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cone beam1_2012 Lipsig’s top 5 cone-beam units (alphabetically by unit name) Fig. 1_ GXDP-700 (Gendex) Fig. 2_i-CAT (Imaging Sciences International) Fig. 3_ OP300 (Instrumentarium Dental) Fig. 4_ ProMax 3D (Planmeca) Fig. 5_Scanora 3D (Soredex) (Photos/Provided by the companies noted) practice matters _ interview I systems linked together. Along with the relationship to these desktops came the opportunity to provide peripherals that the clinician needs, such as digital radiography. Digital radiography had quickly become the buzz words of the industry. It was the thought of having X-rays appear on your computer screen instantly for diagnosis, archiving and transmission, and the thought of these reusable X-ray chips not only replacing standard film and developing chemicals, but also accomplishing this task with as much as 90 percent less radiation than film. Safer for the patient, safer for the staff, better for the environment and already digital for transmis- sion to insurance companies, this product had so many advantages it was guaranteed to change the industry. As we can see today, more than 60 percent of of- ficesnowusedigitalradiography,andthatisonlyone way that the move to digital has changed the dental industry, and many other industries, forever. From that point, we set out developing digital ra- diography, the intraoral camera and dental imaging technology for Henry Schein. When we started this journey,therewerenocomputersintheoperatories, andevenveryfewcomputersatthefrontdesk.Today computers are essential.The dental office relies on computers and would be hard pressed to survive without them. Two-dimensional imaging had found a home in dentistry, but this was just the start. With the introduction of the CT scanner in the medical world, it was quickly understood that 3-D imaging would be the next wave of technology. In addition, that it could have incredible opportunities in the dental industry, from understanding bone density for placing implants to viewing bone and airway abnormalities, orthodontics, sleep apnea and a world of other opportunities found in the dental I 35 Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5