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Industry LAB TRIBUNE | March 20112C Tell us what you think! Do you have general comments or criticism you would like to share? Is there a particular topic you would like to see more articles about? Let us know by e-mailing us at feedback@dental- tribune.com. If you would like to make any change to your subscription (name, address or to opt out) please send us an e-mail at database@dental-tribune. com and be sure to include which publication you are referring to. Also, please note that subscription changes can take up to 6 weeks to process. CorrectionsLT Lab Tribune strives to maintain the utmost accuracy in its news and clinical reports. If you find a factual error or content that requires clarification, please report the details to Managing Editor Sierra Rendon at s.rendon@dental-tribune.com. 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Sales Manager Christiane Ferret c.ferret@dtstudyclub.com Dental Tribune America, LLC 116 West 23rd Street, Ste. 500 New York, N.Y. 10011 Phone: (212) 244-7181, Fax: (212) 244-7185 Published by Dental Tribune America © 2011 Dental Tribune America All rights reserved. Dental Tribune makes every effort to report clinical information and man- ufacturer’s product news accurately, but cannot assume responsibility for the validity of product claims, or for typographical errors. The publisher also does not assume responsibility for product names or claims or state- ments made by advertisers. Opin- ions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of Dental Tribune America. LAB TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Lab Newspaper · U.S. Edition f LT page 1C ginal fit of less than 20 microns, with an upper limit of 30 microns for E4D restorations and a mean marginal fit of 43 microns with an upper limit of 68 microns for the competitive system. In a subsequent in-vitro evalua- tion, the mouth-motion fatigue reli- ability and failure modes of monolith- ic crowns (IPS Empress CAD, Ivoclar Vivadent) fabricated by the E4D Den- tist System and a competitive sys- tem were evaluated. Results from the single load to failure provided a value of 1175 N for the E4D fabricated restorations and 1087 N for the com- petitive system. In the fatigue failure evaluation, no statistical difference was noted between the two systems. Dr. Gary Severance, D4D Tech- nologies’ vice president of clinical affairs, said: “Clinicians who cur- rently embrace chairside CAD/CAM dentistry and those who may have been cautious in the past due to mis- conceptions regarding the integrity and ease of use of such systems will be encouraged by these results. We are grateful to researchers at NYU’s dental school for their contribution and effort and for making their find- ings available to the profession.” It should be noted that different operators fabricated the samples from each system. The authors of the reports are Van P. Thompson, E. Dianne Rekow, Mark Wolff and Nelson RFA Silva. Copies of the complete reports are available online at www.e4d.com/resources/ nyuReports.php. About D4D Technologies LLC D4D Technologies is taking the den- tal profession to a higher level of productivity, patient comfort and con- venience with its E4D Dentist, E4D Labworks and E4D Studio Systems, all part of the E4D Sky Network of products. The systems use high-speed laser scanning technology to produce digital 3-D impressions of teeth pre- pared for full contour crowns, inlays, onlays, smile designs and no-prep veneers. The intuitive DentaLogic software enables operators to customize res- toration designs and send them wire- lessly to the precision mill that uses the latest restorative materials to pro- duce fine esthetic restorations. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, D4D Tech- nologies has partnerships with major corporations in the dental profession: Henry Schein is the company’s exclu- sive global distributor; 3M ESPE and Ivoclar Vivadent supply restorative materials. For more information, see www. E4D.com. (Source: E4D) which will further strengthen Astra Tech’s position within the area of digi- tal implant dentistry, contribute to a faster market penetration for Atlantis and create added value for our cus- tomers and their patients,” said Peter Selley, CEO of Sweden-based Astra Tech Group. “3Shape strives to offer maximum flexibility to its reselling partners and their dental lab customers using 3Shape scanner and software solu- tions,” says Flemming Thorup, presi- dent and CEO at 3Shape. “We are very happy that this collaboration between AstraTech and 3Shape will make it AD possible for many laboratories to ben- efit from the strength of our respective companies.” About Astra Tech Astra Tech AB, a company in the Astra Zeneca group, is a global leader in dental, surgical and urological prod- ucts, services and support. An inno- vation-driven company since its start in 1948, Astra Tech has continually developed market-leading solutions to meet health-care needs based on user and medical community input. Ongoing research and development is aimed at finding new ways to support caregivers and improve quality of life for patients worldwide. Astra Tech headquarters is located in Mölndal, Sweden, with production facilities in Sweden and North Amer- ica. Astra Tech has 2,200 employees worldwide and the revenue in 2010 was SEK 3.9 billion. The company invests 5 percent of its revenues annu- ally in research. About 3Shape 3Shape A/S is a Danish company specializing in the development and marketing of 3-D scanners and CAD/ CAM software solutions designed for the creation, processing, analysis and management of high-quality 3-D data for application in complex manufac- turing processes. 3Shape envisions the age of the “full digital dental lab,” and its more than 85 developers provide innova- tion power toward reaching this goal. 3Shape’s flexible solutions empower dental technicians through automa- tion of real workflows, and its sys- tems are applied in thousands of labs in more than 60 countries worldwide. 3Shape is a privately held com- pany headquartered in Copenhagen, with a large team dedicated to scan- ner and software development for the dental segment based in Den- mark and Ukraine, production facili- ties in Poland, and sales and support offices in New Jersey and Shanghai, China. For more information regard- ing 3shape, refer to www.3Shape. com. f LT page 1C LT LT