ORTHO INDUSTRY NEWS University Offers Program in Dental Informatics Dental informatics is a relatively new field with significant potential for affecting the future of dentistry. The University of Pittsburgh is seeking applicants for MS, PhD, and post-doctoral positions for its training program in dental informatics. The training is focused on the application of computer and infor-mation science to improve dental practice, research, education and management. A full scholarship and stipend are being offered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to eligible individuals. The program is based on the premise that information technol-ogy has the potential to help dentistry improve individual and general oral health systematically and consistently. Advances and innovations in digital imaging, signal processing, data visualiza-tion, and human factors design can fundamentally improve the delivery of dental care. The Center for Dental Informat-ics at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Dental Medicine provides training to individuals from a vari-ety of backgrounds (DDS, DMD, MD, computer science, etc.). Students conduct innovative research on human-computer inter-action, reuse of clinical data for research, evidence-based dentistry, electronic dental records, decision support, and teledentistry. Applications for these positions are currently being accepted. For more information, go to: http://di.dental.pitt.edu/postgrad.p hp or email Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, at titus@pitt.edu. Bite Registration Materials Makes Work Easier Kettenbach’s family of Futar ® bite registration materials allow a dental prac-titioner to choose the appropriate mate-rial to fit their particular needs. Whether a practitioner is looking for high final hardness, comfort-able working times or a “scannable” material, the Futar ® line has it all. Futar ® as the original bite registration from Kettenbach has been a high demand product for years. Futar ® Fast not only sets quickly, but can also be conve-niently milled and easily cut with a scalpel. Excess material can be easily broken off, and the correct occlusal position can be checked in the mouth. The upper and lower jaw models can be precisely assigned. The working time is 15 seconds with an intraoral setting time of 45 seconds for a total setting time of 1 minute. Kettenbach is one of the leading international produc-ers of impression materials for dental use and is also known in other surgical areas of medicine. For more infor-mation about Kettenbach LP products, please call (877) KEBA-123 or visit www.kettenbach.com. www.orthodontics.com January/February 2012 9
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