California Complete Dental Laboratories (CCDL), of Santa Clarita, CA, an iDent distribution partner, is offering dentists an easy way to adopt iDent Scan2Guide software and iGuide surgical guides. CCDL is offering a program that allows dentists who finance their purchase of iDents Scan2Guide and iGuide package to have their monthly finance payments fully paid by CCDL with a minimum amount of prosthetic work from the lab. To be eligible, customers must sign up by the end of August, 2010,
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Two imaging products have received best in class awards this week.
CBCt manufacturer Planmeca Oy has just released 2.4 version of their dental imaging software Planmeca Romexis, featuring full Mac OS support for all Planmeca’s X-ray units at a dental practice as well as tools for enhanced and accurate implant planning.
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Imaging Sciences International has released a new version of their iCATVision imaging software available for iCAT and GENDEX conebeam scanners.
There have been many misconceptions about the radiation dosages of medical CT compared to CBCT scans, and about exposure of the differing CBCT machines available to dentists today.
Sirona will honor CAD/CAM studies and research submitted by university clinicians and dental practitioners. The awards will be presented in late August at the CEREC 25 anniversary event in Las Vegas. The submission deadline is July 15, 2010.
The Dual Scan Package consists of the Dual Scan Module and a number of sample products to prepare patients for swift aesthetic and prosthetic driven computer guided surgery. The main goal is to offer SimPlant® users an integrated solution for prosthetic driven planning, to be completed in-house and in just one visit. 
Planmeca has released user guide videos on Planmeca ProMax 3D concept’s products. The videos guide to using the imaging devices, with an emphasis on demonstrating the ease of use of the X-ray units.
Blue Sky Bio, manufacturer of dental implants and and accessories have released their very own computer guided surgical kit compatible with all implant systems.