Posted March 15, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Chairside zirconia is on the MOVE! Just think where it was a couple of years ago! We didn’t have options on materials. Today, the material options are moving fast and rumors abound regarding newer multilayered zirconias! I review the four current zirconia blocks and their characteristics. Dr. Greg Campbell also discusses his…
Posted March 13, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
We have a comprehensive bur setup for zirconia and your ceramics. More efficient and a better value.
Posted February 24, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Dental lasers have come a long way. Convergent Dental’s Solea Laser is the fastest selling laser in the USA. Because of it’s 9.3 micron frequency, it is perfectly balanced for hydroxyapatite. The light literally vaporizes enamel. Anesthesia is not even needed in many situations.
Posted February 22, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Ran out of A3 Katana blocks so here is a case I sent out using ExoCAD and Alien Milling. Open contact 14/15 decay around all teeth, did some heroics on #15. Sent to Alien at $39 a unit without stating, just milled and sintered. #13 is elongated bossily to jump a cross bite. Cemented…
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 20, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Having completed many one-day cosmetic makeovers for my patients, and having it done to me as well, the one thing I hear more often than not is: “I don’t want to go through the temporary stage.” Like it or not, our patients do not want to have provisionals. Can provisionals be helpful? Of course, but…
Posted February 20, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Free Crown Friday is something that Alien Milling Center will be doing every Friday in 2018!! Last Friday I posted that they would be doing a free crown with their Alien Zirconia and sinter it for you. You need to have either a lab scanner or a chaired cad cam system and a way…
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…
Posted February 15, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
This case is certainly not the prettiest, but I wanted to play with NT Trading’s Scan Post, Reusable Lab Analog and it ti base on another Alien Milling el cheapo case. Spoiler Alert: Meh. Could I have done this chair side? Absolutely. But just wanted to see the difference is esthetics between CEREC Zirocnia and…
Posted February 7, 2018
By August de Oliveira, DDS
A lot of us are anxiously waiting to get our hands on the Katana blocks coming out in March which are multi colored Zirconia which supposedly has translucency similar to Emax. Todd and I were at the IDS in 2017 where they announced it. 30 minutes in the speed fire. About 750 Mpa compared to…