufman said.
“We thought it appropriate to
donate this historic unit to CMDA,
an organization that does wonderful
work among those who need the help
so desperately.”
CMDA will utilize the NOMAD as a
diagnostic tool by dentists and dental

students as part of its Global Health
Outreach program. CMDA schedules
45 trips to 25 countries each year. In
addition, CMDA helps train dentists
in emerging nations, lectures at international dental schools and is developing a ministry for disaster relief.
“We’re grateful for the capability
the Aribex donation will provide
CMDA,” said Dr. Peter E. Dawson,
founder of The Dawson Academy, a
renowned training center that has

provided continuing dental education courses for more than 30 years.
“CMDA will put this X-ray device to
good use in dozens of humanitarian
dental missions.”
Aribex will share the humanitarian outreach journey made by the
10,000th NOMAD on its website, www.
aribex.com, where visitors can follow
the travels of the NOMAD and CMDA
in their focus to bring greater access to
care to those who truly need it.

The latest from Osada: the Enac Model OE-F15
Long awaited bone-cutting
specialist with extended
boosting power

Here at the GNYDM
For more information on Osada products, stop by booth No. 1711, visit www.
osadausa.com, or call (310) 841-2220.

By Osada staff
n
In 1984, Osada developed and
introduced Enac, a piezoelectric
ultrasonic system and multi-purpose
instrument that can be used in various applications in the dental field.
Utilizing the wonderful nature of
piezoelectric ultrasonic system, Enac
has been used extensively in endodontic and periodontic treatments.
Because it is automatically tuned,
Enac system is user friendly. It provides a continually stable oscillation
at any level of power with any of the
chosen tips; its ease of operation
enhances the users' technique in
achieving excellent results.
The clinical application of the
ultrasonic device in the oral surgery
field has been seen in a variety of different contexts such as the ultrasonic
scalpels, apicoectomy, bone surgery
in the maxillofacial area, to name
a few. In particular, bone surgery,
which uses the piezoelectric element
(the dynamic energy in the ultrasonic
wave), ensures minimal invasion to
biological tissues including blood vessels and nerves, which in turn leads
to faster healing after surgery. Upon
introducing the Osada Enac OE-W10,
featuring extended power setting #10
through #12 and sterile irrigation by

the peristaltic pump, many extended
applications in oral surgery became
easily attainable: atraumatic tooth
extractions, osteotomy, osteoplasty,
sinus lift, split ridge, crown extension, implant preparation, corticotomy, etc.
With Osada's latest model, Enac
OE-F15, the focus is on the powerful
but safe bone cutting (power #10
through #15). The surgical tips (also
known as ultrasonic scalpels) enable
the surgeons to present the magical
effect (Osada's signature): fine, precise cutting results.
Combined with newly introduced
stronger tips, the OE-F15 makes the
minimally invasive surgical procedures easier to attain by cutting the
bone faster but leaving the adjacent
soft tissue, blood vessels, nerves, etc.,
with minimal injury. The ergonomically designed SE15 handpiece stays
cool and its LED illuminates the surgical area. The built-in peristaltic pump
with simultaneous irrigation minimizes temperature increases on the
handpiece, tips and the surgical area.
Along with the Enac OE-F15, Osada
still leads the industry with many
other products including:
• OSADA ENDEX and ENDEX PLUS:
The most accurate third generation

Osada’s Enac Model OR-F15 (Photo/
Provided by Osada)
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apex locators. The original Endex
is a compact sensor that guides you
through root canal preparations with
visual and audio feedback indicating
the critical apical region. Capable of
determining the root canal length
under wet canal conditions, there is
no patient discomfort due to low current. Precise readings of root canals
eliminate the risk of over instrumentation and reduces X-ray use.
The Endex Plus functions as two
apex locators built into one compact
console. It can measure canals in the
original Manual Reset Mode (Endex),
and it can also measure canals with
the added Auto Reset Mode. This
allows the user to measure most
canals in an easy one-step method
while allowing the possibility of
switching back to manual if auto reset
is not attainable.
The Endex Plus magnifies the critical apical region of the canal. The user
is able to visualize the distance from
the apical foramen and signals with
an increasing pulsating alarm from

the constriction area to a continuous
alarm as the file reaches the anatomical apex.
• OSADA XL-S30 Oral Surgery and
Implant Handpiece System: This hightorque/low-speed micromotor handpiece system with built-in peristaltic
irrigation system has an air-free surgical drill system designed for oral
surgeons. The XL-S30 offers a variety
of handpieces that are specifically
designed for oral surgery, implant
drilling and implant tapping.
• OSADA XL-30W Table Top Surgical Handpiece System: Low-speed/
high-torque handpiece system with
optional variable-speed foot pedal or
on-off foot switch for orthodontics,
general dentistry or dermabrasion/
hair transplant.
• OSADA EXL-M40: For those who
demand the best, we offer the finest Brushless Micromotor System for
dental laboratory use. This extremely
quiet, low-speed/high-torque handpiece system comes with the LHP12
handpiece, L12M brushless micromotor, MC12 motorcord and MVFP magnetic variable-speed foot pedal and is
virtually maintenance free.
• OSADA XL-230: Chairside handpiece or laboratory handpiece, lowspeed/high-torque electric handpiece system. For the laboratory,
we offer the LHP6 handpiece, L5M
micromotor and straight or coiled
motorcord. It is comfortable to use,
even for small hands. For chairside
use, we offer a variety of handpieces,
LVS micromotor and motorcord.

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exhibitors

Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Award-winning manufacturer makes
more than 300 dental products
Mydent International’s
record of reliable service
dates back more than
25 years
n Launched in 1985, the DEFEND
brand, by Mydent International, has
grown into a global leader serving
43 countries in the manufacturing of
high-quality infection-control products, disposables, preventatives and
impression-material systems. With
more than 25 years of reliable service
to the dental industry, Mydent International manufactures more than 35
percent of consumables used in the
dental operatory.
From its award-winning sterilization products, impression materials,
prophy paste, wipes and lab coats, to
disposables and more, Mydent International manufactures more than
300 items used by dental professionals.

Sterilization pouches

DEFEND+PLUS Pouches, awarded
“Best Product 2010” by Hygiene Product Shopper magazine, have lead-free
dual indicators to ensure the correct sterilization temperature, saving both time and treatment costs
by eliminating the need for separate
indicator strips.
These durable pouches are constructed with triple-sealed seams
and strong materials to help prevent
instrument penetration and tears.
DEFEND+PLUS Pouches, with added
internal indicators, also received an
“Editors’ Choice” award and 4.5 out

Here at the GNYDM
For more information on Mydent International and the DEFEND brand
of products, call (800) 275-0020, visit
www.defend.com or stop by the booth,
No. 2215.

of 5 rating from The Dental Advisor.

Impression-material line

Mydent International’s impressionmaterial line is an industry favorite.
Recognized by Dental Product Shopper, DEFEND impression materials
have been described by dentists as
“the best material ever used.” Offering exceptional mix and flow characteristics, DEFEND VPS and bite registration impression materials provide
outstanding detail and need minimal
dispensing effort.

Prophy paste

DEFEND+PLUS Prophy Paste, a 2010
“Recommended” product, delivers
superior polishing and stain removal
in a splatter-free formula. The paste is
gluten-free to ensure against allergic
reactions and contains 1.23 percent
active fluoride ion. The paste comes
in mint, cherry, vanilla/orange, root
beer, tangerine and bubble gum flavors.

Disinfectant wipes

DEFEND+PLUS Wipes disinfect, deodorize and clean hard, non-porous
surfaces safely and effectively. The
wipes, which contain a stable, lowpH-formulated disinfectant and deodorant, feature a new, two-minute
kill time for 11 organisms, including:

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus; influenza A; Pseudomonas
aeruginosa; hepatitis B and C; and
they deliver a one-minute kill time
for human immunodeficiency virus-1.
This product has been recognized by
Dental Product Shopper magazine as
“Best Product 2011.”

Ultrasonic cleaning tablets

Mydent International’s Ultrasonic
Enzymatic Tablets dissolve in a gallon
of water in under a minute to create
a powerful and effective ultrasonic
cleaning solution. This solution will
greatly assist in the removal of blood,
bone, tissue, food particles and other
soils that may be resistant to chemical
detergents. This-easy-to-use product
may also be used as an instrument
pre-soak or as an evacuation system
cleaner.

Gloves and masks

We also manufacture a variety of
gloves and masks, including PowderFree Micro Textured Latex Exam
Gloves, Powder-Free Nitrile Textured
Exam Gloves, Powdered Professional
Latex Exam Gloves, “Diffuser” (AntiFog) Pleated Ear Loop & Tie-On Mask,
DEFEND+PLUS Pleated Procedural
Ear-Loop Mask, Pleated Ear-Loop
Mask with Shield, and more. DEFEND
Powder-Free Textured Nitrile Exam
Gloves (LITE) are popular. These
latex-free gloves, purple in color,
are packed 200 per box to provide
maximum value. They are also highly
puncture resistant and provide great
tactile strength and dexterity.

Jackets and lab coats
Mydent

International

offers

DEFEND+PLUS Jackets and Lab Coats
as well as DEFEND Ortho Boxes.
Awarded a 4.5+ rating out of 5 from
The Dental Advisor, DEFEND+PLUS
jackets and lab coats provide the
latest technology in protection, with
28 percent better bacterial filtration
(Nelson Laboratories January 2011).
These jackets and lab coats are
made of a soft three-layer SMS fabric
and provide higher quality stitching,
cuffs and collar compared with the
leading competition. DEFEND Ortho
Boxes, available as retainer and denture boxes, close completely and
securely, have a durable hinge and
keep contents safe.

New products

Mydent
International
recently
expanded its product line by introducing new products, including DEFEND
Prophy Angles, Light-Cured Pit & Fissure Sealant, X-ray Barrier Envelopes,
Temporary Crown & Bridge Material,
Dental Needles, Plastic Triple Trays,
Paper Tray Covers, Bouffant Caps and
Shoe Covers.

Charitable initiatives

Mydent International is active in
supporting charitable organizations.
With autism rates estimated as high
as one in 91 children, Mydent International feels compelled to take action.
As a result, a portion of the profits
from every DEFEND product sold goes
to Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest — and a highly effective — autism
science and advocacy organization.
Mydent International also supports Dental Lifeline Network and
ADA’s Give Kids a Smile through a
variety product donations.

Chairside restorative solutions more open than ever
n With the release of E4D DentaLogic™
software version 4.5 featuring E4D
Sky, D4D Technologies announces
the creation of a truly open network
of chairside restorative solutions for
patient treatment. The E4D Sky communication network enables E4D system operators to exchange case data
via the Internet with internal and
external service providers, greatly
extending the range of treatments
they can provide their patients.
“With E4D version 4.5 and E4D Sky,
a dental office has total flexibility
and a full range of options for assistance with more complex cases, for
some extra help at busy times or for
additional material options to those
that are typically milled in office, like
zirconia,” said Gary Severance, DDS,
of D4D Technologies.
E4D Sky is supported by Henry

Here at the GNYDM
For more information, visit www.e4d.
com or stop by the booth, No. 3824.

Schein’s DDX (Digital Dental
Exchange) and connects E4D systems
running version 4.5 software with
a variety of outsourcing options for
restoration design and fabrication:
• E4D Digital Services experts
design, mill or complete restorations,
as well as make models or bridges.
• E4D Certified Laboratories offer
a variety of services.
• Any third-party provider can be
sent an .stl open platform file.
“E4D Sky takes the E4D system
to the next level while supporting
the launch of our E4D Solo scan only
options. Operators will also be able to

exploit the flexibility of the .stl open
platform file export to access numerous other services with their scanned
data,” said Glen Freeman of D4D Technologies. “We are pleased to announce
that the expanded capabilities of E4D
DentaLogic software version 4.5 with
E4D Sky are now available to all new
and current customers.”

About D4D Technologies

D4D Technologies is taking the dental
profession to a higher level of productivity, patient comfort and convenience with its E4D restorative solutions. DentaLogic™ software in the
E4D Design Center enables the operator to customize a virtual restoration
before it is sent to the robust E4D Mill
for fabrication. With the introduction
of version 4.5 and E4D Sky, each of
these system components is now also

available for custom configurations
and interfaces to meet the needs of
any dental office or laboratory.
E4D Sky communicates with E4D
Digital Services, certified E4D dental laboratories, and any third-party
provider accepting open format files
(.stl) for a full range of production and
delivery options. E4D Compass™ integrates E4D restorative designs with
cone-beam data to plan and communicate restoratively driven implant
therapies. E4D Compare™, the latest
addition to the E4D suite of products,
employs adaptive learning technology to dental education.
Henry Schein Dental is responsible
for global sales and distribution for
D4D Technologies, headquartered in
Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas; 3M ESPE and Ivoclar Vivadent
provide restorative materials.

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exhibitors

Greater New York Dental Meeting — Nov. 26, 2012

Why patient recall?
By Ron Barsotti, President,
Recall System Pro
n As practice management consultants, we have spent the past 20 years
supporting dental practices in maximizing productivity while maintaining high standards of patient treatment, service and care — no easy task.
Systemization is critical to realizing
these goals, and we came to understand early the role patient recall and
recall system management play in the
overall productivity and success of
dental practices.
In addition to the beneficial impact
patient recall has on the dental health
of patients, patient recall is also the
single most important system to the
overall survival and success of dental
practices. More than 70 percent of
practice revenues stem from patient
recall, yet recall continues to represent one of the most underperforming
systems in many of today’s practices.
As a result, significant numbers of
dental practices struggle to keep up
because of underperforming recall
systems, and an equal number do
not do as well as they could for the
very same reasons — this includes
high-functioning practices. Under-

(Photo/Provided by Recall System)

Here at the GNYDM
To see a live demo of Recall System
Pro and to learn about Patient Recall
Study Group Webinar presentations in
your area, stop by the Sikka Ecosystem
Booth, No. 4431, or call (800) 651-8603.

performing recall systems are costing dental practices hundreds of thousands in lost revenue annually.
From our viewpoint, a major contributing factor to this problem is
that the importance of patient recall,
in terms of the difference that patient

recall can make to the financial,
scheduling and service success of
a dental practice, is not sufficiently
understood by dentists or the profession as a whole.
This lack of understanding results
in dentists not committing the necessary time, energy or resources to
the enhancement of patient recall,
which could highly leverage the performance and productivity of their
practices. From our perspective, this
does not occur out of choice, this
occurs out of a lack of knowledge and
information.
Another major factor that contributes to dentists not being able to realize the full benefit of patient recall
is a lack of comprehensive software
solutions to assist dental practices in
adequately tackling patient recall.
Patient recall is a challenging system
with no easy solutions, and the lack
of systemization contributes to the
ongoing frustration and lost revenues
experienced by practices.
Education is an important part of
what we do at Recall System Pro. We
are committed to educating dentists
and the dental profession as a whole
regarding the importance of patient
recall, which includes defining the

specific difference patient recall can
make to practice productivity and
success. We are actively involved in
providing educational webinars and
study group presentations.
Our commitment to practice optimization through patient recall has
also resulted in the development of
Recall System Pro, a software solution that enables dental practices
to maximize the benefits of recall.
Recall System Pro is the industry’s
first comprehensive software solution that goes beyond automated
messaging to provide lasting results.
Recall System Pro provides dental
practices with the necessary systemization and tools to fully lever
recall and recover thousands in lost
revenues.
Providing dentists with the information they need to make informed
choices regarding how recall system
optimization can impact the performance and productivity of their practices is a driving force behind our
company’s vision. We are also equally
committed to providing dental practices with access to information,
instruction and software solutions
they can use to maximize the benefit
of recall.

Reflections on Directa products
Reflections on the Fender Wedge

Several studies from different countries show 60–100 percent injury to
adjacent teeth at proximal preparation with a high risk of subsequent
caries on the damaged surface.
There is a clear ethical motive to
avoid causing an injury to biological tissue while repairing something
else. The repair of such injuries is
very costly, and the benefits for the
patient and society are great if the
adjacent tooth is protected during
preparation.
Dentists therefore have a strong
desire to give patients safer care by
reducing obvious risks of injury.
They also are likely to appreciate
the opportunity to work faster and
safer.
Fender Wedge was developed by
the Swedish company Directa in collaboration with an advisory group of
dentists. It was introduced in 2006.
Today, several dental education programs worldwide require students
to use preparation protection at preclinical and clinical stages.

Reflections on the Fender Mate

The reason Directa and the advisory
group developed a new sectional
matrix was that they wanted to offer

Here at the GNYDM
For more information on Directa products, visit www.directadental.com, follow Directa on www.facebook.com/
directaab or visit Directa at booth No.
2332. To contact Dr. Jan Johansson,
email
jan.johansson@directadental.
com.

Fender Wedge, left, and Fender Mate (Photo/Provided by Directa)

the first choice when looking for a
composite matrix for Class II cases.
It had to be easy and quick to put in
place, should only consist of one part,
should offer an optimal curvature
and a good cervical connection. And
the filling can be made by a single
operator.
Fender Mate was introduced in
2009 and attracted great interest.

Advisory group reflections

Dr. Jan Johansson from KUSP, Directa’s Dental Care Advisory Group
said: “Dental company Directa has
an excellent business idea. It collects
product ideas and innovations from
the Swedish dental care community.
Directa receives aid from KUSP, an
independent advisory group of some
20 dentists, dental hygienists and

dental carers with broad connections
in dental clinics and among faculty.
This advisory group selects which
ideas should be developed. The group
then follows the work, tests the products and offers advice on continued
product development. The company’s
motto is ’Design by Dentists.’ ”
The glue for Directa is that they
benefit from strong communication
between different stakeholders.
The group’s advice to Directa is
that direct communication with users
should be fortified in every possible way: The website and Facebook
should harvest any feedback, clinical
cases and new product ideas. The
company should ask how new ideas
and products will be received, and
it should offer free hands-on courses
to test products, as well as an open
telephone line with advice for users.”

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