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Dr. Burton Melton

Dr. Melton is a prosthodontist, graduating from Baylor University, College of Dentistry in 1970. He received his diploma in Fixed Prosthodontics in 1972 from the University of Missouri. He is a member of the American College of Prosthodontics, the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, and the Southwest Academy of Restorative Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of the Amercan Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, and a Fellow in the Academy of Dentistry International.

Dr. Irfan Atcha

Dr. Irfan Atcha has been in private practice since 1996. Dr. Atcha is an expert in treating the dentally disastrous and the fearful patients with the latest techniques involving advanced Intravenous (IV) sedation. His advanced training in the field of Dental Implantology, Occlusion, and TMJ disorder allows this him to provide care for the dentally disastrous patients.

Dr. Jack S Roth

Dr. Roth is a graduate of Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and received his endodontic training at the Manhattan VA Medical Center. He is an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. He has spent the past 25 years in clinical practice, teaching, and lecturing extensively.

Maurice Valen

NYU College of Dentistry, Dental Materials Science Department NYU Lecturer on Restorative and Prosthodontic Sciences President, Director of R & D, Impladent Ltd.

Dr. Renzo Casselini

Renzo Casellini is a Master Dental Technologist, trained in Switzerland where his family has been in the dental industry for four generations. He is Instructor of Restorative Dentistry at Loma Linda University and Associate Professor of Implant Prosthodontics at Biodonto Dental School in Brazil.

Dr. Rolf Ewers

Dr. Ewers is Chairman and Head of the University Hospital of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the Medical School, University of Vienna, Austria. He was Chairman of the 17th International Conference on Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Vienna, Austria, August 2005. He received the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation Research Recognition Award 2005, and has over 100 scientific publications.

Dr. Theodore Malinin

For the past thirty-eight years, he has been a professor and researcher at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He has served as Director of University of Miami Tissue Bank for numerous years.

Dr. Zhimon Jacobson

Professor Zhimon Jacobson, D.M.D maintains a private practice in Boston, MA. and lectures nationally and internationally. He was Director of Postgraduate Prosthodontics at Boston University from 1980 to 1996, and in 1990 he established the University’s Center for Implantology, where he continues to serve as Director. Professor Jacobson is currently also Director of the Division of Continuing Education at Boston University and a Clinical Professor of Prosthodontics in the Department of Restorative Sciences and Biomaterials.

Dr. Kurtzman

Dr. Kurtzman is in private general practice in Silver Spring, Maryland and is a former Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland, Department of Endodontics, Prosthetics and Operative Dentistry. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on the topics of Restorative dentistry, Endodontics and Implant surgery and prosthetics, removable and fixed prosthetics, Periodontics and has over 170 published articles.

Dr. Jack Krauser

Dr. Jack Krauser has written numerous chapters in periodontal and/or implant related texts and authored or co-authored more than 20 articles in various publications. He is also on the editorial board of several journals and newsletters.

Dr. Donald Callan

Dr. Don Callan has a private practice limited to periodontics with an emphasis on tissue regeneration and implant dentistry. He is Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Periodontics at Louisiana State University.

CONTACT:

Fiorella S. Samaniego

American Dental Implant Association

305.206.0364

fiorellasamaniego@americandentalimplantassociation.com

MEDIA ALERT

Announcing the launch of the exclusive American Dental Implant Association

MIAMI, FL, November 1, 2008 -- The American Dental Implant Association announces its official launch today in conjunction with the launch of its website. The central mission of the organization is to encourage collaboration and communication among professionals from all areas of dentistry to improve industry standards, and advance practice and personal life.

The organization was founded by Dr. Arun K. Garg, founder of Implant Seminars, the world’s largest and most advanced dental continuing education company. Dr. Garg created American Dental Implant Association in response to overwhelming requests for more credentialing and credibility by establishing recognition models.

But far from having first emerged as a new credentialing organization, the American Dental Implant Association also aggressively promotes collegiality, friendship, and practice growth.

“This is going to be the top forum for an exchange of a vast amount of niche information through annual symposiums of like-minded individuals to receive the latest information in the dental implant field, in a familiar, supportive community. Our main goal is to better serve our affiliate of well-trained clinicians,”
Said Dr. Garg.

The American Dental Implant Association’s Executive Director Fiorella Samaniego said “Each clinician may obtain the fellowship, mastership and diplomate status provided they meet the requirements for continuing education (CE) hours and pass a written examination”. Scheduling for exams is key, so awards can be given in a timely manner at the ceremonies, the first one being held at the annual symposium in April 24, 2009 in Miami, FL.

The American Dental Implant Association will also become an embedded feature of the scholarly publishing landscape. Members will receive an academic journal on dental implantology and those who demonstrate a genuine interest in establishing credibility through journals publishing and wish to contribute to the upcoming American Dental Implant Association publication are also welcome

“Credentialing and credibility go hand-in-hand,” said Dr. Garg. “We will offer our members myriad of ways to advance themselves and their careers.

Membership criteria and an application form can be found on
www.americandentalimplantassociation.com. For information contact American Dental Implant Association, Fiorella Samaniego at 305.206.0364, or email
fiorellasamaniego@americandentalimplantassociation.com.

Keystone Dental to Pay Nobel Biocare $2 Million to Settle Unfair Competition, Trade Secret Violations, and Tortious Interference Lawsuit

YORBA LINDA, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Nobel Biocare announced today it has reached a favorable settlement of a lawsuit brought against Keystone Dental, Inc., a dental implant company funded by the multi-billion dollar private equity firm Warburg Pincus, in the Superior Court of Connecticut. The settlement terms provide for Keystone Dental to pay $2 million to Nobel Biocare and that Keystone Dental not hire or solicit any current Nobel Biocare employee through February 1, 2009. Keystone Dental is also required to arrange for the collection and destruction of Nobel Biocare confidential and proprietary information in its or its employees' possession and represent that its employees will not use or disclose any marketing or sales materials licensed by and obtained from Nobel Biocare.

"Nobel Biocare stands for fair competition, but where competition crosses the line into illegality we will use all legal means to protect our proprietary information and trade secrets," stated Kevin Mosher, Vice President and General Manager of Nobel Biocare's North American business. Nobel Biocare filed its lawsuit in late 2007 claiming that Keystone Dental systematically targeted and hired Nobel Biocare's sales and marketing employees who represented a full cross-section of Nobel Biocare's business and sales force. According to Nobel Biocare's lawsuit, Keystone Dental, in an attempt to gain an unfair competitive advantage, deliberately aided and abetted those employees to breach their noncompetition and confidentiality agreements with Nobel Biocare. The lawsuit further alleged that Keystone Dental and some of its employees failed to return confidential and proprietary information belonging to Nobel Biocare and that they were unlawfully using and disclosing Nobel Biocare's information and trade secrets to develop competitive products for Keystone Dental and to induce customers to terminate their contractual or business relationships with Nobel Biocare.

Nobel Biocare's lawsuit alleged Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Connecticut's Unfair Trade Practices Act violations, unfair competition, breach of contract, civil conspiracy to commit the tort of conversion/ misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of duty of loyalty, conversion, and tortious interference with contractual and business relations. The lawsuit sought injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages.

Nobel Biocare is a medical devices group and the world leader in innovative esthetic dental solutions with its brands NobelActive(TM), Branemark System(R), NobelReplace(TM), NobelSpeedy(TM), NobelPerfect(R), NobelDirect(R), Replace Select (dental implants), Procera(R) (individualized dental prosthetics), NobelGuide(TM) (complete patient rehabilitation program) and NobelSmile(TM) (patient education and awareness program). Nobel Biocare is a full solution provider for restorative esthetic dentistry, offering a wide range of innovative Crown & Bridge & Implant products, as well as training and education, patient information and clinically documented treatment concepts. Nobel Biocare has over 2,500 employees and recorded revenue of EUR 665.9 million in 2007. The Company is domiciled and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Production takes place at six production sites located in Sweden, the US, Japan and Israel. Nobel Biocare has 37 direct sales organizations. The shares of the parent company Nobel Biocare Holding AG are listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange.

http://www.nobelbiocare.com

SOURCE Nobel Biocare

Mark Macaulay, Marketing Communications Manager, North America of Nobel Biocare, +1-714-282-4876, Mark.macaulay@nobelbiocare.com

Southern California Dentist First on the West Coast to Perform Concentrated Stem Cell Transplant for Dental Implant Procedure - Patient's Own Stem Cells to Be Harvested and Transplanted Into the Jaw to Generate Dense Bone Tissue for Permanent Dental Implantation

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., March 18, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jason Morgan needs a dental implant to restore his infectious grin, but to attach an implant would be difficult due to a lack of strong, healthy bone in his jaw.

Dr. Ivan Ho, a Southern California-based dentist and founder of Platinum Dental, will make Morgan's wish come true through the application of concentrated stem cell transplant technology. The first on the West Coast, and only second in the nation, to perform this innovative procedure, Dr. Ho will harvest and transplant stem cells from the patient's own bone marrow into the jawbone to create a dense bone structure to which a dental implant can be permanently set.

The outpatient procedure called Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentration (BMAC) will be the first conducted on the West Coast and will take place on Monday, March 23, 2009, at Platinum Dental in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Used for many years by neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons to generate bone for procedures such as spinal and tibia fusions, Dr. Ho will apply the stem cell transplant procedure to dental applications to provide an option for patients who may not have previously been candidates for a tooth implant because of poor jawbone density. This is a minimally invasive and relatively painless outpatient procedure that takes between one and three hours to perform, providing faster healing, less pain and better results than other implant procedures.

"This minimally invasive procedure is an innovative, advanced long-term alternative to existing tooth replacement options such as dentures, bridges and even traditional bone grafting procedures," explained Dr. Ho. "In addition to providing better and faster healing, the transplantation of the patient's own stem cells enables the body to increase bone growth in the jaw through Angiogenesis to permanently support the dental implant. Because the use of dentures and bridges carry a high risk of problems in many cases resulting in gum disease, tooth decay and the loss of viable teeth, additional costly surgical procedures are necessary, where dental implants are the most natural solution and provide the best long-term results." The innovative process involves the harvesting of stem cells through a small incision in the hip bone the morning of the procedure. Using a centrifuge, Dr. Ho will isolate and concentrate the stem cells from the plasma and transplant them into Morgan's jaw and will then add an allograft. The stem cells will work with the surrounding tissue to eventually generate healthy, dense bone tissue to which the dental implant can be permanently attached.

About Dr. Ivan Ho: For more than 18 years, Dr. Ivan Ho has been practicing dentistry out of his Platinum Dental offices in Orange County. Dr. Ho has been a pioneer in improving the present state of dentistry, primarily by using the most sophisticated, patient-friendly ways of delivering advanced dental care. Dr. Ho received his degree in dentistry from USC and is a member of over ten professional dental societies. Dr. Ho has achieved diplomat status from the International Congress of Oral Implantology, graduated from the world renowned MISCH Implant Institution, and received mastership training at the Las Vegas Institute (LVI) for Advanced Dental Studies. Dr. Ho is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Dr. Ho offers the latest technology to his patients, and he is one of the few dentists in Orange County to offer the PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) procedure.

About Platinum Dental: Platinum Dental, with two locations in South Orange County, is a dental practice consisting of a team of highly trained and skilled clinicians devoted to restoring and enhancing the natural beauty of smiles using state-of-the-art procedures. A standard of excellence in personalized dental care enables Platinum Dental to provide the quality dental services their patients deserve.

Platinum Dental provides comprehensive treatment planning and uses restorative and cosmetic dentistry to achieve optimal dental health for its patients.

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AAID Hails Florida Court Verdict Allowing Advertising of Bona Fide Dental Credentials

CHICAGO, April 8, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A Florida judge has ruled that a state law restricting how dentists can advertise credentials issued by bona fide professional organizations is unconstitutional and violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution. The American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) said today the verdict is a victory for consumers evaluating the qualifications and experience of dentists who perform implant procedures and for practitioners entitled to promote their credentials to the public.

"We are very pleased with this decision recognizing the rights of dentists with bona fide credentials to advertise them to the public without negative disclaimers and offer consumers valid information from which they can evaluate qualifications of dentists in their communities," said AAID President Beverly Dunn, DDS. "Also, the decision noted that AAID and other dental organizations provide substantial training that enhances proficiency and competency and benefits consumers as well." At issue was a Florida statute preventing advertising of membership in or credentials earned from any dental organization not recognized by the Florida Board of Dentistry (FDB). Florida's dental board only recognizes specialty credentials issued by the American Dental Association (ADA). Therefore, implant dentists who wanted to advertise their AAID credentials had to include an onerous disclaimer that implant dentistry is not a recognized specialty of ADA or the FDB and that AAID is not a recognized specialty accrediting organization.

The case stemmed from multiple challenges to the constitutionality of the Florida statute by dentists with credentials from AAID, the Academy of General Dentistry and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Circuit Court Judge Frank E. Sheffield ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on April 3.

"The Court found that these advertising restrictions were unconstitutional on many grounds. They violated the Florida constitution's guarantee of the right to be rewarded for industry or professional achievement and First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of free speech and equal protection of the law," said Frank.
R. Recker, DDS, JD, AAID's chief counsel.

Dunn added that the Florida decision establishes a strong precedent that could form the basis for challenging advertising restrictions in other states, if necessary. "Demand for dental implants is rising, and more dentists need comprehensive training to become highly skilled at implant procedures," said Dunn. "Attending a weekend course isn't enough. There is a higher level of risk with the procedure if the dentist has limited experience." AAID offers a rigorous implant dentistry credentialing program which requires at least 300 hours of post-doctoral instruction in implant dentistry, passing a comprehensive exam, and presenting to a group of examiners successful cases of different types of implants. It is one of the most comprehensive credentialing programs in dentistry.

AAID can help consumers find a local credentialed implant dentist at www.aaid.com. AAID is based in Chicago and has more than 3,500 members. It is the first organization dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of implant dentistry by supporting research and education to advance comprehensive implant knowledge.

Dental Implant Market to Exceed $1 Billion by 2013 Despite Current Economic Slowdown

Growing preference for procedures that offer improved aesthetic results will help drive the dental implant market from 2010-2013, according to Millennium Research Group

WALTHAM, Mass., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) new US Markets for Dental Implants 2009 report, although the current economic crisis is resulting in lower procedural growth in the short term, the US dental implant market will recover after 2010 and exceed $1 billion by 2013.

As a result of the slumping economy, patients are less likely to invest in dental implant procedures, and some are opting instead for less expensive alternatives, such as crowns and bridges. Because of this retrenchment, dentists are now buying smaller volumes of dental implant products, reflecting the decline in appointments. With economic recovery expected to begin in 2010, however, market growth will be stimulated by preference for minimally invasive procedures that offer improved aesthetic results and boast shorter treatment lengths. Renewed procedure growth will be facilitated through the use of custom-milled abutments, two-piece small-diameter dental implants, and guided surgery technology.

"The growing population of general practitioners (GPs) placing dental implants will also lead to steady market growth, particularly with small-diameter implants that are easier to place and less invasive," says Poonam Jassi, Senior Analyst at MRG. "More GPs will learn to place dental implants because of the profit potential compared to alternative treatments, driving this market into 2013."

MRG's US Markets for Dental Implants 2009 report provides coverage of key industry competitors, including Astra Tech, Bicon Dental Implants, BioHorizons, BIOMET 3i, Dentsply, Implant Direct, IMTEC, Keystone Dental, Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Zimmer Dental, and many more.

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