Crown and Bridge

Aiham Farah, CDT, shows how he uses Ivoclar's IPS Ivocolor stains and glazes on IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime to create highly esthetic monolithic restorations.

From a life-changing smile makeover to eliminating a patient's TMJ pain, here are 12 of our readers' standout cases from the past year.

See how Yuki Momma, RDT, uses Ivoclar's IPS e.max ZirCAD prime to create an esthetic smile for a patient with bruxism.

Duckee Lee, CDT, shares a three-unit, anterior monolithic bridge his laboratory fabricated using Sagemax's NexxZr+ Multi.

Advice—provided exclusively by LMT’s 2019 Display Advertisers—on everything from 3D printing to zirconia.

In February, Ivoclar Vivadent launched IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime, a next-generation all-ceramic. With a flexural strength of 1,200MPa, it’s touted as a one-disc solution because it’s ideal for all indications, from single crowns to 14-unit bridges.

The material is produced using a proprietary...

For more than a decade, LMT has been tracking the shift from metal to metal-free in the C&B specialty. LMT’s C&B Caseload Survey takes a peek inside the casepans of hundreds of laboratories

Bonus: Video Tour! The 850-sq-ft space was a mess, with holes in the walls, rolled up carpeting and wires hanging everywhere, but Phil Smith could see its potential for his one-man C&B laboratory.

Over the last half century, Dickerman Dental Prosthetics has made many changes, but one thing has remained the same: at age 83, Founder Myron Dickerman still comes to the laboratory every day.

Luke Kahng, CDT, explains his technique for matching a custom shade for a female patient in her mid-30s who needed a new crown for tooth #8 and was specifically concerned with the esthetics and color of her smile.

Using his Scoop Technique with IPS e.max Press MT from Ivoclar Vivadent, Rafael Santrich, CDT, restores teeth with the natural value, chroma and translucency demanded in the anterior region.

DTG celebrates the sharing of knowledge and techniques among its members to enhance everyone’s skills. This philosophy was palpable at the second annual DTG Symposium in August, which included the first ever World Mixed Dental Arts Championship competition.

When Massoudah Faiz opened her C&B laboratory in Atlanta a decade ago, she made working chairside a core part of her business model. Currently, she works chairside for 70% of her cases.

Nearly three quarters of respondents to LMT’s exclusive 2014 Wage Survey have taken cost-cutting measures related to personnel in the last two years, citing unpredictable workflows, pricing pressure from dentists and other low-cost labs, and an increase in business costs.

Zirkonzahn’s Georg Walcher, MDT, offers his step-by-step technique for rehabilitating an edentulous patient with implants and fixed Zirconia Prettau Bridges.

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