Posted September 20, 2018
By Brandon O’Donnell
This case is a perfect example of gaining the patient’s trust by showing them how well and how quickly things can be done using a digital workflow. This patient presented with a failing 3 unit bridge #18 – #20. He previously had another provider place an implant in the number #19 area which failed, hence…
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 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 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 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…
Posted March 30, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Single centrals can be tough, but throw in the fact that it is an implant, and it can be even more complicated! In my opinion, one of the more difficult things can be the tissue. We are always very careful to discuss with the patient that the tissue may never be symmetrical, or as full…
Posted February 21, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is another case where we got to use Emax on a 3D Printed analog model. Non restorable #30 extracted placed a 7mm legacy and grafted around it with MFDBA. Scanned with a Sirona scan post to make the crown and an NT Trading scan post so that we can make the model in…
Posted February 19, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Alan Mead from Dental Hacks Nation fame as a running joke about Digital Enamel changing its name to Analog Dentin, so I have two cases this week where we made 3D Printed Analog Models to celebrate the cheese! Implant Direct now has both a line of Scan Bodies and matching analogs that correspond to the…
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