Dental Lab Products

I recently had the chance to talk to Dr. Jonathan Ferencz, a prosthodontist in New York City and the scientific chair of an upcoming conference on digital dentistry being held in Orlando, Fla.

Traditional dental labs are today pressured from many sides-in-clinic milling, price competition and regulatory demands all pose serious threats to their future business efforts. Luckily, digital technologies are already providing direct answers to counter these upsetting realities. By going digital, labs can push right back.

Consider these tips for making sure you don't spread let infection spread around your team or, most importantly, to the restorations you're producing for clients and patients.

Being able to quickly print out models, surgical guides, anatomical models, partial denture frameworks and more, can save you valuable time and money.

Roy Dental Lab is a full service lab located in New Albany, Ind., just across the river from Louisville, Ky. The lab is family owned, and was started in 1972. The lab has 11 full-time dental technicians, and 13 total full-time employees.

The first thing you hear of from some colleagues is usually: Why should I press when I’m much faster with the layering technique?

Our case study patient involves a 50-year-old woman whose case required screw-retained implants to create the most functional and esthetically pleasing implant bridge. Often clinicians will ask about procedure for a case of this nature because they would like to better understand protocol.

Whip Mix has announced it will be holding the third annual Survive or Thrive Digital Forum on October 2 and 3 in Louisville, Ken.

The Lab: Sikes Dental Studios is a full-service lab in Charlotte, N.C., specializing in highly esthetic results for a variety of clients who request a variety of solutions. The lab is small with seven full-time technicians, an office manager and a delivery person on staff.

Though the last few years have seen a significant rise in monolithic restorations made out of materials like zirconia and lithium disilicate, there are plenty of labs that still specialize in PFM restorations-and have the esthetic results to make that choice a viable one.

Dr. John Nosti, DMD, shares his insight on innovative products and practices that can streamline your denture process while making it more predictable for the dentist.

In discussing cosmetic cases, a dentist must give special consideration to those that are conducted over long distances. The particular situation we are looking at involves a patient who resides in Florida but used to live in Illinois.

Sterngold has announced a new implant system. The Sterngold Implant System reportedly offers clinicians flexible implant options for stabilizing overdentures and partial dentures.

Delcam has launched the 2014 R2 release of its DentMILL software for the milling of dental implant restorations.

For quite some time, we have been hearing about minimally invasive techniques for the esthetic rehabilitation of the oral cavity. Whether a patient wishes to have stains removed, teeth bleached or the tooth shape and general appearance improved, the range of treatment options is almost unlimited.

Are you ready for a 3D printer?  Here are DLP's top three reasons a 3D printer might be beneficial to you.  

Having issues with difficult employees? Check out DLP's top seven tips for dealing with tricky interpersonal conflicts in the workplace.  

Ryan Johnson Chief Technology Officer of DT Technologies, a Division of Dental Arts Laboratories, Inc.

Bryan Couch, DDS, doesn’t mince words when it comes to his experience with digital impressions and in-office CAD/CAM: “It’s the single most important tool I’ve purchased in 29 years of dentistry.”

Stratasys Ltd., which specializes in 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, is co-sponsoring a coast-to-coast 3D printing road show based out of a recreational vehicle called the “3DRV.” The 3DRV will tour the United States to explore how 3D printing and additive manufacturing are changing the way things are designed and manufactured and the possible implications for business and society at large.   

DPR sat down with Dr. Howard Golan, owner of BIOLASE products, to learn more about how their products are changing the digital workflow. DPR: Why do you feel it’s important to have the best technology in your practice and how do you communicate some of this to your patients?

Strategy Milling©, a division of Atlantic Precious Metal Refining, has unveiled a special Facebook sweepstakes. Currently running on the Strategy Milling Facebook page, the Strategy Milling sweepstakes provides all participants a chance to win three FREE 2% Strategy-milled gold crowns.

Endorsed by the King’s College London Dental Institute, Ivoclar Vivadent recently hosted the International Expert Symposium ‘The Quality of Esthetics’ in London. World-renowned specialists discussed the latest materials and advanced clinical concepts to an audience of 750 delegates.

Roland DGA Corp., a provider of dental CAD/CAM technologies, announced the availability of optional milling burs for the company’s DWX-50 and DWX-4 dental milling machines that allow these devices to mill VITA ENAMIC® hybrid ceramic and 3M™ ESPE™ Lava™ Ultimate CAD/CAM Restorative pin-type blocks.

Whip Mix has introduced Vericore® Gradient Temp Discs for temporary milled restorations. Vericore® Gradient Temp is a multi-layered PMMA material.

At a CAD/CAM media event that took place yesterday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sirona offered a preview of CEREC software 4.3, which will be available July, 1 2014.

The Zenotec select mill is an extensive CAD/CAM system that is comprised of products and services for the entire digital processing chain. 

There are a large variety of in-office scanning systems out in the market and there seems to be little commonality in how digital files are handled by the dental practice. Core3daCADemy aims to help alleviate this confusion.

In the ever-changing world of dental laboratories and technology, D&S Dental Laboratory in Waunakee, Wis., believes it has found the pathway to continued success by incorporating an all-digital strategy.

Dentists and labs looking to deliver durable, esthetic indirect restorations have plenty of options. One such option is to work with Zirlux to deliver highly esthetic, full-contour restorations.