ThirdEye dental cameras by Dr. Benno Raddatz, Verlag Neue Medien (VNM)
invented the first ThirdEye dental camera in 1997 (patented).
Till 1997 only intraoral cameras (e.g. Lercher Cam) being put into the patient´s mouth have been used. Lots of dentists bought such an intra-oral camera then, but did not use it very often, because it was not easy to guide the camera in the patient´s mouth. And you only could take still photos, no videos, with such a camera. Thus Dr. Raddatz had the idea of putting a small camera in the center of a dental light, using the light´s perfect illumination of the patient´s mouth together with a long focal tele photo lens to shoot intra-oral videos and photos from outside the mouth. Because no small cameras being available in 1997, that first ThirdEye camera was mounted on the top of the dental light head, nevertheless the videos being shot out of the center of the light by the means of a periscopic lens.
Today many companies have borrowed the idea of mounting a camera on a dental light or built it inside (in-light cameras) using the dental light as a perfect illumination to shoot videos. Since 1997 Dr. Raddatz has developed different ThirdEye dental cameras for different applications, but all of them being mountable on any dental light.
our team at IDS 2015
our team at IDS 2017
our booth at IDS 2017
our last IDS in Cologne 2019
because of Corona IDS 2021 was cancelled
Company of Dr. Benno Raddatz, Verlag Neue Medien (Durmersheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany)
Founded 1997 by Dr. Benno Raddatz, (*1955, former dentist and video professional)
Dr. Benno Raddatz, Verlag Neue Medien
research and development (R&D), distribution worldwide
Ancillary industries working for Dr. Benno Raddatz:
Karlsruhe (CAD, CNC), Heidelberg (assembly), Jena (assembly) - all situated in Germany
Company history of Dr. Benno Raddatz Verlag Neue Medien
1997 first ThirdEye dental camera
with periscope optics to be mounted on dental light (patented)
2002 ThirdEye-Video
540 tv lines analog composite video with fujinon lens
small, lightweight, mounted on the center of any dental light
2009 ThirdEye-HD
full-HD dental camera with auto focus and optical zoom (stand alone camera system)
2010 ThirdEye-Photo
HD-video & 10 megapixal photo USB2.0 (Windows only, discontinued)
2013 ThirdEye-HDmini
full-HD HD-SDI dental camera (discontinued)
2015 ThirdEye-EVO (discontinued)
full-HD digital dental camera, auto focus, 10x zoom, 18 megapixel photos,
operated by Anroid or IOS app
2016 ThirdEye-UNI (discontinued 2021)
full-HD dental camera with 16 megapixel photos, all remote controllable (*universal)
2019 ThirdEye-SDI newest model
full-HD HD-SDI dental camera
auto focus, 10x optical zoom, 32x digital zoom, microphone,
freeze frame, manual white balance, remote control
Dr. Benno Raddatz, Curriculum vitae
name Dr. Benno Raddatz
date of birth 31.01.1955
place of birth Durmersheim, Germany
education
1966-1975 Tulla-Gymnasium (German secondary school) Abitur 1975 Rastatt
1975-1976 military service (German army, 18 month)
dental career
1978-1983 study of dentistry, University of Freiburg/Breisgau, graduate of dentistry
1984 dissertation: Dr. med. dent.
1983-1987 working in mutiple dental practices
1988-1989 dental practice in Forst /Baden-Wuerttemberg
2001-2007 dental practice in Durmersheim
media career
since 1988 Verlag Neue Medien (= New Media Publishers, mainly travel video productions)
since 1989 freelance cameraman (broadcast Betacam SP-Equipment, travel programs)
freelance video-editor (linear/nonlinear editing; e.g. for ZDF = 2. German Television Channel)
since 1997 development and sales of new dental camera ThirdEye (patented)
from 2007 ThirdEye dental cameras (R&D, Marketing, Sales)
