Kelly Fessel Carr Articles

The Future of 3D Printing

LMT talks with Avi Cohen, Director of global Dental at Stratasys, about the potential of 3D printing in our industry and his company's newest offerings.

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

Winners of Candulor's KunstZahnWerk® Competition Announced

The coveted first-place award in Candulor's KunstZahnWerk Competition—known as the Oscars of Removable Prosthetics—went to Skender Ramadani from Zurich. Coming in 2014: Candulor's second North American "Art of Denture" Competition.

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

Digital Manufacturing Equipment

The proliferation of digital technologies continued to flourish at the IDS, with more and more digital manufacturing solutions that enable users to address a greater number of applications and work with a larger range of materials. In addition, the 3D printing market continues to expand.

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

Intraoral Scanners

Among the newer features in digital impression-taking systems are smaller-than-ever intraoral devices and color technology. Also: several new players enter the market.

From the Series: Technicians on a Mission

Capture Dental Arts Celebrates Mother's Day With Smile Give-A-Way

What a way to celebrate Mother's Day! Each year, Jessica Birrell, CDT, FACE, Owner, Capture Dental Arts in Saratoga Springs, UT, sponsors a Mother's Day Smile Give-A-Way.

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

Software and Scanner Upgrades

To expand indications and features, several companies introduced updated versions of their impression and model scanners and upgraded software packages.

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.

From the Series: Education Connection

Education Connection: Spear Study Clubs: An Ideal Networking Environment

Study clubs provide an ideal opportunity to network with like-minded dentists, communicate on a more intimate level and develop genuine relationships with clients.

From the Series: Education Connection

Education Connection: AACD: the Power of Side-by-Side Learning

From its inception in 1984, the AACD has celebrated the dentist/technician relationship. From a business perspective, membership provides valuable opportunities for networking with dentists and attending teamwork-focused courses together.

Why Dentists Switch Laboratories

There’s a 50/50 chance your clients will switch laboratories in the next five years. Want to know why they might jump ship? Read the results of LMT’s 2013 Dentist Survey conducted jointly with Dental Economics.

NewsWatch: Datron Dynamics Partners With Exocad, Imetric and Sescoi to Provide Turnkey CAD/CAM Solution

Open system providers Datron Dynamics, exocad, Imetric and Sescoi have formed a partnership to provide a comprehensive, turnkey CAD/CAM solution, including the Imetric scanner line, exocad design software, WorkNC® CAM software and the Datron D5 milling machine. The solution can be used for all C&B...

From the Series: Helping Hands: Industry Members Fight Back Against Breast Cancer

Capture Dental Arts Reaches Out to Dentists and Patients to Increase Breast Cancer Awareness

"So many are affected by breast cancer and if we can increase early detection, we can help fight the disease," says Jessica Birrell, Owner, Capture Dental Arts, Saratoga Springs, UT. To that end and in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, Birrell is giving her packaging a pink-themed...

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...

Technology to Watch: AvaDent™ Digital Dentures

>Since launching AvaDent Digital Dentures last fall, Global Dental Science has milled close to 2,000 arches. The dentures are currently being marketed directly to dentists; a laboratory partnership model is in the works. "With AvaDent Digital Dentures, we are changing the entire fabrication process...

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...

The Future of the Small Laboratory: Grim Or Great?

The majority of respondents to LMT's Small Lab Survey are enthusiastic about the outlook for their own businesses, calling their future "good" or "great." However, their prediction for the market segment as a whole isn't quite so rosy.

From the Series: Technicians on a Mission

Technicians On a Mission: NuCraft Dental Arts: Fulfilling a Debt of Gratitude to the Military

From bringing smiles to the underserved dental population to rebuilding the lives of our military veterans, technicians across the country are devoting their time and skills to making a difference.

From the Series: Technicians on a Mission

Technicians On a Mission: Building Smiles and Lifelong Friendships in Jamaica

From bringing smiles to the underserved dental population to rebuilding the lives of our military veterans, technicians across the country are devoting their time and skills to making a difference.

Positioned For Growth By Going Full Service

Eleven 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.

New Players, New Materials Join the Digital Revolution

Highlights from the DLOAC's CAD/CAM Technology Symposium & Expo in November in Pasadena, CA.

Glidewell Laboratories: 'Crossing the Traditional Boundaries of Dental Technology'

Glidewell Laboratories is once again “crossing the traditional boundaries of dental technology” with the opening of its 2,800-sq-ft, state-of-the-art training, education and technology demonstration facility.

State of Education: Feeling the Pressure, Industry Responds to Training Needs

The technology learning curve for both dentists and technicians is ramping up to a never-before-seen level, putting tremendous pressure on laboratory owners to educate themselves, their staff members and their dentist-clients. LMT looks at the indust

The Argen Corporation: It's Like Having a Metallurgist On Staff

Three of the largest laboratories in the country share their experiences developing alloys and techniques with The Argen Corporation.

Globalization and Automation: Hot Topics at CDLA Meeting

Globalization and automation: hot topics at CDLA meeting

Offshore Competition: How It's Affecting Our Industry

Spurred by the tight economy, chronic shortage of technicians, an ever-increasing need to stay competitive in a price-driven market and the communication ease of the Internet, more and more laboratory owners are considering overseas outsourcing as an

Family-owned Company Retools For the Future

LMT Associate Publishers Kelly Carr and Laurie Freddino traveled to Louisville, Kentucky for some Southern hospitality and to learn how third- and fourth-generation members of the Steinbock family...

CAD/CAM Exhibitors: a Look at Their Systems and What's Coming Down the Pike

Thanks to the growing popularity and acceptance of CAD/CAM technology, the product landscape is changing rapidly.

Digital Impressions: Eliminating the Weak Link

LMT talks to laboratory owners who are beta testing a new digital impression-taking system.

LMT's Crown Challenge: 228 Technicians and Teams Put Their Expertise to the Test

LMT challenged readers to create a better PFM crown than the nine crowns featured in our Crown Experiment 2007.

The Crown Experiment 2008: Perception is the ONLY Reality

Can technicians and dentists tell the difference between a $25 crown and a $325 crown? The answer, for the most part, is “no!” according to an exclusive LMT research study.