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n Two years after having announced their initiative to solve the problem of software incompatibility, the three dental companies 3M ESPE, Straumann and Dental Wings presented the lat- est progress on the DWOS open stan- dard software platform at IDS 2013. The exclusive Lunch & Learn Event, held on Friday 15 March, illustrat- ed how the commercially available DWOS open software platform can build bridges between clinicians, labs and manufacturers. Over 350 people attended the event. Thanks to DWOS, dental labs will now have the flexibility of designing prosthetics using data from multiple systems and sources, for example CBCT/CT,in-labmodesl,chairsideintra- oralscans,aswellasimpressionscans received directly from dental prac- tices, according to the companies. They also said that restorations can be manufactured in-house as well as be outsourced to milling centres that offer high precision and addi- tional material options. Naoum Araj, CEO of Dental Wings, described DOWSasaknowledge- based ecosystem thatefficiently linksclinical informa- tion to the manufacturing process through a variety of integrated ‘apps’. When asked about his experiences with the platform, Daxton Grubb, Presi- dent of R-dent Dental Lab, USA, said: “The main advantage of DWOS i s t h e open soft- ware ar- chitecture, which allows me to remain at theforefrontoftechnol- ogy and optimise my work-flow. My team was excited about the new software and we are manufacturing consistently high quality products.” ExecutiveVicePresidentBusiness Unit Prosthetics of Straumann Sandro Matter explained the integration of Straumann’sCARES8.0intotheDWOS platform, which offers customers the choice between Straumann validated solutions or other milling alternatives for the production of prosthetics. Ac- cordingtoMatter,thedigitalworkflow will be completed by new collabora- tions with 3M ESPE and Innovation MediTech, a Dreve company. Using Trusted Connection with 3M True Definition Scanner, dentists can now send digital impressions directly to labs using CARES 8.0 which design andorderCARESprosthetics.Withthe helpoftheDentalWingsVirtualModel Builder software, they can order a cor- responding high-precision model from Innovation MediTech, that is required for finishing the prosthetics, he said. David Frazee, Vice President & General Manager, Digital Oral Care, added that all workflow steps of the 3M ESPE’s LAVA Design software are nowsupportedbyDWOSwhichfurther increases the possibilities for dental labs and makes digital dentistry more affordable while generating trusted connections between all players in- volved. Furthermore, it has pathed the way for integrating new materials that allow dental labs to offer a wider prod- uct range. “DWOS has brought consis- tency and higher quality to our work- flow.Wecaneasilyworkwithdifferent partners as well as outsource the milling process,” commented Dominik Mäder from the Zahnmanufaktur in Bern, Switzerland, when asked to de- scribe the impact of DWOS on his lab. All parties agreed that DWOS has opened the way for stronger collabora- tions between dentists, labs and man- ufacturers. The open software archi- tecture allows dental labs to integrate newtechnologyintotheircurrentwork- flow and stay up to date in the rapidly evolving field of digital dentistry. 7 news04 Show Review IDS Cologne 2013 Pain management and cross infection prevention remain a challenge in dental practice today. 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Through the collabora- tion, CAMLOG can offer its customers awiderrangeofservices,withrestora- tions, as well as veneering and luting materials, made of Ivoclar materials. Inthefuture,CAMLOGwillbeallowed to integrate all-ceramic materials, such as Ivoclar’s patented lithium di- silicate glass-ceramic IPS e.max CAD and IPS Em- press CAD, intoitsrange of services. In addition, CAMLOG will be able to use the Telio CAD composite material in the manufacturing of a wide range of temporary restorations. “The collaboration with CAMLOG presents an ideal combination of know-how in implant dentistry and restorative dentistry to provide com- prehensive solutions in the digital processchain,”explainedRobertGanley, CEO of Ivoclar Vivadent. Other collaboration partners of Ivoclar are Nobel Biocare, Straumann, and other dental companies. 7 5 CAMLOGisthelatestAuthorizedMillingPartnerofIvoclarVivadent. Ivoclar enters collaboration with CAMLOG Liechtenstein company has announced that it will collaborate with implant system supplier CAMLOG in Switzerland,making it anAuthorized Milling Partner