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  • Allison Walker
  • 12/08/2017

  Want to Try Something New With Your Handpiece?

  Convert it to an electric handpiece! Some of the advantages to electric handpieces that have been noted include that they operate at both high and slow speeds, they have high constant torque, low volume, versatility, enhanced control, increased precision, they are lighter weight, and they run quieter. The NLZ from NSK can convert air-driven...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 11/06/2017

  EyeSpy with My Little Eye

  Do you remember that game? Maybe you still play it with family and friends today. It was created to test and develop the powers of perception and observation in young children, as well as vocabulary. But some of us never stopped looking for and identifying things for fun, or even a living. That’s basically what dentists and hygienists do all...

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  • Marie
  • 10/30/2017

  You Don’t Need a Calset Warmer…Or Do You?

  Are you using a flowable composite? If so you may not think there’s much value to using a calset warmer, such as AdDent’s, to warm universal resin composite before using it on a restoration. In fact, you might have one of the following reactions to the idea. “I’m getting the same viscosity using a flowable.” Heat accelerates polymerization,...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 10/23/2017

  cara Print 4.0 and Digital Workflow

  The cara Print 4.0 in-house printer from Kulzer offers clinicians and dental technicians a faster, more economical method of producing polymer-based dental appliances. The addition process produces less waste than milling, most results can be printed in less than an hour, and the cara Print 4.0 meets all 3D accuracy requirements. A Digital Light...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 03/08/2017

  Are you Wearing the Right Masks?

  Some people know when they are sick, and some haven’t a clue (or couldn’t possibly, as the case may be). As an oral health care provider who follows OSHA and OSAP guidelines, you are aware that besides the flu, you have an increased chance of exposure to tuberculosis, the common cold, SARS, whooping cough, Legionnaires’ disease, measles, and...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 02/23/2017

  AimRight the first time!

  My dentist, who knows I’m a bit of a dental nerd, likes to tell me what new technologies he’s picked up or has been investigating since my last visit. My latest appointment involved updating my x-rays, using his newest digital x-ray machine (which shall remain anonymous!). When the hygienist swung the tubehead around to aim it at my cheek, she...

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