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business 31AEEDC Dubai 2014 AD At the end of 2013, dental tech- nology provider VATECH Global reported500unitsalesofitsPaX-i imagingdevicetocustomersinthe Middle East. In marking this mile- stone, the company has an- nounced that it will be promoting itsdeviceanditsintra-oralcamera duringthisyear’sAEEDCDubai. Recently, VATECH released PaX-i3D Green, its newest CBCT imaging system, which provides high-resolution images with sig- nificantly lower radiation expo- sure. The eco-friendly device, whichwasmanufacturedusingre- newableenergysourcesandwith- out the use of hazardous sub- stances, was certified by the US FoodandDrugAdministrationfor use in paediatrics, VATECH sales directorS.J.Kimsaid.Accordingto Kim, the unit has three separate sensors for digital panoramic, cephalometric, and 3-D imaging, as well as horizontal and vertical collimation to limit the area that needs to be scanned. He said that its fully digital CMOS sensor can capture a scan in 5.9 seconds. Ow- ingtoitshigh-resolutionflat-panel X-ray sensor, PaX-i3D Green can even capture 3-D images at radia- tiondoseslowerthansome2-Dim- agingsystems,hecommented. “With our PaX-i3D Green, we areleadingthetrendofdigitalim- aging in the worldwide dental im- aging market. We are continu- ously challenging ourselves in terms of product development and customer satisfaction to re- main the number one company in thisfield,”Kimsaid. AccordingtoVATECH,thecom- pany has revolutionised the den- tal X-ray market with innovative technologies,suchasMagicPan,a reconstruction technology for highpanoramicimages,aswellas EzDent-iandEz3D-isoftware. VATECH GLOBAL, SOUTH KOREA www.vatech.co.kr Booth 152 VATECH PRESENTS PaX-i3D GREEN, CELE- BRATES MILESTONE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Thedentalpioneerandfounder of Hoffmann Dental Manufaktur, Dr Otto Hoffmann, had one, as did many other great inventors. Was the beard the secret to their suc- cess or merely a fashion at the time? And are beards finally com- ing back into fashion? Hoffmann revolutionised den- tistry with his invention of zinc phosphate-based dental cement more than a century ago. Chem- istry was the great passion of this multitalented man, who spent three hours a day playing the pi- ano, climbed the Alps, collected art and was an active member oftheBerlinsocietyforaeronau- tics.Onethingalwaysremained constant: his meticulously trimmed moustache. Hoffmanninvitesparticipantsof AEEDCDubaitoitsboothinHall7to learn more about the latest in clas- sicrestorativecements.Inaddition, visitors will be given the opportu- nity to don the (fake) beard of Hoff- mannitself.Whoknows,perhapsit wasnotacoincidenceafterall. HOFFMANN DENTAL MANU- FAKTUR GMBH, GERMANY www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUUMZ6nCxOg www.hoffmann-dental.com Booth 450 DOES A BEARD MAKE A GENIUS?