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What’s in your varnish? Be careful. Rosins in your flouride varnish may be hurting your patients. »page 12 Scenes from the ADA CAD/CAM live on stage, apps for kids and a whole lot of new products. »pages 4–8 Digital dentistry the easy way New system gives you everything you need to place and restore an implant. »page 18 ADA 2015 · Washington, D.C. · Saturday, November 7, 2015 Vol. 8, No. 3 By Fred Michmershuizen, today Staff n Here at ADA 2015, meeting attendees have the opportunity to partake in a comprehensive offering of C.E. courses led by some of the most respected names in dentistry. Hundreds of classes and hands-on workshops are being offered. One of the highlights this year: A live,clinicaldemonstrationpresented in 3-D. In a first-of-its-kind presentation at the ADA annual meeting on Friday afternoon, Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan, a practicing clinician from Santa Bar- bara, Calif., demonstrated some of the cutting-edge technology he uses in his practice. “Magnification with a 3-D camera, CT imaging and 3-D printing allow dentists to see internal and external 5 Meeting attendees don their special glasses for ‘The Art of Endodontics: A Live 3-D Clinical Demonstration,’ presented by Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan Friday afternoon. (Photos/Fred Michmershuizen, today Staff) ADA education — now in 3-D! 8 see EDUCATION, page 3 By Robert Selleck, today Staff n New products and services are yours for the picking in every aisle of the ADA 2015 exhibit hall. One of the easiest ways to quickly focus in on some of the best is to walk around the perimeter of the Pride Technology Expo booth (No. 3231). The2015winnersoftheprestigious awards are on display just steps apart in the one central location. On Friday afternoon,representativesfrommany of the companies were on hand to personally receive the Pride Institute 2015 Best of Class Technology Awards on behalf of their companies. Included among the more than 20 companies earning the honor are: Crosstex, for its DentaPure water- line purification system; Glidewell Laboratories (also in booth No. 2537), for BruxZir and it TS150 Mill; LED Dental (also in booth No. 849), for its VELscope Vx; Planmeca (also in booth Nos. 2003 and 2107), for the Planmeca Sovereign dental unit; and Shofu Den- Take your pick 8 see PICK, page 3 5 ADA 2015 attendees pass beneath a section of the ‘Five Easy Pieces’ installment by Chicago artist Donald Lipski on their way to and from the exhibit hall Friday afternoon. The artwork hangs in the South Rotunda of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Photos/Robert Selleck, today Staff)