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XXXXX Dental Tribune U.S. Edition | May 2012 A7INduSTry NEWS Ad scanning. The slightest movement of the patient or of the operator's hand was enough to create a useless image. The new scanners allow a high de- gree of movement freedom, and this makes it much easier to get a good pic- ture. Here at our clinic, assistants scan as often as dentists. The system is very intuitive. You started with a chairside milling system, but the TRIOS system you use today builds on cooperation with the lab. How do you view these different approaches? I know from my own experience that ing for many dentists. But in reality, at least as the technologies stand to- day, chairside milling is not worth the investment because dentists need to spend too much time perfecting the esthetic details. In relation to my busi- ness, I have no doubt that it’s better for me to outsource my milling needs. More importantly, skilled dental technicians will usually provide bet- ter restorations than dentists can. They are simply better artists and have more practice. Have digital impression solutions come to stay? I think that the existence of digital impression solutions in all clinics will soon be taken for granted. Even in a little town such as ours, all four den- tal clinics are equipped with their own digital impression system. Actually, we find that our area’s high-tech profile affects competition because it helps us attract patients from other cities. We also see a clear trend among labo- ratories. More and more labs are work- ing with advanced digital systems that allow them to mill crowns directly from our digital impressions — with- out first manufacturing a model. This means that we can get our crowns back from the lab even faster. . (Source: 3Shape) “ CARLSEN, page A6 R-SI-LINE® METAL-BITE®, the universal registration material, which was intro- duced in 2000 as the first hard, universal registration material that also is scan- nable for CAD/CAM applications, has re- ceived a five-star rating from Dental Con- sultants Inc. (publisher and operator of the product-evaluation periodical "The Dental Advisor" and product-evaluation website www.dentaladvisor.com), based in Ann Arbour, Mich. The product has also earned the or- ganization's prestigious Editor`s Choice award, and it was chosen by the evalu- ators as the 2012 Top Bite-Registration Material. METAL-BITE received a clinical rating of 96 percent from the evaluators, while 93 percent of the evaluators would rec- ommend the material. After a decade since its introduction, METAL-BITE is well-known to a growing number of dentists in many countries throughout the world. The material has become a standard for universal registra- tions, although the material is also indi- cated for a broad variety of indications. The product boasts a number of benefi- cial physical properties, including: very good handling, short setting time and easy-to-trim-and-polish silicone. The dark gray METAL-BITE is also scannable (powderfree) for CAD/CAM applications, it is ideal for the biteplate and facebow registrations. For more information, you can con- tact the manufacturer directly. R-dental Dentalerzeugnisse GmbH is based at Winterhuder Weg 88, 22085, Hamburg, Germany. You can phone R-dental internation- ally at +49-40-22757617 or send a fax to +49-40-22757618. You can contact the company via email at info@r-dental.com. Or visit R-dental online at www.r-dental. com. (Source R-dental) Svend CarlSen has been a dentist for more than 50 years and has always actively taken in- terest in the most ad- vanced technologies within the dental pro- fession. Today, Carlsen runs his Herregaard Cen- ter Dental Clinic in Faaborg, Denmark. The clinic uses the 3Shape TRIOS digital impression system on a daily basis. Registration material earns 5 stars R-SI-LINE METAL-BITE earns highest rating from well-known product evaluator Tell us what you think! Do you have general comments or criticism you would like to share? Is there a particular topic you would like to see articles about in Dental Tribune? Let us know by e-mailing feedback@dental-tribune.com. We look for- ward to hearing from you! If you would like to make any change to your subscription (name, address or to opt out) please send us an e-mail at database@dental-tribune. com and be sure to include which publica- tion you are referring to. Also, please note that subscription changes can take up to six weeks to process.