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News DENTALTRIBUNE Middle East & Africa Edition The Finnish company Plan- meca Oy, one of the world’s leading dental equipment manufacturers, announces its donation of a Planmeca Com- pact i dental unit along with a Planmeca ProMax 3D s imag- ing unit to the temporary den- tal clinic that is being set up by the Japanese government and Japan Dental Association in the tsunami region. ”We found out that there are temporary dental clinics to be es- tablished in Tohoku region with the support of Japanese govern- ment. We would like to do our share in contributing to the re- building efforts of this tsunami- ridden region. With these dental devices modern, high-quality dental care become available for people in the crisis area,” says Mr. Heikki Kyöstilä, the presi- dent of Planmeca Oy. The design of the Planmeca Compact i dental unit has been strongly steered by the impor- tance of ergonomics and uncom- promised safety of the dental team as well as highest level of hygiene. There are over 25 000 Planmeca Compact i dental unit installations and users around the world. Planmeca is the market leader in dental imaging devices – panoramic, intraoral and 3D imaging units – in the world. The Planmeca ProMax 3D s digital imaging unit is designed to ob- tain complete information on pa- tient anatomy in the minutest de- tail. The unit complies with a multitude of diagnostic require- ments: those of endodontics, pe- riodontics, orthodontics, im- plantology,dentalandmaxillofa- cial surgery, and TMJ analysis. Planmeca ProMax 3D s unit is ideal for imaging with a smaller field of view: the imaging size is optimal for e.g. single implant and wisdom tooth cases, as well as for implant surgery and ortho- dontic treatment. “All Planmeca imaging units comply with the bestpracticesofdentistry.Pulsed X-ray of 3D units, together with the short rotation scan, virtually eliminates artefacts, contribut- ing to outstanding image quality. Planmeca’s patented, computer- controlled SCARA (Selectively Compliant Articulated Robot Arm) technology allows a variety of imaging programs,” states Mr Kyöstilä. The announcement of this sizeable donation made in coop- eration with Planmeca’s distrib- utor in Japan, the GC Corpora- tion, at the 18th International Congress of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology in Hiroshima 26–28 May, 2011. The temporary dental clinic is expected to be set up in Tohoku region in June. DT 2 DENTALTRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Middle East & Africa Edition Published by Education Zone in licence of Dental Tribune International GmbH © 2011, Dental Tribune International GmbH. All rights reserved. Dental Tribune makes every effort to report clinical information and manu- facturer’s product news accurately, but cannot assume responsibility for the validityofproductclaims,orfortypographicalerrors.Thepublishersalsodo not assume responsibility for product names or claims, or statements made by advertisers. Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not re- flect those of Dental Tribune International. Editorial Board Prof. Abdullah Al-Shammary, Restorative Dentistry, KSA Prof. Hussain F. Al Huwaizi, Endodontics, Iraq Prof. Samar Burgan, Oral Medicine, Jordan Dr. Abdel Salam Al Askary, Implantology, Egypt Dr. Talal Al-Harbi, Orthodontist, Qatar Dr. Mohammed H. Al Jishi, Bahrain Dr. Lara Bakaeen, Prosthodontist , Jordan Dr. Aisha Sultan, Periodontist, UAE Dr. Kamal Balaghi Mobin Aesthetics, Iran President/CEO Yasir Allawi y.allawi@dental-tribune.ae Director mCME: Dr. D. Mollova info@cappmea.com Marketing manager Khawla Najib khawla@dental-tribune.ae Production manager Hussain Alvi dentalme@dental-tribune.ae PO Box 214592, Dubai, UAE, Tel + 971 4 391 0257 Fax + 971 4 366 4512 www.dental-tribune.com AD Page 1DT Planmeca donates top-level dental devices to the dental clinic in Japan tsunami region at it, you can’t imagine it being very comfortable. Also, as people do not like conventional hearing aids,theyarenotgoingtolikethis either because it involves wear- ing something behind the ear as well,” Ms King said. DT