The Anaheim Group has released the 2005 Dental Industry Review, a 190-page comprehensive report of the key events in the worldwide dental industry for 2005.

ADSTRA Systems’ version 5.1 of its ADSTRA popCom office communication software provides dental professionals with an easy and efficient means to communicate with each other throughout the office via the computer system network.

The AZ Ultrasonic is a piezo ultrasonic generator that uses ultrasonic tips to perform dental treatment.

Bausch Arti-Fol® Metallic is a new 12 μm high-tech film made of metallic polyester shimstock.

BioMedical Modeling, Inc (Boston, MA) is now providing orthodontists with anatomically-accurate, translucent BioDental™ models that clearly show teeth and roots, bone structure and density, and sinus/maxilla features—details that can be hard to discern from plaster models and 2-dimensional x-rays.

The new BioSonic® US100R ultrasonic scaler from Coletene/Whaledent is equipped with a new water regulator that reduces higher inlet water pressures and helps to prevent insert “pop outs”.

MinerOss™, the newest tissue-regeneration product from BioHorizons®, is a mineralized blend of cortical and cancellous bone chips sized from 750 to 1400 microns.

A brochure from Biomedical Modeling Inc. outlines how BioDental models clearly distinguish between bone and soft tissue while highlighting the inferior alveolar nerve channel to aid in visualizing, planning, and placing dental implants.

BTI motorized osteotome drills are used in type II & III bone to obtain excellent primary implant stability and to compact type IV and V bone.