Posted February 1, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Empress has been around for decades now. Ivoclar-Vivadent revolutionized cosmetic dentistry with Empress, along with better bonding systems being used, in the 1990’s. It continues to shine, and be a fantastic option for cosmetic situations. In the CEREC system, the Empress Multiblock is still a go-to block. We use it when a gradual transition of…
Posted January 29, 2018
By Bill Claytor, DDS
“Perfectionism: Friend or Foe?” (This is Part Two of a Three Part Series on Perfectionism in Dentistry) STEP 1: Recognizing Perfectionism Perfectionism affects how one feels, thinks and behaves. In dentistry, how we view the spectrum from “clinically acceptable” to “perfection” is where most of us live clinically on a daily basis. So how…
Posted January 24, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
As great as dental x-rays are today with our high resolution digital sensors or the convenient phosphor plates, they come with MAJOR limitations. Dental x-rays (the typical bite-wings and periapicals) are pretty much the same as they’ve been for 50+ years. The improvements have obviously come in the realms of: greatly reduced x-ray exposure digital…
Posted January 10, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Daniel Vasquez visits Digital Enamel and discusses how his practice runs the digital dream. He has a great story of how it impacts his practice and how he became a dentist. He is living his dream
Posted December 14, 2017
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Get it? “Tooth Hurty”? Ok I’ll stick to dentistry. DS Sirona has been working on an Endo suite for Galileos and I have been dying to try it out, but we are still awaiting the arrival. So for now, I had to come up with a way. Now when I first heard about Endo guide,…
Posted December 12, 2017
By Todd Ehrlich
I’ve been asked about this countless times: what firing peg material do you use? The two most popular peg material for chairside use are Object Fix from Ivoclar Vivadent and Quick Peg from Vita. Yes, there are many others, but these are the most popular for doctors in their office. As you will see in…
Posted December 7, 2017
By Todd Ehrlich
What a great concept for cosmetic makeovers! Have Eddie Corrales come to you! Dentists can schedule one of the premiere CAD/CAM dental ceramists in the world to make their crowns and veneers for a patient while they wait. Utilizing the Digital Smile Design (DSD) concept, he can preplan your case and arrive ready to go!…
Posted December 5, 2017
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Computerized Smile Design is all the rage and I have been dying to take a course. But if you have been 3D printing you know my buddy Cristian Brenes. His Tooth and Pontic Library are legendary in Meshmixer and he has just one upped himself with the Christian Brenes Smile Overlay Library. This…
Posted November 22, 2017
By Todd Ehrlich
We were so happy to finish up this case for this young man. It was many many years in the making for him. He had both teeth knocked out as a child. Both teeth developed ankylosis, and #8 eventually succumbed to external resorption. Both were extracted. After many years of waiting for growth to complete,…
Posted November 15, 2017
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Another 3D printed night guard, but this one had a twist to it. This patient has been missing #9 for 60 years and has always worn a flipper. He has zero desire to restore it and says he can’t sleep without it. Obviously needed a night guard so we made one on top of it!…