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1. Emmott on Technology: Digital radiography, part 1
2. DPR Survey Exclusive: The 2007 Dental Equipment Survey Report
3. The DPR 100: Top 10 High-Tech Products
4. DPR Exclusive: Cosmetic Dentistry Survey
5. Practice Innovations: LED curing lights
6. Chairside Confidential: Alginate impressions
7. Infection Control Report: Is dental water drinkable?
8. Emmott on Technology: Office Hardware Shopping Planner
9. Infection Control Report: Sterilization, Part 2
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The DPR 100: Top 10 High-tech Products

High-tech mainstreamed

The future is here, with these 10 popular chairside helpers that take advantage of the latest in digital and electronic advances.

Guru
Dentrix Dental Systems
The Guru computer-based interactive patient education library provides customized patient explanations, notations, and images to help patients make informed decisions about proposed treatment. Tightly integrated with both Dentrix and Easy Dental practice management software, it also is offered as a stand-alone system. Price, $2,499 plus a $449 annual content-update plan.
A Henry Schein Co., 800-336-8749
www.howdoyouguru.com
iTero
Cadent Inc.
Engineered to replace conventional chairside material-based impression techniques for any indirect restorative procedures, the “next-generation” iTero Digital Impression system improves scanning time over the original system and offers flexibility in designing accurately fitting prosthetics. Major enhancements include reducing the overall digital capture-and-scan time and faster real-time display of the 3-D digital model, along with an expanded shade library featuring Vita 3-D Master. The upgrade also offers the user choice of background color options (both solids and gradients) for added depth, and a modified foot pedal for increased stability.
800-577-8767, www.cadentitero.com
USBCam2
Schick Technologies Inc.
The lightweight, portable USBCam2 intraoral video camera features a universal fixed focal range that delivers sharp images—from extreme close-up to full arch—with no focal adjustment needed. The camera’s focus-free optics and proprietary eight-LED light source ensure consistent high-quality images. Power on/off and one-click capture buttons are located on the rear of the camera. The camera connects directly to any computer via highspeed USB 2.0, and its multiple mounting options allow flexible installation.
800-873-7683, www.schicktech.com
P712
PracticeWorks Inc.
The Kodak P712 Dental Digital Photography System’s 7.1-mp camera offers 12X optical zoom and 3.3X digital zoom along with image stabilization. It also features 32-MB internal memory, a distance guide, and a large 2.5-inch LCD screen with a positioning grid for easy framing. The camera has two preprogrammed dental settings—one for portraits and intraoral photography, the other with enhanced lighting for mirror shots. The system also includes a 256-MB memory card and a printer dock with a battery charger that ensures optimal power and offers fast, high-quality 4x6-inch dye-sublimation prints and image transfer.
Exclusive maker of Kodak Dental Systems, 800-944-6365, www.kodakdental.com
 
DEXIS 8
DEXIS LLC
The DEXIS 8 digital radiography system incorporates ClearCapture image processing technology to optimize the signal path between image acquisition and on-screen display. Additionally, the system offers an improved ClearVu image enhancement tool, flexible display options, expanded communications options that allow annotated images to be shared in different formats, and a clinical sensor placement guide for pediatric patients.
888-88-DEXIS, www.dexray.com

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