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Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Edition No.3, 2017

08 BUSINESS Dental Tribune Asia Pacific Edition | 3/2017 Next-generation laser system launched By DTI The BIOLASE Watemlase Expmess all-tissue lasem system is a small, easy-to-use and cost-effective device. (Image: Busi- ness Wime) IRVINE, Calif., USA: BIOLASE, a global leader in dental lasers, has announced that its new Waterlase Express all-tissue laser system has received 510(k) clearance for com- mercial distribution from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The product is now avail- able for sale to dentists in the US, as well as selected interna- tional markets in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Waterlase Express rep- resents the newest addi- tion to BIOLASE’s Water- lase portfolio of Er,Cr: YSGG all-tissue lasers and the fifth-genera- tion laser of the most widely used all-tissue dental laser wave- length. Waterlase Express, which was exhibited for the first time at the Mid- winter Meeting of the Chi- cago Dental Society in February, will be unveiled internationally at the International Dental Show in Cologne, Germany, the world’s leading trade show for the dental industry, to be held from March 21 to 25. The system was designed based on extensive qualitative and quan- titative research by a team of den- tists around the world. According to BIOLASE, Waterlase Express rep- resents the new foundation of the company’s strategy to greatly ex- pand all-tissue laser use in den- tistry. “We are excited to launch the Waterlase Express, our next-gen- eration Waterlase system de- signed for easy and intuitive oper- ation, integrated learning, and portability. We believe the Express user interface is to legacy laser user interfaces what the Apple iP- hone was to the flip phone,” said Harold C. Flynn Jr., President and CEO of BIOLASE. “Express will enable signifi- cantly higher penetration and adoption of all-tissue laser den- tistry worldwide. With all the value of Waterlase technology at nearly one-quarter the size, one-third the weight, and nearly half the US retail price of our market-leading Waterlase iPlus system, we believe Express is the dental laser that is fi- nally ready for the vast majority of dentists around the world, many of whom have waited to integrate our all-tissue laser solutions into their practices.” 3Shape’s new lab scanners By DTI CHICAGO, USA: Digital dentistry specialist 3Shape has launched a new line of cost-effective scanners for the dental laboratory. Accord- ing to the company, the E scanners deliver high-quality images and offer advanced scanning features and precision CAD/CAM work- flows, like other 3Shape scanners, but at a more affordable price. The E scanners feature two 5-megapixel cameras each, Blue impression LED and multiline high-speed scanning for optimal detail capture and accuracy and thus enable laboratories to complete more cases in less time. More- over, features like 3Shape’s reli- able scanning, which allows laboratories to scan conventional impressions directly without having to pour a model, and Auto-start, which starts scanning as soon as the model is placed inside the E scan- ner, save additional time and costs. 3Shape’s new affomdable E scannems make advanced CAD/CAM accessible to lab- omatomies of all sizes. Planmeca intra-oral scanning systems help promote fossil research ogy because, once the teeth have formed, they change shape only by wear. Originally from the US, Moustakas-Verho moved to Fin- land six years ago to study fossil- ised teeth. “The University of Hel- sinki is one of the leading institu- tions in the world on fossil teeth research. People come here to in- vestigate teeth from all over the world, like France and Japan,” she said. Among the subjects examined using Planmeca’s 3-D imaging de- vices and software so far to study pre- historic life have been the teeth of pandas, ancient cave bears and polar bears, and even the tiny teeth of mice and ancient vampire bat skulls that are so small and thin that most scan- ners are unable to process them. According to the museum’s senior technician, Janne Gran- roth, most researchers who visit the museum use the Planmeca technology for their projects. “One day we hope to have system- atically digitised our entire collec- tion. Ideally, we would eventually have an online system where the serial number of every sample would correspond to a digital im- pression, as this would enable us to share the material with re- searchers all over the world.” By DTI HELSINKI, Finland: Owing to their compact size and precision, Finn- ish dental manufacturer Planme- ca’s scanning systems have not only advanced daily dental prac- tice in recent years, but also helped fossil research to go digital. Visit- ing the Finnish Museum of Natu- ral History, the company met with prominent researchers to learn how digital technology is used to unlock the past of fossilised teeth and bones. Back in 2015, Prof. Jukka Jern- vall, an evolutionary developmen- tal biology researcher at the Uni- versity of Helsinki, was in need of a suitable device for his latest pro- ject, researching the history of Saimaa ringed seals and the devel- opment of their teeth. For this, Jernvall was seeking a way to digi- tally record sets of teeth. However, the imaging tools that were avail- able to him then were slow and their accuracy left much to be de- sired. Consequently, he contacted Planmeca to request the use of the company’s PlanScan intra-oral scanner for his purposes. According to Planmeca, the scanner quickly proved itself both fast and accurate, and its compact size made it easy to carry along to any research site. After this suc- cessful initial cooperation, the Planmeca Romexis software was fine-tuned at the university for re- search on the teeth of ringed seals. Speaking with Planmeca Mar- keting Communications Special- ist Sanna Tolmunen, researcher Dr Jacqueline Moustakas-Verho explained that teeth are an excel- lent subject for researchers of evo- lutionary and developmental biol- 1 2 Fig. 1: Scanning cave beam teeth with the Planmeca PlanScan intma-omal scannem. Fig. 2: Dm Jacqueline Moustakas-Vemho. © Koelnmesse© Koelnmesse© Juha Kienanen/Planmeca© Juha Kienanen/Planmeca

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