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…
Posted June 25, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I debated posting this case as its not super difficult, but who the hell wants that? I know the landscape has changed for GPs and implants over the last 5 years or so as more and more of us are seeing what a great addition and big benefit to our patients this is. But I…
Posted June 22, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I posted on Dental Hacks an offer from a lab software company, Evident Labs, offering to take any scan from any IOS whether its CEREC, Itero, 3Shape, Carestream etc and design a restoration for $2.50 per tooth. There were some responses from dentists that were curious about it. But I would say that the majority…
Posted June 21, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I have to first start by saying that I absolutely hate lingual retainers. But you know what I hate the most about them? Bending wires! Here is a patient that had her braces off and I could just not talk her into an essix style retainer and unfortunately, she know I was into printing and…
Posted June 20, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Got a new toy! Evodent has been really taking the lab world by storm and are hoping to appeal to the Doctor market with the new Evodent 120 DLP Printer. Not a bad deal at $12,000 which INCLUDES a light box and ultrasonic cleaning station. I have been pretty vocal in telling docs that 95%…
Posted May 23, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I just got a new toy!! The Evodent E120 printer! If you follow my stuff you know that I am a huge fan of the Moonray and Form 2 printers. For about 95% of what we do in dentistry these printers are workhorses and at under $4K, you can’t disagree with the price . But…
Posted April 12, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
One of the reasons that draws GPs to Guided Surgery is fear of running into a nerve. Here is a case where we are pretty close to the mandibular nerve. Scanned both the upper and the lower. The patient is a cigar smoker, hence the white film and yes, I told him to quit. Dentiq…
Posted April 11, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is a 30 minute video on everything you need to know to get started making your own aligners!
Posted April 9, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is another case done with Archform, the $50 per case, in office aligner software. If you saw my last case, I really only recommend this software for those familiar with Ortho and aligner therapy. Scanned in CEREC Ortho and exported as an STL. Class I Molar and Canine, just a little crowded. Typical…
Posted April 5, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Ok, so I have to eat my words a bit. I had posted and taught that printers above an XY resolution of 60 microns could not print dies or analog models and they were only good for guides, ortho, night guards and dentures. Whelp, I am wrong folks. The CEO of Moonray and I grabbed…
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