If anyone is in the Texas (or surrounding states area) come to Dallas to see me at the DLAT Conference and expo on April 11-14, 2013.
We are going to have dedicated classes for orthodontics, yes I said that right! DEDICATED classes for orthodontic labs! The President of the DLAT (Dental Laboratory of Texas) is an orthodontic owner and since he has been on the board for that past several years we have really made a push to offer classes of the rouque orthodontic lab. This year it is really exciting. Here is the info.
The Digital Ortho Lab
We have Mike Wright (of Orthodent and EasyRx )coming in from New York to talk about the future of orthodontic lab in his talk “The Digital Ortho Lab” He will cover the first, and only, online orthodontic based lab software , EasyRX and how that ties in to the new Digital workflow that is taking rise in the the orthodontic world.
Orthodontic 3D Printing
Our other guest is Nancy Hairston, CEO of SculpCAD, they sell 3D Printers and scanners, and even sell a 3D Printer specifiacally marketed to small orthodontic labs! Check out this video:
She will even have a 3D printer at the conference, not this one specifically because it is so new, but if you never seen one in action before, like me, I’m sure it is a sight to behold! She will also be giving two presentations “Introduction to 3D Printing” for all the disciplines of dental laboratories and “Orthodontic 3D Printing” where she will discuss her other business MedCAD and how they use 3D printers to make surgical splints.
Orthodontic Forum
This will be a forum type discussion, that I will moderate. We have four different viewpoints serving out answers to your questions.
We have the presedent of the DLAT, Earnest Cardenas, CDT, owner of The Retainer Factory of San Antonio, one of the most well run, by the book, ortho lab in the state of Texas.
We will also have Mike Wright,CDT from Orthodent lab in New York and COO of EasyRx, the world’s first orthodontic online prescription service and lab management software. Orthodent represents the future of the orthodontic lab in the present time!
Doug Witt is our other panel guest, he is a representative for Forestadent USA an orthodontic supplier. His unique perspective is from a manufactures viewpoint, and as a sales man he has been in 1000’s of visits Orthodontic offices and labs, and can offer what works for the benefit of both the orthodontic doctors and their labs.
Then I can offer a limited perspective from a small lab (or ortho dept. manager in a bigger dental lab perspective, and even in-house/office labs)
And we may have some other guests that I will pick out of our very experienced ortho community here in Texas to come share with us. TBD
So come with questions ready and we will have four different answers for you to chose from. Please leave any questions you would like to ask the panel in the comments below and I will include them in the discussion.
Hope to see you there!
Register here: DLAT.org
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