By Kevin Henry
Managing Editor, Dental EconomicsThe following products have been named as 2011 Pride “Best of Class” Technology Award winners. These products and companies (except for F-Secure and Sirona) will be on display inside a technology expo pavilion at the ADA Annual Session in Las Vegas. Please click here to see an overview of the pavilion.A panel of dental technology experts, organized by the Pride Institute, a dental practice management consulting firm based in Novato, Calif., selected this year’s winning products through an unbiased, rigorous assessment selection process. The winning technologies were selected by majority vote and divided into four categories: Foundational, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Emerging.Among those on the panel was Dr. Paul Feuerstein, technology editor for Dental Economics.
Managing Editor, Dental EconomicsThe following products have been named as 2011 Pride “Best of Class” Technology Award winners. These products and companies (except for F-Secure and Sirona) will be on display inside a technology expo pavilion at the ADA Annual Session in Las Vegas. Please click here to see an overview of the pavilion.A panel of dental technology experts, organized by the Pride Institute, a dental practice management consulting firm based in Novato, Calif., selected this year’s winning products through an unbiased, rigorous assessment selection process. The winning technologies were selected by majority vote and divided into four categories: Foundational, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Emerging.Among those on the panel was Dr. Paul Feuerstein, technology editor for Dental Economics.
The Pride Institute Best of Class Technology awards were launched in 2009 as a new concept to provide an unbiased, non-profit assessment of available technologies in the dental space. Winners of the award are invited to participate in a technology fair showcased at the American Dental Association’s annual meeting.“The technology space has exploded in terms of quantity and quality of available products,” said Dr. Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS, president of Pride Institute. “With the potential for a considerable investment amount, it was important that someone step up and provide the corporate and dental communities with an unbiased selection process, led by technology key opinion leadership, with the sole focus of providing true guidance. That was the vision and it has come to fruition thanks to the support of the panel, ADA, Dental Products Report, and Dental Economics.”The winners are listed below by category...FOUNDATIONALSecurity — F-SecureDigital Radiography — Gendex GXS-700Camera — Acteon SoproLifeE-communications SEO Website — Sesame CommunicationsCLINICAL/DIAGNOSTICPerio Probing — Dental R.A.T.Digital Impressions — Cadent iTeroCaries Detection — Spectra by Air TechniquesCLINICAL/THERAPEUTICCAD-CAM — Sirona CEREC with BlueCamIllumination — Orascoptic FreedomLasers — Technology4Medicine Fotona LightWalker LaserPharmaceutical — Dentsply NUPRO Sensodyne
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