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PRSRTSTD U.S.Postage PAID SanAntonio,TX Permit#1396 DentalTribuneAmerica 116West23rdStreet Suite#500 NewYork,N.Y.10011 NEWS A2 •Retired dentist Don T. Curtis shares inside perspective Nov. 22, 1963 mEEtiNgS A4–A7 •Endless innovation at Greater New York Dental Meeting (review) • Evolution at the American Academy of Periodontology meeting (review) •Up next: January's Yankee Dental Congress expecting 28,000 dental professionals in Boston •Pacific Dental Conference fills its 600-booth exhibit hall •Journées dentaires internationales du Québec includes prosthodontists • Recapture a passion for dentistry iNduStry A8–A12 •Barrier protection is critical in dental professionals’ gloves •Curve Dental: Patient portal is online extension of the practice • EDS course demonstrates implant predictability — with simplicity •CareCredit enhances experience for those using its mobile platform •Global dental equipment market expected to hit $7.6 billion by 2018 productS A13 •R-dental’s METAL-BITE universal registration product earns awards • BEAUTIFIL Bulk Flowable delivers high fluoride release PRSRTSTD USPOSTAGE PAID FT.LAUD.,FL PERMITNO.1117 DentalTribuneAmerica 116West23rdStreet Suite#500 NewYork,N.Y.10011 Ad By Javier de Pison Dental Tribune Latin America T he medical applications of Google Glass — eyeglasses that can access the Internet, take pic- tures and record and stream au- dio and video in real time — were crystal clear when surgeons used them late this year for the first live streaming of a dental procedure. Three dental surgeons at the Hospital de Molina in Murcia, Spain, conducted the historic maxillofacial procedure as part of a master class they were present- ing. The team shared real-time perspec- tive on the procedure live from the sur- geon’s point of view using Google Glass, the wearable minicomputer that is cur- rently available to a limited number of users on a trial basis through Google’s “Glass Explorer Program.” The glasses dis- play Internet-accessed information with- in the wearer’s vision field in response to voice commands from the wearer. The technology was developed in Google’s X Lab, a research and development initia- tive investigating a range of futuristic technologies, such as the widely publi- cized driverless-car prototype. The complex clinical procedure per- formed by Drs. Pedro Peña Martínez, Juan Francisco Piqueras Gómez and Alejandro López Gómez was part of the “3D Diag- nostics and Treatment Surgery” course at the Dental Clinic of the Hospital de Mo- lina, which provides advanced training to dentists from across Spain. The surgery was performed on a 70-year-old patient with total edentu- lous maxilla using a computer-guided implant technique that Peña pioneered in Spain. The computer-guided surgery system helps surgeons plan and per- form clinical procedures. A 3-D model of the patient’s upper jaw was made, which showed the position in which the im- Maxillofacial surgery airs via Google Glass First time the device is used to stream a dental procedure Implant trIbune icoi SympoSium iS NEW orLEANS BouNd International Congress of Oral Implantologists to meet from Jan. 16–18. ” page B1 dENtiSt AmoNg firSt iN dALLAS Er to trEAt KENNEdy Fifty years later, Dr. Don T. Curtis answers questions about his connection to that infamous day. ” page A2 ” See GLASS, page A2 www.dental-tribune.com DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition DECEMBER 2013 — Vol. 8, No. 12 www.dental-tribune.com DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · U.S. Edition gNydm rEViEW ” See page A4 The 2013 Greater New York Dental Meeting, held just a few blocks from Times Square, above, was filled with innovative products, services and procedures. Photo/Robert Selleck Dental Tribune Greater New York Dental Meeting Review pAcific dENtAL coNfErENcE ExpEctS 300-pLuS ExhiBitorS The 2014 Pacific Dental Conference will be from March 6–8 in Vancouver, British Columbia. ” page A6