Posted February 11, 2019
By Todd Ehrlich
I review the overall look and workflow of the Prime Scan and CEREC 5.0 combination. The workflow is greatly reduced because more data allows many applications to become automated. I will do a more detailed review in upcoming videos. This is a good overview of the two working together.
Posted February 4, 2019
By Todd Ehrlich
Dentsply Sirona has done it yet again. The Prime Scan is the fastest most accurate intra oral scanner to date. With new scanning technology, it is the ultimate in scanning. I review the entire process in this short video.
Posted January 23, 2019
By Brandon O’Donnell
CUSTOM HEALING ABUTMENTS MAKE SENSE One of the most difficult things to do in dentistry is deliver an implant crown. Most people use a healing abutment that is not contoured like the natural tooth that was once in the tissue. Stock healing abutments leave a straight cylinder most of the time making it difficult…
Posted January 3, 2019
By Todd Ehrlich
Check out our new class that is all about doing less! That is… less tooth reduction! We will cover varying prep designs and do a lot of hands-on preparations. Owning CEREC is NOT a requirement! We will use them to scan to some degree, but do not worry about that if you are not familiar…
Posted November 12, 2018
By Cindy Barbee
One of our patients needed her old porcelain fused to metal crown replaced after a root canal. This is an excellent opportunity to jazz up the esthetics, especially after bleaching. How many times have you seen this where they bleached years after a PFM was placed??!! Picking the right shade is important, but also a…
Posted November 12, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
If you’ve followed this website, you have seen a lot of partial coverage restorations by me. I am very conservative in my decisions on when to “cover” cusps or where to leave margins. After completing thousands of partial coverage restorations, the hard guidelines that we tend to follow don’t always seem to be of importance.…
Posted November 6, 2018
By Brandon O’Donnell
This case is a great example of using analog and digital dentistry together to make a huge impact in a patient’s life. Duration of this case was 3.5 years as we started the process while keeping the end result in mind. Not a single drop of impression material was used on the restorative side of…
Posted October 29, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I really am loving the low cost printers from a company with a funny name, Phrozen. This is the 3rd printer I have bought from them and, although I am sticking to my guns on getting a Moonray or Form 2 for a production, dental office printer, I may change my tune with this one,…
Posted October 24, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Ok I got some more resin from Apply Lab Works for the Form 2. This retails for $70 vs $150 from Formlabs. When you are printing a 40 model aligner case, that adds up quick! The Moonray resin is working perfectly, so I am super excited about that. I tested the tan and the gray.…
Posted October 18, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Doing aligners in house has been great for my practice and my patients. I’ve lowered my aligner fees by $1800 which was what I was paying Invisalign. But there are a lot of models to print and model resin is between $150 and $200 a liter or about $3-5 a model. I’ve experimented with less…