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Business Thursday, 11 September 2014 20 www.fdiworldental.org AD VITA launches 4th generation of its electronic shade-taking device IWith VITA Easyshade Advance 4.0, VITAZahnfabrikhasachievedanew milestone in digital shade determi- nation. According to the German dentalmanufacturer,thedevicehas been significantly enhanced to ex- tend the number of applications for dental practices and laboratories. Both practitioners and dental tech- nicians can now enjoy a perfect bal- ance of proven system functionality and superior technology, the com- panysaid. Improvedfromthealreadyeasy- to-use design of its predecessor, VITA Easyshade Advance 4.0 is in- tended to allow exceptional free- dom of movement. New functions for automatic measurement activa- tion have been integrated for opti- mal shade determination. Owing to itsadvancedmeasurementtechnol- ogy and durable light-emitting diode components, the device is saidtoofferprecisionthatistwiceas effective as that of the human eye. The results are displayed in VITA classical A1–D4 and VITA SYSTEM 3D-MASTER standards for shades. VITABLOCSshadescanbespecified aswell. Easyshade Advance 4.0 allows measurementdatatobetransferred to the VITA Assist communication software wirelessly via Bluetooth. Owing to its VDDS interface, clini- cians are also able to connect the device to the practice management software of their choice. VITA said thatthedatafortheexactdisplayof whitening effects can be used in ac- cordance with the international scale recommended by the Ameri- canDentalAssociation,forexample. VITA ZAHNFABRIK, GERMANY www.vita-zahnfabrik.com Booth B13 IOne of the main causes for approxi- mal caries is food particles that are building up between teeth where pa- tients cannot reach when cleaning theirteeth.Thesameproblemmakesit difficult for dentists to diagnose this type of caries at an early stage. They are often recommended to take an X-raytoensurethattheydetectanyap- proximal caries in addition to examin- ingtheteethwithaprobe.Thisexposes thepatienttomoreradiationhowever. In an effort to help dentists to detect approximal caries better and in a non- harmfulway,DürrDentalhasrecentlyex- tended its dental camera system Vista- CamiXwithanoptionalinterchangeable optical head. According to the German dental manufacturer, the new optical device is boasting infra-red technology to aid diagnosis without further expo- suretoradiation.Theinstrumentisposi- tioned above the occlusal surfaces of teethandthetwoadjacentteeth,premo- larormolar,arelitbytwoinfra-redLEDs. Owing to the pre-set wavelength, the dental enamel becomes slightly trans- parent when healthy or takes on a light- coloured, opaque appearance when caries lesions are present. This way, any approximal caries becomes in- stantly visible and can be treated, the company said. Images or video cap- tured with the system can be saved in theDBSWINimagingsoftware. DÜRR DENTAL, GERMANY www.duerr.de Booth B74/B78 Dürr extends dental camera with interchangeable head