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IDS—36th International Dental Show · Cologne · 10 – 14 March, 2015 Best of KaVo Kerr Group at IDS Interview Commercial President of Europe, MEA (at KaVo Dental) explains what the portfolio of leading brands stands for. » page 2 Products Advanced technologies brought under one global platform—KaVo Kerr Group presents 35+ products at IDS. » page 8 Interview A dentist about his experiences with the OP300 Maxio, an innovation in the field of 3-D imaging. » page 14 by Sierra Rendon & Claudia Duschek,DTI n At this year’s International Dental Show (IDS),whichtookplacefrom10to14March in Cologne, attendees had the opportunity to explore innovative technologies and products brought together on a global plat- formbytheKaVoKerrGroup.Thecompany presented more than 35 new products at IDS, including offerings in digital imaging, CAD/CAM, operatory units, handpieces and a wide range of consumables that aim to render dental professionals’ work faster, easier, more accurate and more flexible. Formed in February 2014, KaVo Kerr Group—composed of 14 brands and com- panies—has more than 500 years of com- bined experience and reaches 99 per cent of dental practices around the world. The portfolio of brands includes KaVo, Kerr Restoratives, Kerr Prevention, Kerr Endo- dontics, Kerr Rotary, Pentron, Orascoptic, Pelton & Crane, Marus, DCI Equipment, Gendex, DEXIS, Instrumentarium Dental, SOREDEX, i-CAT, NOMAD, Implant Direct, and Ormco. The portfolio of brands is interconnected by common values of trust, experience,choice,qualityandsmartinno- vation. “It is exciting to interact with so many of our international customers at IDS,” said Matt Garrett, KaVo Kerr Group’s Global Vice President of Marketing, Dental Tech- nologies. “This is our first opportunity to share our identity with a global audience, KaVo Kerr Group at IDS 2015 — drumming to the beat of innovation 5 LED drummers perform in synchronization with a dynamic product presentation during the Art of Innovation event, held at the Flora Köln, to introduce the KaVo Kerr Group to a global audience. (Photo/ Markus Mahle) KaVo Kerr Group Edition and our booth is designed to engage their senses as we as the clinician’s intellect.” KaVo Kerr Group booth the spot for technological advances Through extensive live surgery demon- strations and hands-on sessions, IDS visi- torswereeducatedandinformedaboutthe benefits of using these both new and tried- and-true products individually as well as part of a broader workflow solution. For example, Isabel Baur, International Product Manager CAD/CAM at KaVo Kerr Group, demonstrated the functions of the Lythos intraoral scanner to hundreds of attendees. “This scanner takes 1.2 million images per second,” she explained. “It’s veryeasyforanyonetolearnhowtodo.The learning curve is very quick.” The Lythos scanner allows clinicians to capture highly detailed images in seconds without powder; in addition, they can easily rescan at any point, review data at any time and use the touchscreen to rotate the model in an infinite number of ways. Once the data has been scanned, clini- cians can proceed to complete the design in-office or wirelessly upload complex designcasesviathecloudtoKaVo’sRemote Design Service. KaVo has been an industry leader when it comes to CAD/CAM, having first joined the market about ten years ago. With the KaVo Everest engine, the company was the first in the market to be able to mill zirconia. 8 Seite 4 “Innovation means raising standards of care.”