Please activate JavaScript!
Please install Adobe Flash Player, click here for download
ePaper created 2017-04-13, 08:50:01 | version 1.38.0
D4 I N DUST RY N EWS Endo Tribune U.S. Edition | April 2017 Dentsply Sirona Endodontic Suite opens at NYU College of Dentistry On Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, NYU College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) celebrated the culmination of a goal set years earlier with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Dentsply Sirona Endodon- tic Suite. The new clinical suite, which employs the most advanced educational and patient care technologies available, was made possible by a partnership be- tween NYU Dentistry and Dentsply Siro- na, a manufacturer of professional den- tal products and technologies. “Today,” said Dr. Charles N. Bertolami, Herman Robert Fox Dean of NYU Den- tistry, “NYU has the most sophisticated endodontic suite in the nation, ensuring our ability to provide the finest endodon- tic education in an environment that re- flects truly patient-centered care. And it could never, ever have happened without Dentsply Sirona.” The suite features a fully integrated computer network with best-practice case management software; a fully equipped, state-of-the-art surgical suite with 37 new treatment units; intraoral digital X-ray stations; state-of-the-art endodontic mo- tors; ultrasonic units; intraoral sensors; and a cone-beam computerized tomog- raphy (CBCT) scanner, utilizing state-of- the-art scanning technology to produce 3-D images of teeth, soft tissue, nerve pathways and bone in a single scan. Dr. Asgeir Sigurdsson, associate pro- fessor and chair of NYU’s Dr. Ignatius N. and Sally Quartararo Department of Endodontics, expressed his appreciation to both Dentsply Sirona and the college’s leadership team for “making possible this outstanding facility.” “For an endodontics department chair,” Sigurdsson said, “it is a dream come true.” Speaking on behalf of New York Uni- In front from left: Dr. Teresa A. Dolan, vice president and chief clinical officer, Dentsply Sirona; Dr. Asgeir Sigurdsson, associate professor and chair of NYU’s Dr. Ignatius N. and Sally Quartararo Department of Endodontics; Jennie Hamilton; Andrew Hamilton, president of NYU; Bret W. Wise, executive chairman of the board, Dentsply Sirona; and Robert Berne, NYU executive vice president for health. Photo/Provided by Dentsply Sirona merger was completed, renovation of the existing clinic began. Wise said: “This was the first project un- dertaken by the newly merged Dentsply Sirona and represents our commitment to research, product development and clinical education. Now, one of the best departments of endodontics has the most modern clinical suite. With this new facil- ity, the standard has been set, and togeth- er we’ve created an unparalleled environ- ment for research and clinical education. Dentsply Sirona is grateful for this oppor- tunity to collaborate with NYU to advance dentistry and improve oral health.” Dr. Mark Wolff, the college’s associate dean for development, noted that the ef- fort to renovate the endodontic facility had been years in the making, but once the partnership with Dentsply Sirona was underway, the entire renovation was completed in just three months, making it a “fitting testimony to the powerful synergy that can occur when academia and industry partner on behalf of a shared goal.” A video of the ceremony can be viewed online, at https://youtu.be/NhT5UIEJZ60. (Source: Dentsply Sirona) versity, NYU President Andrew Ham- ilton said: “Thanks to Dentsply Sirona and its partnership with the College of Dentistry, we have been able to create this beautiful and most advanced facil- ity of its kind. Just one of the new treat- ment centers would be impressive, that there are 37 of them is remarkable, and that they are all in the same location and interconnected is even more so. NYU thanks Dentsply Sirona from the bottom of our hearts for the remarkable contri- bution that this new facility makes to the College of Dentistry and to our students’ education. It is wonderful to know that the future endodontists we are training will have a positive impact on the lives of our patients and on our community be- cause of the splendid environment they now have in which to learn.” NYU Executive Vice President for Health Robert Berne said: “At NYU, the scarcest commodity is space. The Dent- sply Sirona Endodontic Suite is a magnifi- cent example of a brilliant use of space. It is the lodestar for future renovation projects at NYU, the one that people will look to again and again, and it is a major contribution to the education of our stu- dents.” Dean Bertolami expressed both the college’s and his personal appreciation to Bret W. Wise, executive chairman of the board of Dentsply Sirona, noting that when the college approached what was then Dentsply International last spring to propose a partnership on behalf of the renovation, the company was in the midst of a complex, international merger with Sirona Dental Systems. Neverthe- less, Bertolami said, Wise immediately indicated his support and as soon as the Calcified canals? Try Munce Discovery Burs Available from CJM Engineering, Munce Discovery Burs™ are designed to be the answer to calcified canals, uncovering hidden canals, troughing the isthmus and cement-line dissection around posts. The long, narrow yet stiff shafts are de- signed to provide an excellent view corri- dor and ensure positive control, with the familiar tactile feedback of round burs. The carbide tips enable post core-out and broken or cross-threaded implant screw drill-out. Unlike ultrasonics, Munce Discovery Burs are heatless, not prone to spontane- ous breakage and create a more readable surface, according to the company. The 31 mm Shallow Troughers and the original 34 mm Deep Troughers have color-coded head sizes, in ¼, ½, 1, 2, 3 and 4. The 31 mm #6 Endodontic Cariesecto- my bur assists with caries removal from deep within the access cavity and from the internal aspects of crown margins. Dr. C. John Munce invented Munce Discovery Burs in 2004 after he noticed a lack of an economical and efficient al- ternative to ultrasonic tips. Today, he provides the burs to clinicians around the globe via his family-owned compa- ny, CJM Engineering. The company was founded in 1997 with Munce’s first pat- ented invention, the Root Canal Projec- tors. Munce enjoys lecturing worldwide on topics related to creative management strategies for endodontic complexities, and he has contributed to numerous textbooks. He is lead author of the “Prep- aration for Treatment” chapter in the seventh edition of Ingle’s Endodontics. Contact CJM at www.cjmengineering. com, (805) 962-5532. (Source: CJM Engineering) At left: Munce Discovery Burs are designed to provide an excellent view corridor and ensure positive control, with the familiar tactile feedback of round burs. Above: Dr. C. John Munce, left, and wife, Marianne, at the CJM Engineering booth at AAE16. Look for CJM at AAE17 in New Orleans in booth No. 518. Photos/Provided by CJM Engineering and Dental Tribune