Posted October 26, 2017
By Todd Ehrlich
What you leave behind is really what matters in the long run. eMax CAD has proven to be the “sweet spot” of dental ceramics with it’ excellent esthetics, strength, and longevity. Combine it with CEREC and you have an amazing way to restore teeth: a great material with a great one-visit process. This crown was…
Posted June 19, 2017
By Todd Ehrlich
I’ve always been “aggressively conservative” when it comes to tooth preparation. While the marginal axial preparation is more than what we need today for emax CAD and zirconia, this was required for Empress CAD. I presented this particular case at the ADA meeting in 2007 and a couple of doctors in the audience told me…
Posted February 6, 2017
By Todd Ehrlich
Root fractures can happen with rigid posts, and flexible posts as well. This happened here. Luckily there was not much pain associated with it, and was just loose. (I, personally, know how this feels! I just had one of my own teeth have the same thing happen!) The tooth was extracted by my OMS and…