DentaltownUK July 2017 - 96

the wish list

DentaltownUK asks Dr. Zaki Kanaan:

What Are the Things You Couldn't Do
Without, and What's on Your Wishlist?
1

Leica M320 F12 dental microscope
and Orascoptic 4.3 mag loupes.
Vision is everything in dentistry. A common myth is that a dental microscope is
mainly for endodontists! It's not. My main
field is implants, but I use the Leica to carry out all aspects of dentistry at the highest
levels of precision. You can take high-definition photos and video via infrared remote control. Its dual LED technology
gives shadow-free, bright illumination with
no fan, sound or heat, and 60,000 hours of
light. Expensive, but worth it! Since I work
in several practices, my trusted loupes and
LED light are always to hand.

Canon digital SLR camera.
Dentistry without documentation is
nothing. The ability to systematically document our cases is not only a prerequisite
from a medicolegal perspective, it's essential for any dentists worth their salt, whether they use cases for lecturing or not.

Zoom & NiteWhite.
Many dentists think that home whitening is best, and they're not wrong; however,
there is a large segment of the population
that wants things done yesterday. (I work
in the city!) Patients also like choice, and if
a practice offers only home whitening they
will often walk and choose a different one
that offers in-office options. Brides and
grooms leave things until the last minute,
and lazy patients and handicapped patients
alike all need help with whitening. In-office options such as Zoom offer a kick-start
to whitening and a reduction in what patients will need to do at home.

Schick intraoral camera.
Photo documentation is essential in
modern practice. The first question I asked
when starting a new associate job was

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my and scar revision. A blood-free environment simplifies treatment and also improves
healing
and
postoperative
discomfort. With a multitude of presets,
this is my No. 1 choice for soft-tissue lasers.
How can you live without one?

Sirona CBCT Scanner.
Invaluable not just for implant dentistry but also for endodontics, periodontics,
orthodontics and aesthetic dentistry-
combined with intraoral scanners, it can
provide a full digital workflow for your
practice. ■

whether they had an intraoral camera that
I could use. If they didn't, I wouldn't take
the job! The Schick is the simplest and
most affordable intraoral USB plug-in
camera available. Reliability is superb; it
never malfunctioned in more than 10 years
at a previous practice. I always give patients
mouth 'tours' during consultations and
document treatment with photos before,
during and after treatment. They love it!

Megagen Anyridge implant.
I've used many implants over the years,
but none has come close to this one. This
implant has all the characteristics that I
want: platform shifting, internal connection, a thread design that gives exceptional
primary stability and the ability to immediately restore, as well as the calcium-coated SLA surface for enhanced osseointegration. It is a thing of beauty! For me, this
implant is the one that ticks all the boxes.

QuickLase.
The soft-tissue laser comes of age! I use
it for a multitude of tasks, including
troughing around crown preps, implant recovery, gingivectomy, crown lengthening,
ulcer treatment, frenectomy, operculecto-

MY WISH LIST and
IMMINENT ACQUISITIONS
Trios Intraoral scanner. Let's face
it-digital dentistry has come of age.
More competition has resulted in
closed systems now opening up. I was
a little slow to jump on the digital
bandwagon, but I feel the time is right.
The future is digital-if you don't
embrace it, you'll be left behind.
Ivoclar Programill. This five-axis
milling unit is the latest one on the
market in the U.K. With milling times of
12 to 17 minutes for fast and detailed
milling, respectively, it's the one to
look out for. The ability to mill
restorations in-house for patients in a
single visit is, apart from being a real
practice-builder, the pinnacle of where
dentistry is today.
FormLab 2 printer. Apart from being
used for implant guide manufacture
and presurgical planning, printing is
again coming on in leaps and bounds
for a multitude of dental-related
things. Soon in-house printers will be
able to print provisional crowns and
eventually definitive restorations, as
well as dentures.

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