Gefilte Fish was only something I heard on Rush Hour 2, but apparently its a destroyer of clinical crowns. This patient was eating said dish when he felt his crown come out in his mouth. Silver point end non restorable, but in a hard place, the mandibular second molar. As you know we have…
All I Want For Christmas Is….. Digital Guide/Legacy/Telio CAD Bridge Block/Emax Case
……. a Bentley! Wait.. do you think I was going to say something cheesy like “My Two Front Teeth?” Its like you don’t know me anymore! Lol! Here is an immediate case where we ended up using the Telio CAD bridge block to shape the tissue rather than two individual abutment blocks. #8/9 mobile from…
Video 4: Cerec Guide 2 with InterActive Implants: Design in CEREC
In this video I cover importing into CEREC and how to design a guide!
How To Calibrate the CEREC Omnicam
I review the steps to properly calibrate the Omnicam. You don’t have to calibrate often, but when you do, you want to do it correctly. Our online education platform is awesome! Hundreds of videos that help your day-to-day use of CEREC! Works directly through your Apple or Android devices!
You Never Forget Your First Time: 29-31 Non Guided Case Returns after 7 years!
This was my very first Implant Case Ever! I started placing implants about 7 years ago! This patient left my practice for whatever reason and came back for a cleaning! Lots to learn from this one. Look at that giant flap! I had a buddy with a Galileos help me measure stuff, non guided, Although…
Deuces: Vita Enamic Implant Crowns on Legacy 7mm Implants
Got to try the Vita Enamic IS Implant Blocks today. Definitely impressed. Here is a case I really wish I had done guided. Two Immediate molar implants. Patient returned in 6 months to uncover and restore. Used the DEKA Laser and two TSV 5.7mm Scan Posts: Note the screw hole position. I am definitely…
“Compassion Fatigue: I Have What?”
Dear Dr. Bill Dentistry has always been my passion. Recently, though, I feel emotionally exhausted and irritated by some of my patients, unable to focus, and out of control in so many areas of my life. What’s happening to me? Thanks! Dr. Steve Dear Dr. Steve: I think those of us in the dental…
Shock the Monkey: ELECTROSURGICAL Removal of failing Legacy Implant and Final Bridge
If you do enough implants you will deal with failures. Luckily most are catastrophic, they just fall out of the patient’s head. But sometimes they just don’t want to come out easy. Here is a case where I got to do something I have been dying to do! Remove an implant via electrosurge! So think…
Don’t F with my Lunch Break! RCT/Enamic Crown on #31
Everyone knows I am a big fan of Emax, but you can’t deny the strength and speed of Enamic. I am super excited about trying it on Implants as well. patient came in at 11, and we break for lunch at 12:30 (I take a 1.5 hour lunch still), so I was tempted to just…
Video 3: CEREC Guide 2 with InterActive Implant #30: Galileos Design
In this video I cover whats happens after you design your SSI and how to incorporate that into Galileos. I then cover how to input your D2 and pick another guide sleeve. After I show how to export into CEREC.