Worldental Daily, Thursday, 30 August 2012

Thursday, 30 August 2012 Business 09www.fdiworldental.org I Dental Tribune International, the largest publishing group in dentistry, has joined forces with Medical Tribune Japan, a leading publisher in medicine and den- tistry, in order to extend its broad range of media and educational services to Japan. The recently formed partner- ship includes the establishment of a Japanese language online edition of “Dental Tribune Japan”, targeted at more than 60,000 dentists with weekly news in the local language sections of www.dental-tribune.jp, as well as regular distributed e-newsletters and dental educa- tional programmes to be hold in close cooperation with the global e-learning platform Dental Tribune Study Club. Dental Tribune Japan will also be the official representative for all publications and services of the Dental Tribune International port- folio in Japan. It is inviting Japanese dental professionals, including re- searchers, dentists, dental techni- cians,hygienistsanddentalindustry representatives to submit abstracts, articles, product reviews or other editorial contents. In addition, the Dental Tribune Japan management and editorial team will be available for feedback and discussing fu- ture collaborations here at the FDI Annual World Dental Congress in Hong Kong. DENTALTRIBUNE JAPAN www.dental-tribune.jp Booth K31 DTI partners with Medical Tribune Japan I In October, all eyes will be on Singapore for the 7th CAD/CAM & Computerized Dentistry Inter- national Conference, which is to be held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center. This remarkable networking event will bring together dentists, den- tal technicians and leading den- tal industry players to exchange knowledge and experience on the latest developments in dental CAD/CAMandcomputerisedden- tistry. Among other things, the dental technicians’ session will be well worth attending. This tailor-made programme with a focus on dental lab techni- cians has been integrated into the two-day main programme for continuingprofessionaleducation. It will focus on providing them with contemporary, technology- focused education and cover various aspects of using digital dentistry in the lab environment. Participantswilllearnhowtotake advantage of the latest digital technologies and the most up-to- date CAD/CAM methods and ap- plications for CAD/CAM systems. The unique course will demon- stratekeyfactorsinincreasinglab productivity and improving the efficiency of the dental team. The parallel session on the second day of the conference will be dedicated to dental lab tech- nicians,withpresentationsbypro- fessional speakers on the state of the art. In his presentation, “CAD/CAM technology… Flexibil- ity at its best”, Lutz Ketelaar from DeguDent will review ten years of CAD/CAM in dentistry, including materials, production methods and indications. Patrizio Corso from Zirkonzahn will present qual- ity, perfection, precision and an in- telligent and wide variety of solu- tions in “Ready to face the future —Endless possibilities”. This will be followed by a hands-on course, “Digital functional prosthetics— Best practice”, by Barış Çakır from AmannGirrbach and a workshop on“IPSe.maxCAD-ontechnique— Where STRENGTH and ESTHETICS combine” by Pitsnu Intoratat from IvoclarVivadent. The session will conclude with a lecture by Rik Jacobs from Ver- tex Dental entitled “ThermoSens monomer-free thermoplastic den- ture base material”. CAPPASIA, SINGAPORE www.capp-asia.com A unique event in Asia VITA shade, VITA made. More precise than the eye: digital determination and verification of all tooth shades VITA Easyshade® Advance – To err was human! 3421E VITA Easyshade Advance features cutting-edge spectro- photometric shade measurement technology with an inte- grated light source. As a result, it is entirely independent of ambient conditions and delivers shade results in VITA SYSTEM 3D-MASTER, VITA classical A1–D4 and VITABLOC shades in a matter of seconds. Increase your reliability and profitability – very easily and entirely digitally with Easyshade Advance. / www.vita-zahnfabrik.com AD