ORTHO INDUSTRY NEWS AOS Foundation Promotes Ortho Education; Donate Anytime Advanced Technologies to Drive Dental Consumables Market Dental consumables are commodities used on patients for conditions such as dental impair-ments, tooth restoration, and for treatment of gingival tissues. Major dental consum-ables are dental implants, biomaterials, orthodontics, crowns and bridges, periodon-tics, and endodontic devices. The orthodon-tics product segment of the dental consum-ables market is further classified into ligatures, archwires, anchorage appliances, and brack-ets. Anchorage applications are further segregated into bands, miniscrews, and buccal tubes. Ligatures are divided into elas-tomeric and wire type. Dental bracket orthodontic products are segregated into metal, self-ligat-ing, and aesthetic. In a recent industry report, the global dental consumables market is anticipated to be worth $23.8 billion by 2018, growing from $14.9 billion in 2011. According to the report, growth can be attributed to the high prevalence of dental conditions and robust expansion of dental tourism in emerg-ing countries such as Turkey, India and Hungary. Further, lack of governmental regula-tions and the growing presence of cost-efficient solutions in these coun-tries are driving the dental consumables market. Additionally, in developed nations, increase in government-driven dental health reforms and growing number of cosmetic surgeries is spurring the growth of the dental consumables market. Browse the full Global Dental Consumables Market Research Report at www.transparencymar-ketresearch.com/dental-consum-ables-market.html. Created in 1995, the American Orthodontic Society Foundation (AOSF) is an independent, tax-deductible public charity whose members are diplomates of the AOS. It is dedicated to the promo-tion of orthodontic education and service to patients in need. Donating to the AOSF is an opportunity to ensure continued high professional standards and provide world-class quality orthodontic education and improved public health. The AOSF is a tax-deductible public charity. To learn more about AOSF or to donate, visit www.orthodontics. com/Static-Page/charitable-foundation. Orthodontic Appliances in Digital Workflow The innovative CEREC Ortho Soft-ware enables orthodontists and dentists who provide orthodontic treatment to create a digital model of the dentition in one reliable, guided scan using CEREC Omnicam. The procedure is simple and quick to carry out. Acoustic signals, images, and brief explanations assist users with the camera work. The result-ing impression can then be sent directly to CA DIGITAL for planning orthodon-tic treatments and producing the required appliances. This makes it possi-ble for CEREC users to digitally plan the entire process from the impression to the finished product. The digital ortho workflow is seam-less, via a dedicated CA DIGITAL button in the export phase of the CEREC Ortho software. At CA DIGITAL the digital models are then used for planning appliances, which can be directly coor-company creates the physical model necessary for archiving with a 3D printer. The great advantage for both dentist and patient is that treatment can begin much sooner. “CEREC today is more versatile than ever – it can be used for restorations and implantology and is now expand-ing the orthodontic solutions,” says Roddy MacLeod, Vice President CAD/CAM Systems at Sirona. “With CA DIGITAL we have found a partner who supports a fully digital workflow that brings value to the clinician and patient alike.” The new software for orthodontic indications is also a result of Sirona's extensive experience in the digitization of treatment workflows. “Our goal is to continue to optimize digital workflows and to establish them in all areas of orthodontics,” concludes MacLeod. dinated with the clinician via virtual simulation. In addition to clear aligners, this workflow can also be used to produce other orthodontic appliances like indirect bonding trays or CAD/CAM manufactures Nitinol® retainers. All products are produced entirely digitally. CA DIGITAL does this with the very latest technology. The 6 Winter 2016 JAOS
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