ORTHO INDUSTRY NEWS Bur Block Designed for Instrument Sterilization KOMET USA has introduced a new stainless-steel bur block that can hold up to 40 rotary instruments during the steriliza-tion process. Bur Block 9945 was designed for the cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing and stor-ing of dental rotary instru-ments. There is 1 cm of spacing between each row, allowing for individual laser etching, and Block 9945 also has a compart-ment on the right side to store used burs. This special feature allows practitioners to keep used burs, designated for sterilization, all in one place. Any KOMET friction grip or contra-angle instruments stored in this block can be cleaned and disin-fected either in an instrument and/or ultrasonic bath, or in the thermo disinfector (in this case the block must be open). Before using a CareerFusion Speaker Announced CareerFusion, LLC announced thermo disinfector, burs placed in the storage compartment must be pre-cleaned, individually rinsed and placed into the block’s blue silicone plugs. The plugs hold instruments tightly in place, preventing them from falling out, even when they are being sterilized in an autoclave. For more information about KOMET USA or the Bur Block 9945, please call (888) 566-3887 or visit www.komet-usa.com. Livingston Taylor as guest speaker at the 2011 Discovery Event in Daytona Beach Florida, January 8 to 12, 2011. Taylor is a twenty year faculty member at Berklee College of Music the largest inde-pendent college of contemporary music in the world. Mr. Taylor will be discussing the ins and outs of stage presence for those interested in public speaking, a need so unmet by today’s speakers as evidenced by podium anchoring or ineffective nervous pacing by many dental speakers. Attendees at CareerFusion will see and learn how to relate better to a patient in the chair as well as audiences large and small. Visit the CareerFusion website, www.careerfusion.net for registra-tion information. One-Step Impression Materials Available technique for many different clini-cal procedures. Providing excellent resilience, Kettenbach LP has introduced a new impression material that combines the best features of both A-silicone and polyether materials. Identium®, a Vinylsiloxanether® (VSXE®) impression material, is an entirely new chemistry was devel-oped for the one-step impression 8 July/August 2010 JAOS Identium® provides an accurate impression in the narrowest of spaces even in a moist sulcus and with the lowest achievable contact angle. Identium® provides an opti-mal base for the identical transfer of a clinical case onto the working model because of its extreme hydrophilic properties and excel-lent flowability. Kettenbach LP will offer Identium® in three different viscosities—medium, heavy and light—and fast sets are also available. Identium® Medium has a high final hardness (A 60) and is intended for implants and fixed impressions, but is also suitable for crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays and veneers fabrication. Identium® Heavy is a high-viscosity tray mate-rial with a high final hardness (A 60), and suitable for the double-mix technique (in combination with Identium® Light) for the fabrication of crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, veneers, removable dentures and implants. All three Identium® viscosities have a total working time of two minutes and an intra-oral setting time of three minutes, 30 seconds. All fast set viscosities have a total working time of one minute, 15 seconds and an intra-oral setting time of two minutes, 15 seconds. For more information about Kettenbach LP or Identium®, please call (877) KEBA-123 or visit www.kettenbach.com.
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