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 26, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
I get this question a lot, a lot: What cement do you use for eMax CAD? Well, it depends. It depends on the preparation style and the clinical situation. If the preparation has adequate occlusal reduction and has good mechanical resistance/retention forms, I have no problem with “cementing” with a RMGI (resin modified glass ionomer.) …
Posted July 23, 2018
By Todd Ehrlich
Cracked tooth syndrome of the lower left 2nd molar. Removed the composite and lo and behold, there it was. Kept the margins high and dry. Omnicam, Ivoclar Vivadent Emax and Multilink. The digital workflow can definitely help with going from a simple situation like replacing a composite into an indirect restoration without skipping a…
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…