Briefs & News
Fast, editorial updates on the technologies, companies, materials, regulations, and market shifts reshaping dentistry.
AI Gets the Headlines. Materials Make it Real.
Mitsui Chemicals and the hidden material infrastructure beneath dentistry’s digital revolution
VideaAI and the Quiet Race to Own the Dental Workflow
How one dental AI company is moving from X-ray detection into documentation, claims, communication intelligence, and practice performance.
The Future of Zirconia Is Not Just Stronger. It’s Faster.
Fast-sintering zirconia points to a new phase in crown-and-bridge production, where material science, sintering strategy, and lab workflow merge into one competitive advantage.
The Dental Lab Is No Longer a Place. It’s a System.
Automated Micro-CT file delivery is only the surface. The bigger story is the rise of connected lab infrastructure, where scans, cases, software, and production steps begin to move as one coordinated workflow.
The Next Shift in Dental Manufacturing Is Inside the Bottle
Printers capture the attention, but the underlying photopolymer chemistry and regulatory validation may determine the actual limits of digital dentistry.