4 business DeNtal tribuNe | January-March, 2010 AMD updates laser for soft tissue surgery Customized implant abutments: Sirona launches release. Picasso Lite aims speciftitanium bases ically at dental hygienists and dentists who have no or little experiences with dental lasers. Dentists can use Picasso Lite for all kinds of soft tissue surgery, including troughing, gingivectomies, frenectomies, exposing implants/teeth/ortho brackets, and treating aphthous ulcers and herpetic lesions. According to the company, it cuts and coagulates tissue with reduced trauma, bleeding, and necrosis of tissue. Alan Miller, President/CEO of AMD LASERS. (DTI/Photo courtesy of AMD Lasers, USA) The Sirona TiBase, shown here with the abutment screw and scan body, is compatible with numerous popular implant systems. (DTI/Photo Sirona) by Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. using the inEos scanner is acquired, a fully anatomical crown can be designed in only one step. The mesostructure is created automatically by reducing the crown. Optimum flexibility is ensured by various adjustable parameter settings, e.g. telescope angle, shoulder width and gingival pressure. Both components i.e. the zirconium oxide abutment and the feldspar or glass-ceramic crown can be milled on the inLab MC XL unit. Alternatively, users have the option of applying a veneer facing directly to a partially reduced abutment, as is the case with a conventional crown stump. The prefabricated inCoris ZI meso zirconium oxide blocks are rotation- BENSHEIM, Germany: Since Picasso Lite, which is priced December 2009, the Sirona inLab system is capable of producing customised zirconium oxide abutments for a wide range of popular implant systems. Following the successful launch with CAMLOG, Sirona has now introduced its own titanium bases for implant at US$2,495, comes with a set-up DVD, online laser certification, accessories and a world power adapter. AMD LASERS offers a two-year warranty on all its products. DT NEW YORK, USA/LEIPZIG, AMD LASERS has this new and improved soft tissue dental laser will be able to use convenient disposable tips or a low-cost strippable fiber for a wide range of applications, the company said in a press Germany: The US-based manufacturer recently launched the Picasso Lite to the worldwide dental markets. As first in the industry, Countries in Asia less than average in health care spending care report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, only New Zealand provided more money for health care than the average of all observed countries. Japan, Korea and Australia, however, spent less than the OECD average of 8.9 per cent of GDP. Health care spending has improved in Asia but still is below average. (DTI/ Photo Sean Prior) systems from Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Astra Tech, Friadent, Biomet 3i and Zimmer. The matching TiBase connector, supplied in a set with the scan body and abutment screw, is adhesively bonded to the milled and sintered zirconium oxide mesostructure. With the aid of the new in Lab 3D for Abutments V3.65, it is now possible to design a zirconium oxide abutment and matching crown in one single step. After the implant position Turkey and Mexico is less than one-third of the OECD average. The latest edition of Health at a Glance demonstrates that all the countries observed could do better in providing good quality health care. Key indicators presented in the report provide information on health status and the determinants of health, including the growing rates of child and adult obesity, which are likely to drive higher health spending in the coming decades. Based on new data on access to care, the report demonstrates that all OECD countries provide universal or near-universal coverage for a core set of health services, except the US, Mexico and Turkey. DT secured. They are available in two different shades and in two connector sizes, which speeds up the milling process. DT The US currently spends more on health care than any other country—almost two and a half times greater than the OECD average of US$ 2,984, Daniel Zimmermann DTI Cone-Beam CT in India DELHI, India: Kodak has installed its 9500 3D cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) machine for dental imaging at Diwan Chand Imaging Center in Delhi, India. This is the first machine from Kodak in India. LEIPZIG, Germany: Asian adjusted for purchasing power parity. Luxembourg, France and Switzerland also spend far more than the OECD average. At the other end of the scale, health-care expenditure in countries have been found to spend less of their GDP’s for health care than most other countries in Europe and the US. According to a new health Europe’s Swiss Smile enters India DELHI, India: Swiss Smile Dr. Sathya Kallur, CEO and Director of clinical operations of India, speaking on the plan said, ‘‘starting from Bangalore, we are planning to set up ten dental clinics in major cities of India like NCR, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune within next three years.’’ Dr. Sathya added that this venture will also attract medical tourism in India by offering quality services at leaner costs Medical tourism, in India, is estimated to grow 29 per cent by 2009-12 to become a $2.4 billion industry. India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) quoted a market research report “Booming Medical Tourism in India” to claim that despite the economic slowdown, medical tourism in India is the fastest growing segment of the tourism industry. DT to overseas patient. Dental Clinics – Europe’s leading dental service brand has chosen India for its business expansion outside Europe. Swiss Smile has tied up with Global Tech Park to launch a chain of clinics in India at a total investment of around US$ 30 million. The planned dental clinics will provide stateof-the-art facilities and trained consultants offering specialized dental care to customers, all under one roof. CBCT designed for imaging hard tissues of the maxillofacial region allows three-dimensional imaging of a focused area, with relatively low radiation exposure. CBCT technology promises to change the paradigm in dental radiology by providing clear and clean view of the entire field determining bone structure, tooth orientation, nerve canals and pathology, and to aid dental professionals in making accurate diagnosis and in treatment planning. DT Courtesy: Diwan Chand Satyapal Aggarwal Diagnostic Imaging Research Centre, New Delhi.