Around The Industry
Around The Industry
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Catch up with the latest awards and appointments, market moves and noteworthy items.
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Vice Presidents Appointed at National Dentex
Dean Ribeiro and Wayne Coll were promoted to senior management positions at National Dentex Corp.
Coll is an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and has been Corporate Controller and an officer of National Dentex for the last three years. He will continue in that position. Ribeiro started his career with NDX at H & O Dental Laboratory in Manchester, N.H. He was most recently a Group Manager with responsibilities for a group of laboratories with sales in excess of $12 million. His new position will be Vice President of Client Relations.
National Dentex Corporation serves an active customer base of over 22,000 dentists through 45 laboratories located in 30 States. NDX provides a full range of custom-made dental prosthetic appliances, including dentures, crowns and fixed bridges, and other dental specialties.
Give George Washington a 21st-Century Smile
George Washington may not have used his dentures for more than two hundred years, but that wonít stop them from getting a twenty-first century update thanks to a new contest sponsored by The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry in honor of the Museumís 10th Anniversary.
This spring, more than 900 dental laboratories in the United States and Canada are invited to replicate George Washingtonís maxillary and mandibular denture, based on the hippopotamus ivory and gold set created for Americaís first president in 1795 by New York dentist John Greenwood. The winning entries will be displayed at the Museum and featured in the Museumís trade show booth and in JDTís August/September issue.
Entries must be received by the National Museum of Dentistry by May 15 and will be judged based on the quality of the materials used, the quality of workmanship, accuracy to the original specifications and resemblance to the original denture. Full rules and entry information for the George Washington Dental Laboratory project are available by calling the National Museum of Dentistry at (410) 706-8704.
OrthoClear Faces FTC Challenge
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has referred advertising by OrthoClear, Inc., the maker of an ìinvisibleî orthodontic device, to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), following the companyís refusal to participate in an NAD review. Advertising claims for OrthoClearís aligners were challenged by Align Technology, Inc., a competing maker of orthodontic devices. Align Technology took issue with a wide range of claims, including comparative performance claims, superior fit and comfort claims, hygiene claims and clarity and aesthetics claims.
OrthoClear, in a statement to NAD, the advertising industryís self-regulatory forum, said that the company is engaged in state and federal litigation with Align Technology. Due to the pending litigation, as well as its own pending patents, it is not in a position to subject its proprietary process to disclosure through an NAD review proceeding, the company said.
Industry Roundup
Awards and Appointments
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry has hired Dr. Nanci L. Oliveira De Felippe as a visiting clinical assistant professor of orthodontics.
DentalEZ Group recently appointmented Herb Baird to the position of southern regional sales manager.
Dr. Sahar Alrayyes has joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry's Department of Pediatric Dentistry.
Noteworthy
Sirona Dental Systems recently announced that its 500th inLab system has been installed in the United States.
Kirkwood Community Collegeís, dental technology students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa were fortunate when Henry Husemann, CDT, donated a day of his time to conduct a day-long, hands-on course using Ceramco 3 layering process on an anterior tooth. The students had the opportunity to experience the natural look of internal colorization.
At a media conference held in Anchorage Alaska, ADA President Dr. Robert Brandjord announced the ADA, the Alaska Dental Society and several individual dentists have filed suit in Alaska Superior Court, seeking an order that dental health aide therapists stop performing irreversible surgery.
