If you know me, one of my biggest idols in Dentistry is Dr Jerry Niznick, the Godfather of modern implant dentistry. If you are not familiar with Dr Niznick he brought us the internal connection implant, founded Implant Direct, and more or less single handedly brought implantology to GPs. So I was honored and…
Whats Old is New Again: Metal Frame PMMA Overlay Hybrid on Metal Bar from a CEREC Primescan Image
When I first started doing hybrids, many were getting different types of metal bars and added teeth and acrylic gums by waxing them up on a model and then processing them, just like a denture. This type of y rid is called a “wraparound” as the acrylic completed covered the bar. When Zirconia hybrids…
Rapid Prototyping: Using “Prototypes” for quick lost cost changes in a Digital Hybrid with the EnvisionOne
I’ve heard the term “prototyping” thrown around the 3D Printed Hybrid world a lot and, at fist, I thought it was just a fancy term for a temp used by those who wanted to sound important. But as I got more experience in Digital Hybrids, I realized its an actual bonafide word! In…
VHF is No Beta: Milled titanium abutments and Emax on the VHF Z4 with Trios
Here is yet another case the reminds me that I need to practice what I preach more. Patient came in with #5 fractured and wanted 3 implants, should have done guided but did it free hand instead. As a result of #4 was a little off axis, so the perfect case for custom abutments. I…
No More Rolling The Dice With Digital Hybrids: Face Scans, Photogrammetry and Trios scans on Hybrids
You may or may not have read some of my previous posts, but I have been volunteering at a clinic that serves the homeless and low income families and Vets called Brighterway. Been doing it for about 6 months and the goal was to try to figure out what was the best way to go…
Coloring Is Fun!! Multi Color 3D Printed Hybrids on the Envisiontec One from Primescan Images
Got to work with a great surgeon, Dr Vivian Roknian on this Primescan hybrid case!! The more of these I do, the more I learn from past mistakes, so from the get go we took lots of pre op pics and two iPhone Face Scans on the Bellus 3D app. As you can…
Over Doing it? Primescan Overdenture with Removable Bite
At Brighterway we treat the homeless and low income vets with full mouth implants. Sometimes they are temporized with a converted denture, which is fixed. But depending on the stability of the implants, we sometimes give the patient located over dentures, which have a full palate and the lowers are extended to…
Mill and Chill: Milled Titanium and Emax with the VHF Z4 and Trios on a Legacy 2 Implant!
Here is another fun case with the Trios/VHF Z4 Chairside set up I am testing for Patterson. While I never personally had an issue with ti bases debonding, many are a little wary as ti bases are short and really don’t have much in the way of ferrule. A number of digital docs are…
How The Other Half Mills: Trios and VHF chairside CADCAM system
So I think you all know that I am a big CEREC fan, but I was given the opportunity from Patterson to test out the new complete VHF Z4/Trios Chairside system, and well, color me impressed! Those of us who like to embrace tech outside our comfort zone have heard the judgmental tone of opinionated…
Converting to the Imetric System: Dual all Digital Hybrids with 3Shape and Imetric Scans from Burbank Dental
One of the goals about me volunteering at Brighterway (a dental clinic that serves a homeless clinic as well as treats low income vets and families) is to work out a full digital workflow for hybrids. To date the literature is almost non existent on if we can get hybrids to fit off of a…