Posted January 15, 2020
By August de Oliveira, DDS
This was a super easy case that was made even easier using the VHF mill and the new Implant Direct Smart Base system of ti bases. Placed contour healer 3 weeks ago. Tissue still maturing so maybe should have left another week. As you may or may not know the contour healers are engaging…
Posted January 13, 2020
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I am going to start by saying that this is in no way a perfect case, but I did the best with what I had. Patient broke off #7, and I think most would say that the best treatment was cold steel, sunshine and a little titanium supplement. Planned the case for a CEREC…
Posted January 7, 2020
By August de Oliveira, DDS
So, with a bit of sadness, this is my last case at the Brighterway Clinic. If you have been following my posts, I have been volunteering at Brighterway which is a dental clinic associated with a homeless shelter in Phoenix, AZ. The clinic also helps low income vets, battered women, and the working poor. …
Posted January 4, 2020
By Brandon O’Donnell
Vita has hit a home run with this material! Vita Suprinity: a high strength (541 MPa), zirconia-reinforced glass ceramic. What is the deal with this material? Is it a gimmick, here to stay, a real player in same day dentistry? We have been playing with this material off and on in our office for a…
Posted January 3, 2020
By Todd Ehrlich
The CEREC PrimeScan has been out for about a year! Time flies! It is like a race car with unbelievable horsepower! However, the driver sometimes doesn’t know how to manage the horsepower! This video goes over some key points in the utilization of the CEREC PrimeScan and how to make better models. This…
Posted January 2, 2020
By August de Oliveira, DDS
If you know me, one of my biggest idols in Dentistry is Dr Jerry Niznick, the Godfather of modern implant dentistry. If you are not familiar with Dr Niznick he brought us the internal connection implant, founded Implant Direct, and more or less single handedly brought implantology to GPs. So I was honored and…
Posted December 30, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
When I first started doing hybrids, many were getting different types of metal bars and added teeth and acrylic gums by waxing them up on a model and then processing them, just like a denture. This type of y rid is called a “wraparound” as the acrylic completed covered the bar. When Zirconia hybrids…
Posted December 20, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
I’ve heard the term “prototyping” thrown around the 3D Printed Hybrid world a lot and, at fist, I thought it was just a fancy term for a temp used by those who wanted to sound important. But as I got more experience in Digital Hybrids, I realized its an actual bonafide word! In…
Posted December 19, 2019
By Todd Ehrlich
This was a fun case that had a big surprise after completion! We systematically replaced a number of older restorations over the course of a year. We used the CEREC system with PrimeScan and Ivoclar Vivadent’s eMax CAD ceramics. About a year later the patient had an accident and broke one of the centrals.…
Posted December 18, 2019
By August de Oliveira, DDS
Here is yet another case the reminds me that I need to practice what I preach more. Patient came in with #5 fractured and wanted 3 implants, should have done guided but did it free hand instead. As a result of #4 was a little off axis, so the perfect case for custom abutments. I…