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Shofu's One Shot Porcelain Offers a Single Powder Buildup
LMT Communications, Inc. · LAB DAY · Apr 2013Shofu demonstrated its next-generation ceramic, One Shot Unilayer Porcelain, that enables you to match all VITA shades and achieve the esthetics of a multi-powder buildup with a single powder. "They said it couldn't be done but we did it. One Shot powder is an incisal, body and dentin all in one bottle....
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Digital Captek: a New, Easier Way to Fabricate Captek Restorations
Rob Teachout, CDT, LVI, BSc · Technical · Apr 2013Rob Teachout, BS, CDT, shares the step-by-step technique for using Argen's new digital service for high-strength, Digital Captek restorations.
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State of the Porcelain Market
LMT Communications, Inc. · LMT Surveys · Mar 2013The growing popularity of all-ceramic restorations continues to erode the PFM market. The percentage of metal-free work being done—45%—is up 15% in just three years, and 20% since 2008.
- May 2012
Positioned For Growth By Going Full Service
Kelly Fessel Carr · Labs & Profiles · May 2012Eleven years after purchasing Choate Ceramic Laboratory, Co-Owners Jimmy Durham, David Fitch, CDT, and Alton Trotter, CDT, moved out of their ceramic comfort zone and into the realm of removables.
- February 2012
How to Combine All-Ceramic Anterior and PFM Posterior Restorations For Seamless Esthetics
Russell DeVreugd · Technical · Feb 2012Russell DeVreugd shows how to blend pressed restorations with PFMs.
Jeff Walker likes thisAfter 60 Years, 'Accidental' Career Still Going Strong
Becky Tyre · Industry News · Feb 2012Sixty-year industry veteran Harry Carlisle considers himself extra lucky for stumbling upon on a career in dental technology.
- November 2011
How to Fabricate An Esthetic Porcelain- To-Titanium Restoration
Luke Kahng, CDT · Technical · Jan 2012Luke Kahng, CDT, offers his step-by-step technique for fabricating a porcelain-to-titanium restoration using Nobel Biocare's NobelProcera scanner and GC's Initial™ Titanium porcelain.
Mike Dominguez, CDT/TE likes this- April 2011
Dentsply Partners With Chinese Laboratory to Offer Restorations to U.S. Laboratory Customers
LMT Communications, Inc. · Industry News · Apr 2011Dentsply partners with Chinese laboratory to offer restorations to U.S. laboratory customers.
State of the Union: Inside the Zahn-Darby Integration
Maribeth Marsico · Industry News · Jan 2008It's been more than a year since two of our industry's biggest suppliers - Zahn Dental and Darby Dental Lab Supply - merged into one.
Press-i-Dent Pressable Ceramic and Radiance Porcelain From Aurident, Inc.
LMT Communications, Inc. · Technical · Sep 2005Unhappy with the staining and uneven bite of teeth #5-#13, the patient wanted brighter teeth and cosmetic restorations that would improve his smile and overall look.
Ceramco® Press Porcelain Pressed-to-Metal
LMT Communications, Inc. · Technical · May 2011A healthy, middle-aged woman wanted to replace her bridge (teeth #8-10) with a more esthetic restoration.
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Luminesse Pressable Porcelain System From Talladium
LMT Communications, Inc. · Technical · Sep 2005A male in his 20’s presented with TMJ symptoms of excessive occlusal wear, headaches and clicking in the Temporal Mandibular Joints.
How to Use GC America's One Body Concept Porcelain
Luke Kahng, CDT · Technical · Jan 2010Luke Kahng, CDT, shares step-by-step instructions on how to use the one-color porcelain build-up system.
Life Outside the Lab: Pushing Porcelain to New Possibilities
Sherrie Eng · Labs & Profiles · Apr 2010As a former jewelry maker and sculptor, Chuck Little, CDT, constantly found himself asking what else he could do with the dental materials he works with every day—how far could he push it?
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