Posted August 28, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
It may still be Monday in the states but it is Tuesday in Kyoto and I have some serious jet lag, so here is a post that has three things that I am excited about in 3D tech right now: Digital Outsourcing, 3D Printing, and some cool variations on zirconia or as some say “Zirkonia”.…
Posted August 26, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Had an interesting case. Not because it was a digital denture, but the circumstances behind them. This patient has had no teeth for 20 years!!!!! Yes since 1998. I asked him what he ate and “All foods, never had a problem, just want some teeth to look good.” Well, OK then. Are big challenge is…
Posted August 24, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
So this is a funny story. We as dentists may not be familiar with a primarily lab focussed company DOF. DOF sells and makes mills, lab scanners, face scanners and distributes ExoCAD. I have had a slew of digital dentures and wanted to try out their scanners with my cases, so they generously let me…
Posted August 22, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I really like the idea of designing my own night guards, but if you have ever tried it, the reality of it really sucks. If adjusting the occlusion on one crown in CEREC gets your heart pumping, try a full arch with a guard. Well Evolve Dentistry has come out with a service of $15…
Posted August 10, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I like Valplast partials. I don’t enjoy adjusting them though. Enter Arfona. The r.Pod is a FDM (Hot Glue Gun on steroids) 3D Printer that can print in 2 different materials. Up until now we have been limited by very brittle and weak materials using resin based printers. But FDM can print anything, wood, concrete…
Posted August 9, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Digital Dentures are sort of an oxymoron. You can’t take a digital intra oral scan, as the soft tissue of the cheek and buccal vestibule keep moving and are hard to image. So we need to take impressions and either pour them up and scan or scan the PVS impression material. Alginate is a great…
Posted August 8, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is a case that shows off 2 things that I am jealous of CEREC InLab users: Katana bridge blocks or pucks and 3D printed die models (aka Geller Models). This patient had an implant fail on her and wanted nothing to do with titanium, so we went with a bridge. She had decay all…
Posted August 7, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is a finished case I wanted to show highlighting a few labs out there that can really help you deliver high quality restorations and a really great price. Labs can use pucks instead of blocks and as a result, their cost per unit is much less than ours. We printed a guide using Dentiq…
Posted July 31, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
If you have read some of my 3D printing stuff you know I really like a 3D Printer called the Phrozen Make. I know, cue the “Let it Go” GIFs! The Make can print at 50 microns, which is what we need for dies and implant analog models. The Form2 and the Moonray, which are…
Posted July 19, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Its funny, I really hate dentures, but I have really wanted to try a digital denture. Well lo and behold this patient came in. Took upper and lower alginates and had my buddy Jesse Flor scan them for me as my Shining was out, but you could also do this in CEREC. fullcontour.com is a…