Posted May 30, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is another all digital, model and jig free case from Brighterway!! As I may have mentioned in previous posts, I have been volunteering at Brighterway which is a clinic that helps the homeless, low income vets and the working poor. They have 5 Trios scanners, a Carbon Printer and a Ceramill system from Amanngirbach.…
Posted May 23, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I was super excited to get my Primescan, then equally disappointed when I realized they did not get FDA approval within the CEREC software to make screw retained crowns on the TSV (Tapered Screw Vent by Zimmer) Sirona ti bases which are compatible with a number of implants including the Implant Direct Legacy line which…
Posted May 20, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is another charity case at Brighterway that went really well! Patient had implants done by Dr Joe Mehranfar at Brighterway Live, where you can learn how to do All on 4s, Sinus lifts and basic implants live on patients. Used Liquid Dam to help stitch the arch and took a pre preparation scan on…
Posted May 13, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
The world of all digital, model free Hybrids is a bit like the Wild West these days. First, there is almost zero literature on the subject. Second we have docs that do it every day, and docs on the sidelines with there arms cross s=telling you you can’t do it. It doesn’t work. Its not…
Posted May 8, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Wow, this case was cool!! Edentulous upper, partial on the lower. Planned in Dentiq Guide, with a printed guide. Left the teeth on the right to anchor and free handed these and his uppers. Use a bunch of Legacy 2s also on the upper and will screwed on MUAs after healing and the new Implant…
Posted April 24, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I have been volunteering about once a week at the Brighterway Institute in Phoenix where we treat the homeless, low income Vets and the working poor. You know me so, I gotta put a digital spin on any dentistry I do. This patient needed #19 and 20 out due to a lot of infection…
Posted April 23, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
We have so many really big cases at Brighterway, if you are not familiar, its a dental clinic that caters to those in the homeless shelter, the working poor and low income veterans. Dr Joe Mehrenfar, residents and some full time docs take care of this awesome population. Brigherterway hosts implant…
Posted April 18, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
If you have been seeing anything that I have posted over the last few weeks you may have picked up that I have been doing some volunteer days at a clinic located in a homeless shelter in Phoenix called Brighterway. Brighterway delivers dentistry to the homeless, low income Vets and the working poor. I have…
Posted April 15, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is a case that didn’t go as planned, but we are still going to end up with a good result. Patient presented with two implants in the #24,25 spot with some bone loss. These were placed out of the country and upon unscrewing, seemed to be kinda Zimmer. Obviously too close together and not…
Posted April 9, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I know a lot of people that really like ‘Screw-mentable” restorations. I just feel like a moron saying “Screw-mentable.” But in a nutshell, in implants we have cemented restorations, with the drawback of having to clean up cement sub gingival. On the flip side with have screw retained crowns, no cement, but if we have…