Implants Articles

Implants Still Going Strong

Despite the fact that many lab owners have been feeling the effects of the economy in many areas of their businesses, the majority of respondents to LMT's latest survey say the implant department isn't one of them.

From the Series: IDS 2013 Offers First Look at Emerging Innovations

Innovative Materials

Zirconia-reinforced materials are a new trend, and expanded options for pre-colored zirconia and ceramics for full contour restorations offer both efficiency and esthetics. Plus, a new type of material: a biocompatible, millable resin on which the final restoration can be built; there's no need for casting or pressing.

Preat Introduces New PRISM Services, Removable and Implant Products

Preat Corp.'s PRISM Milling Center now offers implant frameworks with a new pearl texture surface, which provides mechanical retention and maximum space for resin for increased esthetics. The frameworks are created using selective laser melting and the finish lines and implant interfaces are then milled. PRISM...

Digital Captek™ and ArgenZ™ Zirconia Make Debut

To meet the needs of the changing landscape of the dental laboratory industry, Argen has heavily invested in future technologies and expanded its product line to include digital solutions. "Our vision is to supply laboratories with products that can expand their product offerings. We feel that the more...

Thriving Implant Market Key Topic at Interactive Nobel Biocare® Panel

The implant market isn't slowing down anytime soon. At Nobel Biocare's LAB DAY panel discussion, featuring laboratory owners and other industry experts, the company offered these statistics: - 60 million people are edentulous in one arch or another. - The "nearly edentulous"—those with two...

PFM Restorations Transform Patient's Smile

Restoring the smile of a dentist’s relative can be particularly challenging. Here, Luke Kahng shares how he transformed the smile of a client’s mother-in-law with two PFM bridges and one PFM crown.

Soft Tissue Management With An ITero Milled Model and Straumann Repositionable Implant Analog

Specializing in implant borne prosthetics, Midwest Dental Arts has discovered a technique to improve soft tissue management that we want to share. This is the first of a 2-part article that illustrates how to create a soft tissue model, using an iTero milled model with the Straumann Repositionable Implant...

20-Implant, Full Mouth Reconstruction: a Once-in-a-Career Opportunity

>When Aaron Hoffman, Troy Gooden and Eric Gooden, Co-Owners of Sunflower Dental Studio in Topeka, KS, first saw the impressions for a 20-implant reconstruction, they thought it looked like something from a sci-fi movie. It was the largest case Hoffman had ever had the opportunity to work on during his...

2012 Removables Survey: Removable Market Holding Its Own

Forty-five percent of respondents to LMT's exclusive 2012 Removable Survey rate the market as good and 35% classify it as fair. The majority say their removable business in the first half of 2012 is level or just slightly up or down compared to all of 2011. At one end of the spectrum is the 9% of...

LMT's Exclusive 2012 Wage Survey Report: Earnings Down, Staffs Lean

Uncertainty prevails among the respondents to LMT’s 2012 Wage Survey and they’re being cautious about rehiring or raising wages. On a positive note, more than half saw an uptick in

Straumann's 2020 Forecast: Implant & CAD/CAM Dentistry Poised For Fantastic Growth

At its Capital Markets Day event in Amsterdam in May, Straumann shared its Vision 2020 project with investors and the media. Using existing data, new research and numerous interviews with experts in the field, Straumann's management team outlined key demographic, restorative and technological trends...

DENTSPLY International Launches New Global Business: DENTSPLY Implants

Following its August 2011 acquisition of Astra Tech AB, Dentsply International Inc. has united its Dentsply Friadent dental implant-related business with Astra Tech Dental to form Dentsply Implants.

Implant Trends: Patient Acceptance Key to This (Still) Thriving Specialty

Three-quarters of respondents to LMT's Implant Trends survey say the economy has not affected their implant business; in fact, 68% report it has been "good" or even "booming" over the last two years

Raising the Bar to Meet Demand For Implant-Supported Dentures

Frank Munzenmayer, CDT, explains how to fabricate an overdenture implant bar without soldering, casting, laser welding or milling using the pre-fabricated SFI Bar from Cendres+Métaux.

LAB DAY Product Launch: Candulor Announces New Denture Products

"For the next 20 years, 10,000 people will reach the age of 65 on a daily basis," said Max Sturm, President of Candulor, during a press conference at LAB DAY. "In addition, 12% of all dentures are now implant supported and we expect to see 6.5% growth in this area next year." To meet this increasing...

LAB DAY Product Launch: Nobel Biocare Continues Emphasis On Implant Technology

> Nobel Biocare's NobelReplace implants now offer more restorative options with two additions to the line: **NobelReplace Conical Connection (CC)** features an internal conical connection designed to preserve marginal bone by minimizing micro-movements and potential micro-leakage. It also withstands...

Top Trending Topics at LAB DAY

At LMT's LAB DAY 2012--the largest international gathering of the dental laboratory community in North America--about 1,140 manufacturer and supplier representatives greeted over 3,100 attendees from 47 states and 49 countries. LAB DAY has become the place for product launches and breaking news....

The Kolbeck Technique

Josef Kolbeck offers a step-by-step look at his time- and material-saving method of processing a fixed removable denture with the pouring technique that he uses at Town & Country Dental Studios in Freeport, NY.

Implants: Now a Standard of Care

Thanks to advances in CAD/CAM technology, immediate-loading implants and internal connection designs, implants are becoming the restorative dentist's first choice in tooth replacement.

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Digitization, Open Systems, Implants: Key Trends at 2009 IDS

>LMT attends the 2009 IDS in Cologne, Germany, to find the latest innovations in dental technology that are digitizing and streamlining laboratory workflow and processes. What recession? The crowds at this year's International Dental Show (IDS) made it easy to forget the turbulent global economy...

Implants Go Mainstream

New systems and techniques are making implant placement and restoration easier and more predictable for the entire dental team.

Ceramco® IC: Tackling the Challenges of Combination Case Esthetics With Implants and Natural Teeth

A dental team offers a step-by-step look at how to replace an aging pinledge bridge with a zirconia abutment, implant and Ceramco iC integrated ceramic restoration.