Dental Asia May/June 2020
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
For more than two decades, Dental Asia is the premium journal in linking dental innovators
and manufacturers to its rightful audience. We devote ourselves in showcasing the latest dental technology and share evidence-based clinical philosophies to serve as an educational platform to dental professionals. Our combined portfolio of print and digital media also allows us to reach a wider market and secure our position as the leading dental media in the Asia Pacific region while facilitating global interactions among our readers.
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First Words<br />
A different world with COVID-19<br />
Pang Yanrong<br />
Senior Editor<br />
As COVID-19 connues to spread, countries across the world are implemenng<br />
measures such as a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.<br />
While this has made seeing paents in the dental industry, difficult, it has<br />
opened up a new form of communicaon without the need of physical contact.<br />
Teledenstry provides an easy alternave for paents to connect, receive<br />
mely help and professional advice. In fact, companies such as Carestream<br />
<strong>Dental</strong> (p.15) and Elite <strong>Dental</strong> Group (p.8) are working with plaorms such as<br />
MouthWatch and SmileMate to deliver an enhanced teledenstry soluon<br />
during Covid-19 pandemic.<br />
More than that, dental professionals are also pursuing further knowledge via<br />
online plaorms, which can be seen from the recording-breaking registraons of more than 10,000<br />
visitors for the virtual Nobel Biocare Global Symposium (p.12). Other conferences that have gone virtual<br />
too include Internaonal Expert Symposium <strong>2020</strong> from Ivoclar Vivadent (p.11) and IDEM <strong>2020</strong> (p.12).<br />
“This digital experience proves that implantology professionals are extremely keen to learn,” said<br />
Dr. Alessandro Pozzi, a speaker at Nobel Biocare’s virtual symposium.<br />
His senments are echoed by Dr. Paul Weigl, who reminds dental professionals not to be complacent<br />
(p.18), “The enemy of something good, is something beer. As we have beer therapy approaches,<br />
beer materials, and faster therapy, we must give general praconers, or even the specialists, an<br />
update.”<br />
And an update it is. <strong>Dental</strong> technicians are also now movated by the advancements in digital workflow.<br />
For instance, Dennis Goh shares how an implant surgical guide designed on soware, such as 3Shape’s<br />
Implant Studio can make a surgery more precise and accurate (p.54). “It is excing to be able to skip<br />
some steps, and shorten the process me with the design soware, although it took me to get used<br />
to viewing and analysing the model virtually on a screen.”<br />
For implantology, Dr. George Freedman and Dr. Mark Antal explain how a guided implantology can<br />
be adapted to most implant brands and types, hence, making implant surgery paent-centred rather<br />
than product-centred, more predictable, and more efficient (p.38).<br />
As the world connues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers of dental 3D printers<br />
are pooling their resources to help in the fight by repurposing available 3D printers in the fabricaon<br />
of personal protecve equipment for hospitals. These include Structo (p.6), 3D Systems (p.8) and BEGO<br />
(p.6). In addion, Dentsply Sirona’s Wellspect colleagues are also making a difference by manufacturing<br />
disinfectants for hospitals at their Mö lndal producon facility (p.10).<br />
It’s a challenging me right now, but remember, you are not alone in this fight. Do connue to pracce<br />
social distancing, wash your hands oen and stay safe. We will get through this.<br />
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