Dental Lab Products

Glidewell Laboratories, an industry-leading provider of dental laboratory products and services, announced the release of BruxZir™ Shaded 16 blocks compatible with CEREC® and inLab

BruxZir™ Anterior is a new entry in the BruxZir® Solid Zirconia product line. This esthetic restorative material is designed specifically to satisfy the esthetic and functional requirements of the anterior region of the mouth.

The CAD/CAM world can be confusing if you don't understand the terminology. Read the top five terms you need to know below:

Expanding its VITA YZ system, VITA has introduced new high translucent YZ discs and blocks, available in both pre-colored and non-colored variations.

Over the past 12 months, the dental lab world has gone through many changes-some good, others much harder. 2014 was a year of accelerated technological growth, providing labs with opportunities that didn’t exist only a few years ago, while also presenting them with competition and challenges that were similarly unthinkable relatively recently.

It was a fantastic gizmo when the sales representative showed it to you. You could hardly wait to bring it online. Everyone was excited in the office. But after a few months, excitement waned, and the gizmo touted to be the next best thing became the next big expensive thing collecting dust in the corner of your practice.

It’s all just ones and zeroes, off and on. It’s just that simple. It’s hard to believe that when a 25-year-old Texas Instruments engineer named Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit, one person’s response was “But what is it good for?” That little integrated circuit, the off or on, the one or zero, gave birth to the digital revolution.

The Hanau, Germany-based dental manufacturer Heraeus Kulzer and the Canadian digital specialist Dental Wings are breaking new ground in CAD/CAM manufacturing.

During the recent IDS meeting in Cologne, Germany, Modern Dental Assistant took a few moments to sit down with Angela (Guanzini) Severance, RDA, CDD, the founder of NinjaDentistry.com and member of the Modern Dental Assistant Editorial Advisory Board.

3Shape was started by two ambitious graduate students, then in their 20s. In less than a decade, it has facilitated major digital breakthroughs that benefit various major industries.

3Shape introduced two new lab scanners, the D2000 and D1000. The scanners are equipped with 4 x 5.0 MP cameras and high-quality mechanics to improve scanning accuracy and new multi-line technology for increased scanning speeds.

3Shape, a global leader in 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, presented the 3Shape X1™, its new four-in-one CBCT scanner at the International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne, Germany.

3D Systems announced it has entered into a multinational distribution agreement with Henry Schein, Inc., the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners. 

It should come as no surprise that the dental lab industry has-and continues to-grow and evolve. From George Washington’s ivory dentures (despite what you heard on the elementary school playground, they were not wooden) to porcelain-fused to metal crowns to today’s all-digital, full-arch cases, the way we do things has constantly grown. Even within the modern CAD/CAM systems, progress continues.

While the technology surrounding dental impressions has come a long way, you may still have some problems with them. This month's list focuses on the top 3 products that can help your dental clients take better impressions.

Heraeus Kulzer recently launched the Pala Digital Denture System, a new and advanced system with technology engineered to allow time savings and digital precision to benefit dental practices and dental laboratories. 

Carestream Dental has partnered with exocad, an OEM dental CAD/CAM software solutions provider, to offer systems integration with the CS Solutions product portfolio.

Several authors over the years have written about the benefits of using processed baseplates as the surest way to present a stable, retentive platform on which to take bite registration records and set denture teeth on for try-in evaluation. Other benefits include providing the exact fit to be expected prior to the finish of the case, and providing a treatment tool to help clinicians illustrate the deficiency or success of treatment expectation to their patient.

I have had the privilege of knowing and learning from Lee Culp, CDT, for the last eight years. It always interests and inspires me to learn how someone achieves so much and becomes known as an expert in his or her field.

Core3dcentres® and VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG have announced that Core3dcentres has been recognized as the only Authorized Milling Center for VITA ENAMIC® across North America.

Roland DGA Corporation has announced a new wet milling dental machine, the DWX-4W, to be exhibited at key dental conferences worldwide beginning in February 2015.

February is here again, which means it's time to think about all the big lab and dental shows coming up in Chicago! In a span of only three days, the Windy City will play host to the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, LMT Lab Day Chicago, the Spectrum Dialogue Techno-Clinical Day and Cal-Lab. 

Keystone Industries, a company specializing in manufacturing dental and pharmaceutical products, has moved its headquarters from Cherry Hill to Gibbstown, New Jersey. 

It can be complicated to keep track of everything happening around your lab. After all, you work hard on the bench top each and every day, providing your clients great esthetics and long-lasting quality-and then you have to run a business and all that comes with that.

Our patient case study is a female, late 20s, with an anterior implant on tooth No. 10, who wanted her case taken care of as soon as possible due to her upcoming wedding.

Completing a 7-unit lower anterior bridge using CAD/CAM scanning equipment requires a variety of detailed steps. Fortunately, today’s modern CAD/CAM systems, such as Sirona’s inLab system, can help speed up and simplify scanning, designing and milling.

A dentist and a lab technician show how to work together to repair a previously failed case.

In this case study, a 70-year-old individual with advanced periodontally involved teeth having class three mobility presented for comprehensive implant restorations.

Sirona Dental, Inc. recently unveiled the inLab MC X5 disc milling unit, a new milling option for dental laboratories. The inLab MC X5, a five-axis milling and grinding machine, is designed to process a variety of material discs and blocks while seamlessly switching between both wet and dry functions. 

Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has improved children's access to dental services, the situation for adults is getting worse, new research states.