There are things one never forgets from dental school. Two of the things that resonate the most with me are as follows: “You never regret the patient you don’t treat” and “The hardest thing in dentistry is crowning a single central incisor.” The first comment I really take to heart typically after exhausting all effort…
Get Started With CEREC Anteriors
It can be scary doing your first few anterior restorations with CEREC. There are so many roadblocks that we’ve put on ourselves about anterior restorations! Dentists are the experts of dental anatomy! You can do it! Just set it up properly and go in with the right attitude! CEREC veneers and…
Ivoclar Vivadent Launches Tetric CAD
Tetric CAD is a new hybrid ceramic-resin. It is mainly ceramic in volume with a resin matrix and touts the highest biflexural strength of all resin-ceramics: 272mPa. It will come in an HT and MT lines. Because of its resin nature, it mills extremely well and fast. Best of all, it is easily polished. Ivoclar…
Empress MultiYear
Empress has been around for decades now. Ivoclar-Vivadent revolutionized cosmetic dentistry with Empress, along with better bonding systems being used, in the 1990’s. It continues to shine, and be a fantastic option for cosmetic situations. In the CEREC system, the Empress Multiblock is still a go-to block. We use it when a gradual transition of…