Restorations

Digital Captek: a New, Easier Way to Fabricate Captek Restorations

Rob Teachout, BS, CDT, shares the step-by-step technique for using Argen's new digital service for high-strength, Digital Captek restorations.

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...

Proper Shading On Straumann's CAD/CAM Zirconia Material

Both zirconia and metal lack fluorescent qualities, which we should attempt to re-create when restoring the oral cavity with fixed prosthetic restorations. When applying porcelain to a zirconia or metal coping or framework, it is helpful to use a porcelain material that has fluorescent properties to...

Industry Fees Reflect Sluggish Economic Recovery

The majority of respondents to LMT's 2012 Fee Survey are delaying fee increases in the face of price-cutting competition and declining caseloads.

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...

Titanium: Standardized Techniques For Success

By knowing your product and standardizing your techniques—and sticking to them—you can be successful in processing titanium restorations.

Going Digital: 3D Data Capture For the Fabrication of Titanium Frameworks

The NextSmile virtual technique and service offers laboratories a labor-saving way to fabricate custom-milled titanium frameworks.

From the Series: The Way I See It

Who Says You Can't Do It All?

How about a round of applause for one- to three-person laboratory owners? With almost another decade to go before many of these operators feel "the calling" to retire, they are still very much engaged in the here and now and are clearly living the well-disciplined, well-balanced life. Bravo. The results...

While Many Training Programs Struggle, KCC Sees Rise in Enrollment

Once in jeopardy of closing, Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA, is thriving and has even added an evening program to accommodate its waiting list of students.

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: 87 Partials in 20 Hours: Annual Labor of Love For Connecticut Lab

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.

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

Automation, Recession Fuels Full Contour Revolution

We used to associate CAD/CAM with zirconia but, today, almost any product you want to make can be envisioned through CAD/CAM--whether it's the entire product or part of the product," said Don Cornell, Vice President of Jensen Dental, during his program, Critical Considerations for Integrating a CAD/CAM...

How to Combine All-Ceramic Anterior and PFM Posterior Restorations For Seamless Esthetics

Russell DeVreugd shows how to blend pressed restorations with PFMs.

New Players, New Materials Join the Digital Revolution

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

Case Study By Michael Morris and Dr. Fred Arnold: Teamwork is the Key to Matching Single Central

Michael Morris and Dr. Fred Arnold, Lexington Smiles, Lexington, KY

Case Study: Teamwork is the Key to Matching Single Central

Michael Morris and Dr. Fred Arnold, Lexington Smiles, Lexington, KY

How to Create Vitality in Zirconia Restorations

This case study- co-authored with Andrew Maples and Heather Crouch- exemplifies the vital results that can be achieved using the latest CAD/CAM technology and a new-generation zirconia material.

How to Fabricate An Esthetic Porcelain- To-Titanium Restoration

Luke 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.

Dentsply Partners With Chinese Laboratory to Offer Restorations to U.S. Laboratory Customers

Dentsply partners with Chinese laboratory to offer restorations to U.S. laboratory customers.

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.

CAD/CAM Technology: How to Maximize the Lab-to-Lab Partnership

More than 80% of laboratories offer CAD/CAM-fabricated restorations and nearly two-thirds of them outsource the understructures to another laboratory. LMT talks to these laboratory owners about how to get the most predictable, consistent results.

How to Buy CAD/CAM Scanners & Milling Systems

Nearly 50% of respondents to a recent LMT e-survey say they plan to invest in some type of cad/cam equipment within the next five years. If you're one of them, but are daunted by the options and don't know where to start, LMT's done your homework for

CAD/CAM Technology: Implementation and Training Strategies

Once you've selected a CAD/CAM scanner or milling system, phase two is implementing the equipment into production and training your technicians.

How to Prevent Fractures in Zirconia-Based Restorations

>Dennis Ouye, CDT addresses the importance of proper design and structural support. Fractures in ceramic restorations have always been a challenge for technicians. Traditionally, they were caused by the lack of strength of feldspathic ceramic and insufficient bonding to the tooth. While newer,...

New Healthcare Law Includes Excise Tax On Restorations

The NADL’s analysis of the new healthcare legislation reveals a 2.3% excise tax applicable to the selling price of completed dental restorations.

How to Prevent Chipping in Zirconia Restorations

UCLA's Dr. Ed McLaren discusses his extensive experience with porcelain-to-zirconia restorations and how to minimize chipping.

Lab On Wheels Delivers One-Hour Restorations

Tom Jacobs, MobileLab Technologies, Hendersonville, NC, brings his services right to his clients’ doorsteps via his mobile laboratory—a completely self-contained lab in a 2007 Dodge 2500 Sprinter van.