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Dental Expert Dr. Scott Martinka Compares Same-Day Crowns & Traditional Crowns in HelloNation

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The article explains how fit, materials, technology, convenience, and individual clinical needs influence the choice between two established crown options.

WILLMAR, Minn., Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Are same-day crowns as good as traditional crowns?

HelloNation has published an article that provides the answer, featuring insights from Dental Expert Dr. Scott Martinka of Lakes Area Dental in Willmar, MN.

The HelloNation article explains that both same-day crowns and traditional crowns can provide functional restorations when properly designed and fitted. A dental crown can restore a weakened or damaged tooth, but the appropriate approach depends on several clinical considerations rather than treatment time alone.

Same-day restorations rely on digital dental technology. The dentist can use digital scanning to capture detailed information about the prepared tooth and surrounding teeth. That information is then used to design a restoration that can often be produced with in-office milling equipment.

The article explains that traditional crowns follow a different process. Information about the prepared tooth and surrounding bite is sent to a dental laboratory, where a technician creates the restoration. Because fabrication takes additional time, patients may receive a temporary crown before returning for placement of the permanent restoration.

Neither approach is automatically better for every patient. The quality of a dental crown depends on accurate design, proper fit, suitable materials, bite relationships, and the condition of the tooth. These considerations apply whether the restoration is created in the dental office or by a dental laboratory.

Dental crown materials are another important part of the comparison. Different options can vary in strength, appearance, wear characteristics, and their interaction with nearby teeth. The available dental crown materials may also differ between in-office systems and laboratory fabrication methods.

The condition and location of a damaged tooth can influence material selection. Front teeth may have different appearance requirements than back teeth exposed to stronger chewing forces. The amount of remaining tooth structure and the patient’s bite are additional factors a dentist can consider.

Fit is also important for either restoration method. The crown needs to fit the prepared tooth accurately, make appropriate contact with neighboring teeth, and function properly with the patient’s bite. Digital scanning can provide detailed information for designing the restoration while eliminating the need for some conventional impression materials.

The HelloNation article notes that convenience is one of the clearest differences between the two approaches. In many cases, same-day crowns can reduce the number of appointments and eliminate the need for a temporary restoration. This can be helpful for patients who find multiple dental visits difficult to schedule.

Convenience, however, should be considered alongside clinical needs. Some cases may benefit from customization, materials, or fabrication methods available through laboratory production. A dentist can evaluate whether completing treatment in one appointment meets the functional and appearance requirements of the specific tooth.

Traditional crowns remain an established option because laboratories can use different materials and fabrication methods. Laboratory customization may also be valuable when a restoration has particular cosmetic or functional requirements. The best-suited process depends on the individual clinical situation rather than the production method by itself.

The article concludes that patients should consider more than speed when comparing their options for a damaged tooth. Both approaches can provide an appropriate restoration when design, fit, material selection, bite, and remaining tooth structure are carefully considered.

Are Same-Day Crowns as Good as Traditional Crowns? features insights from Dr. Scott Martinka, Dental Expert of Willmar, MN, in HelloNation.

About HelloNation
HelloNation is America’s Good News Network, a premier media platform built on the idea that good news travels faster when real people tell real stories. Through its community-focused publications and innovative “edvertising” approach, HelloNation delivers content that informs, inspires, and spotlights the leaders making a meaningful impact in their communities.

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webAI Lands $30 Million AI Deal With Forge as Enterprise AI Services Race Accelerates

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Forge commits $30 million to webAI as the companies partner to build and deploy private, specialized AI systems inside enterprises.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — webAI today announced a strategic partnership with Forge AI Deployment, which is making a $30 million commitment to webAI to build and deploy private, specialized AI systems for enterprise customers.

The partnership pairs webAI’s collaborative intelligence platform with Forge’s enterprise deployment and services operation. Forge will work directly with customers to build AI systems around their proprietary data, workflows and operations, running on infrastructure those customers control.

The agreement comes as the AI market begins shifting from building increasingly capable general-purpose models to putting specialized intelligence to work inside businesses.

Forge is led by enterprise technology veterans, including founder and CEO John Ezzell, who previously built an Oracle-focused services and reseller business that was acquired by Deloitte. Forge is applying a similar playbook to AI: combining a new technology platform with the implementation, integration and operational expertise required to make it useful inside large organizations.

webAI provides the intelligence layer behind that effort.

Rather than relying solely on a general-purpose model, webAI enables organizations to deploy specialized models around their own data, people and operations. Those models can run across infrastructure the organization controls and collaborate as a system.

Forge will design, deploy and operate those systems for customers, from individual specialized AI Personas to company-wide deployments.

“A general model is only the beginning,” said David Stout, co-founder and CEO of webAI. “Individuals and organizations need intelligence deeply specialized to them. We believe the path to super intelligence (SI) isn’t one model that knows everything; it’s specialized intelligence working together. Collaboration gets us there faster.”

From AI models to AI infrastructure

webAI calls this emerging architecture the decision factory: intelligence built around the unique knowledge, expertise and workflows of an organization and deployed wherever decisions are made.

Instead of relying on a single general-purpose model, specialized AI Personas can operate as domain experts and work together across webAI’s Intelligence Delivery Network (IDN), a private network of compute controlled by the organization.

Forge will take responsibility for turning that technology into working enterprise systems, including architecture, secure deployment, model integration and optimization.

“Enterprises don’t need another AI demo,” said John Ezzell, founder and CEO of Forge AI Deployment. “They need AI that actually works inside their business. The opportunity is to take this technology from experimentation to production, and webAI gives us the infrastructure to do that.”

The partnership also expands webAI’s growing ecosystem of systems integrators, software companies and channel partners building, deploying and distributing specialized AI solutions on its platform across commercial and public-sector markets.

For enterprises, the shift is simple: AI stops being something they subscribe to and becomes intelligence they own.

About webAI
webAI is building collaborative intelligence: a private, local-first approach to AI in which specialized models run close to where work happens and collaborate with one another and the people they support. webAI enables individuals and organizations to create, own and deploy specialized intelligence across their own devices and environments. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, webAI’s mission is to make powerful AI accessible, personal and collaborative. Learn more at webai.com.

About Forge AI Deployment
Forge AI Deployment is an official webAI systems integrator that designs, installs and operates sovereign AI systems inside infrastructure customers control, including enterprise data centers, edge sites and air-gapped or disconnected enclaves. Combining more than two decades of work in high-consequence and Fortune 100 environments with webAI’s local-first platform, Forge provides end-to-end architecture, secure deployment, model integration and optimization while keeping institutional knowledge within the customer’s perimeter.

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NAIC Letter Details Proactive State Oversight of Evolving Insurance Landscape

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In response to a letter from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), state insurance regulators leading the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today detailed how the state-based regulatory framework is evolving alongside insurers’ changing investment strategies, ownership structures, and risk-transfer arrangements.  

“Rather than relying on a static regulatory framework, regulators have regularly updated capital requirements, reporting standards, supervisory tools, and analytical capabilities to address emerging risks while maintaining a consistent focus on insurer solvency and policyholder protection,” said NAIC leadership.

Among other actions, this work includes:

Strengthening asset-adequacy testing through Actuarial Guideline 53 (AG 53) to provide greater consistency in evaluating the risks associated with complex and higher-yielding assets supporting life insurance business.

Intensifying oversight of certain life insurance and annuity reinsurance transactions through Actuarial Guideline 55 (AG 55), including setting higher expectations for asset-adequacy analysis and reserve adequacy.

Instituting a 45% risk-based capital charge for residual interests in structured securities to ensure that capital requirements appropriately recognize investment risk.

Creating a formal process for evaluating whether credit rating providers’ methodologies and rating mappings remain appropriate for regulatory purposes.

As NAIC leaders noted, “State insurance regulators continually evaluate whether the solvency framework appropriately captures emerging and changing risks.”

This adaptive approach, built on collaboration and coordination, has enabled state-based insurance regulation to lead for more than 150 years and will continue to guide it in an ever-changing insurance landscape.

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Full Letter

NAIC Resource Center: Private Credit and Insurance Regulation

State-Based Regulatory Timeline for NAIC’s Solvency Oversight

About the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) provides expertise, data, and analysis for insurance commissioners to effectively regulate the industry and protect consumers. The U.S. standard-setting organization is governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Through the NAIC, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. NAIC staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.

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INVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of ServiceTitan, Inc. – TTAN

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NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of ServiceTitan, Inc. (“ServiceTitan” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TTAN). Such investors are advised to contact Danielle Peyton at newaction@pomlaw.com or 646-581-9980, ext. 7980.

The investigation concerns whether ServiceTitan and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. 

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On September 8, 2026, ServiceTitan reported second quarter 2027 earnings. Among other items, the Company reported that “[b]ecause Max” – ServiceTitan’s AI-powered enterprise software package – “requires substantial change management, we typically do not bill subscription fees for the first quarter of an upsell Max contract, and we have also elected not to charge existing customers an onboarding fee when transitioning to Max. As a result of these factors, we expect both our platform revenue and professional services revenue to grow at a slower pace for the remainder of fiscal 2027.” The Company further reported that “[w]e expect the mix shift to Max to lower professional services revenue by roughly an additional $2 million over the remainder of this fiscal year, which, of course, also flows through to professional services gross margin.”

On this news, ServiceTitan’s stock price fell $24.46 per share, or 29.98%, to close at $57.12 per share on September 9, 2026.

Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.

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Pomerantz LLP
dpeyton@pomlaw.com
646-581-9980 ext. 7980

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