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41Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | January - February 2014 events highlight new and improved products and services, and this year was no exception. The exhibit hall’s miles of aisles beckoned with fliers and signs announcing advancements in virtually every sector of den- tistry — and new deals on the proven state-of-the-art prod- ucts. Jerry Herman, DDS introduced for the first time at the GNYDM the MouthWatch, an intraoral camera system for patients to use at home. It lets patients send high-resolution images of their mouth directly to their dentists via a HIPPA-compliant online platform. The idea is to tighten the connection between patient and practice, boost re- call rates for cleanings and improve overall patient com- pliance — in part by enabling them to examine their own mouths in privacy and see just how bad their teeth and gums might be looking. Herman’s goal was a system for the same price as a powered toothbrush, which, at $130, he hit. Consumers can buy the scanner and then find a Mouth- Watch dentist through an on- line referral site — or ask their dentist to use the system. Or dentists can provide the wand to their patients. Biolase used the GNYDM to introduce its GALAXY BioMill, which the company developed and designed in conjunction with the German company imes-icore. It’s an open-archi- tecture CAD/CAM system for scanning, designing, milling and finishing crowns, inlays and veneers in the dental office in a single appointment. It uses the 3Shape Trios intraoral scan- ner to capture high-resolution 3-D digital images of the teeth and crown-preparation site, all of which are then processed through a CAD/CAM software program to design the restora- tion. The design is then trans- ferred to the GALAXY BioMill to mill the crown using the latest in esthetically pleasing, biologi- cally compatible and durable tooth-colored materials. Apple hardware and the OS X operating system — coming in the second quarter of 2014. In the IQ Dental Services booth, attendees could see some of the newest imaging technology by checking out the Soredex Cranex 3D dental imaging sys- tem with panoramic, optional cephalometric and cone-beam 3-D imaging programs. New customers who visited Care Credit and signed up for the patient-payment- plan credit service — or requested an evaluation to see how CareCredit might best serve their practice — got to leave with a highly coveted Penguin Pillow Pal. The experts at HealthFirst were staffing “Compliance Help” information stands, where attendees could find out about environmental recovery, infection control, practice quality, emergen- cy preparedness and radia- tion minimization. For dental hygienists, Denti- cator had all sorts of tricks up its sleeves to help make treat- ing patients easier and more fun. Of particular interest was Zooby fluoride foams and var- nish, which are gluten-free and sweetened with sucralose and xylitol. The ProphyPal, also available from Denticator, is a Isolate was demonstrating its new Isovac Dental Isolation Adapter, the latest addition to its dental isolation product line. The Isovac uses dual vacuum controls so you can focus con- tinuous hands-free suction in either the upper or lower quad- rants and improve control of moisture and oral humidity. In the DEXIS booth, attend- ees could test out the DEXIS photo app, which the company unveiled at the GNYDM. The app enables practitioners to wirelessly send photos directly into the DEXIS Imaging Suite via newer-model iPhones or iPod touches. DEXIS also an- nounced expansion of its imag- ing products to natively support low-speed hygiene handpiece with an extended nosecone de- signed to provide extra stability. A new product for consum- ers is Nature’s Charm braided dental floss, available from GPP Group. The floss consists of braided strands of materials with three-dimensional surface structure, and it comes in dif- ferent sizes, colors and flavors. Also on display at GPP was a fossilized mammoth’s tooth. Speaking of enticing booth at- tractions, DC Dental Supplies had a bartender on hand, dis- pensing Brooklyn Lager, in honor of the company’s first anniversary in Brooklyn. You could also get a caricature of yourself drawn at the booth. Austin Powers was back at this year’s Greater New York Den- tal Meeting, at the Millennium Dental Technologies booth, to help increase awareness of how lasers can be used in den- tal treatment. Also on the exhibit hall floor, many attendees bumped into Floyd, who was on hand to help increase awareness of the new AquasilUltra tissue managing impression system, available from DENTSPLY Caulk. > Page 40 Greater New York Dental Meeting 2013 (Photo courtesy of DT America)