REALITY Publishing Company, a leading full-service information resource and product testing company for the dental community, recently announced the much anticipated Five Star award winners for 2005 with the launching of REALITY’s annual edition. Held in conjunction with the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, REALITY also announced the special awards recognizing the best of the best.
“As more and more products are brought to market each year, the process of picking the best becomes more difficult,” stated Dr. Michael Miller, editor-in-chief and president. “I rely heavily on our esteemed editorial team and the REALITY Research Lab as well as my own testing within my practice to make this as meticulous as possible. What you have here is truly the cream of the crop.”
REALITY is known within the industry for its innovative products and services such as the annual product evaluation edition, the monthly update, REALITY NOW, and The Techniques, as well as many other resource materials. For more information, call (800) 544-4999.
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Special Awards:
Most REALITY’S CHOICES - KERR (46 REALITY’S CHOICES)
Most Five Star REALITY’S CHOICES - KAVO (10 Five Star choices)
Most #1 REALITY’S CHOICES - ULTRADENT (16 #1 REALITY’S CHOICES)
Most Unique FirstLook Product - PROSPEC MI Paste from GC
Most Innovative New Product of the Year - Lava from 3M ESPE
New Product of the Year - (tie) bluephase from Ivoclar Vivadent and Lead-Free X-ray Apron from CLIVE CRAIG/DUX
Product of the Year - ELECTROtorque plus/GENTLEpower LUX 25LPA from KAVO
Five Star Awards:
AXIS - NTI Serrated Diamond Finishing Strips
BISCO - BisCover, D.T. Light Post
BRASSELER - CRF Diamonds, Esthetic Inlay/Onlay, STS Diamonds, Visionflex Diamond Discs, Visionflex Diamond Strips
CENTRIX - Accudose Disposable Tubes and Plugs
CLINICIAN’S CHOICE - D•Fine Diamond Polishers for Hybrid
Composites, D•Fine Double Diamond
CLIVE CRAIG/DUX - Lead-Free X-ray Apron
COSMEDENT - Renamel Microfill
DANVILLE ENGINEERING - Microetcher II/Microetcher IIA
DEN-MAT - BondLink
DENTSPLY/CAULK - Aquasil Ultra, Prisma-Gloss/Prisma-Gloss Extra Fine
DISCUS - Zoom!
DMG/ZENITH - Luxatemp Fluorescence
GC - Fuji Plus/Fuji Plus Capsules
GSC - SurgiTel ErgoVision Telescopes, SurgiTel Micro-Mini
HERAEUS KULZER - Gluma Desensitizer
HIGH Q - Altair SA
IVOCLAR VIVADENT - Astropol, bluephase
KAVO - DIAGNOdent, ELECTROtorque Plus/GENTLEpower LUX 25LPA, GENTLEforce LUX 6000B, INTRAflex LUX 2, K1, Mira LUX 3 635B, PROPHYflex 3, QUATTROcare, SONICflex LUX 2003L, Super-Torque LUX 3 647B
KERR - Hawe HiLuster, L.E.Demetron 1, L.E.D. Radiometer,
OptiBond/OptiBond FL , Optilux 501, Optilux Radiometer
KURARAY - Clearfil Photo Core, Clearfil Porcelain Bond Activator
MICROBRUSH - Microbrush Plus
ORASCOPTIC - Zeon Illuminator
PROVISION - Dexis
RIBBOND - Ribbond THM, Ribbond Triaxial
RØNVIG - Compo-Ject
SS WHITE - Great White Gold Series Burs
3M ESPE - CoJet, Rotomix, Sof-Lex Extra Thin (XT) Contouring and Polishing Discs
ULTRADENT - ICB Brushes, InterGuard, Opalescence/Opalescence PF, Porcelain Etch, Tissue Management Kit, Ultra-Etch 35%, UltraSeal XT plus
X-RITE - ShadeVision Version 3.01
