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GO JERRY, GO JERRY! Collect five 'Jerry Slinger' tokens from the Panadent Endo Line and you will receive a free 'Jerry Slinger' slinky dog as well as a '6 wines in

line' wooden boxed gift pack of wines from around the world THE WORLD AT THEIR FEET The message 'Relax with Cigna' gained meaning at the Dentistry 2000 exhibition, where

visitors to the CIGNA Healthcare stand were offered a foot massage by reflexologist Joanne Hayward. CIGNA healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of dental plans for patients.

The message behind CIGNA's new dental plans is 'Relax. Now you can budget for your dental care.' READER RESPONSE NUMBER 052 ON THE RIGHT TRACK Three dentists will take to the

race track after winning a free prize draw that formed part of a promotion recently run by LMS Professional Finance. First prize went to Nicholas Cooper, who will have the chance to drive

five of the best known supercars in the world, including the Lamborghini Diablo and the Lotus Elise Sport. Second prize will see Rupert Parsons competing against the clock in a single seater

racing car and third prize will teach Margaret Barrault the secrets of high-speed safety, skid avoidance and emergency lane changes. LMS Professions Finance specialises in providing tailor

made financial solutions to the professions. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 053 DEGUSSA EXPANDS On 1 July 2000 Degussa-Hüls AG of Germany combined its global dental operations to form a new wholly

owned subsidiary, Degussa Dental GmbH. Degussa Dental is currently the second largest dental company in the world after Dentsply. In May, Degussa Dental successfully launched its Ankylos

implant system in the UK and opened its own Degussa Dental (Ankylos Division) UK office in Sutton. The Ankylos implant business is headed by Kathryn O'Grady (below). Kathryn, formerly

of _3i_ and Steri-Oss brings with her six years of experience in the field of implantology. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 054 CLINIDENT BUYOUT Marilyn Orcharton, one of the founders of Denplan and

recently awarded the BDA Roll of Distinction, has bought Clinident, the established patient payment plan. Marilyn is launching a dental internet site this autumn and Clinident will form an

integral part of this venture. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 055 AXCS ACCESSIBLE DentalEZ have released their all new Axcs Cabinet Mount Unit. The successor to the AS3000 has a host of features as

standard. These include quick connect handpiece and syringe tubings, four handpiece positions, handpiece flush system, instrument tray and clean water system. The unit retails at $1925.00

(+VAT) and comes with a standard DentalEZ three year warranty. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 056 A CASE TO ARGUE The popular ribbed stainless steel Eleganze attaché case is offered free of charge

with every 20 Anatomic Perigrip stainless steel rim lock impression trays, available at £9.75 each. ONCE BITTEN... Heraeus Kulzer have announced a significant advancement in the development

of Memosil, a transparent bite registration material, to meet the practical needs of clinicians and technicians. Heraeus Kulzer undertook a market study of clinicians and technicians which

showed that transparency is a pre-requisite of any bite registration. However, it also highlighted that a higher Shore 'A' hardness would be preferred by the majority of users.

Taking into consideration these recommendations the Memosil formulation is now presented in a new 'extra hard' consistency. The increased hardness prevents any elastic deformation

during articulation of the casts and also makes it easier to trim with scissors. Memorag bite registration material, also available from Heraeus Kulzer, is easy to apply, thixotropic and has

high Shore hardness. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 058 IT'S A CINCH Prestige Dental's range of impression materials from Parkell includes two vinyl polysiloxane products. Both are

medium-bodied and in standard cartridge form. Cinch Platinum is a one-step material with three minutes working time and is taste-free. Prestige Dental claim Cinch Platinum proved to be

exceptionally accurate in independent tests that compared it with more highly priced materials. Cinch 90 is a quick setting vinyl polysiloxane material, again classed as a

'one-step' material and will chemically bond to other vinyl materials such as heavy bodied types. Parkell's other products include Blu-Mousse bite registration material and

Cinch Automix putty. Blu-Mousse is available in a 'Superfast' (30 seconds) set version, as well as the classic version (90 second setting time.) Cinch Automix putty is available in

cartridge dispensers, making hand mixing and kneading unnecessary. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 059 HIGH FIDELITY Fidelity is a dust-free alginate impression material developed for orthodontic

impression making. Schottlander claim that the fresh, minty alginate smells good and being truly thixotropic will not gag sensitive patients making it ideal for all impression taking

including children's orthodontic work. Fidelity provides excellent detail reproduction due to the small particle size and is highly elastic. This allows the impression to be easily

removed from the mouth with less deformation, and due to its high tear strength it is easy to remove from undercut areas without tearing.Fidelity is available in a refill pack of 4 × 500g

boxes. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 060 MAKE AN IMPRESSION WITH ZEROSIL SOFT Zerosil Soft, promoted by Panadent is an addition cure impression material that the manufacturer claims offers true

alginate like handling qualities combined with the advantages of modern silicone. Zerosil Soft is suited for all prosthetic impressions but is particularly useful for chrome cobalt work when

used in conjunction with a loose fitting special tray. Another advantage is that the dimensional change is clinically insignificant. Zerosil Soft is available in 500ml tubes of base and

catalyst, four times the size of conventional tubes, and is priced at £48.16 + VAT per tube set. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 061 QUICK STEP TO SUCCESS The Prep Panel, under the chairmanship of

Professor Trevor Burke, University of Birmingham Dental School, has published its clinical evaluation of Quick Step impression material from 3M. Quick Step impression material was

'rated highly for working and setting time and 80 per cent of the evaluators would recommend this material to colleagues.' A total of 115 impressions were recorded using Quick Step

impression material. The material scored highly for application in circumstances where the field above or below the preparation margin was dry, and had limited moisture problems or was

moist. Under wet conditions, Quick Step impression material was also rated well above average. For details contact 3M on 01509 613121. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 062 THE NEW DIMENSION ESPE

UK's Dimension Bite registration material combines a short setting time with a high ultimate hardness and simple delivery system. ESPE UK claim Dimension Bite flows easily under

pressure, giving maximum detail production whilst preventing the material from flowing into the interdental spaces. Once set, its high ultimate Shore hardness of A 90 enables simple

finishing using either a scalpel or bur. Dimension Bite '60 seconds' is dispensed using the new Garant 2 automatic mixing gun and Bite application tips. ESPE also produce Permadyne

Penta L, a light bodied polyether impression material for the pentamix. Advantages include quick and easy mixing, delivery of homogeneously mixed material free from air voids, minimal waste

and no mess. Permadyne Penta L is used for the one step putty wash technique in combination with Permadyne Penta H. READER RESPONSE NUMBER 063 RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and

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