Dental Lab Products-2011-11-01

March 21, 2012

01. How does the company approach its goal of creating efficient and productive products that are esthetic and reliable for patients? We believe the key is to maintain an ongoing, open dialogue with both of our key customer groups: dental labs and dental practices. We must constantly ask how our and our competitors’ products are meeting their needs, and what we can do to improve their ability to provide the best possible patient care.

March 21, 2012

It’s not as if change is a new thing to the dental laboratory industry. Innovation and embracing new materials, techniques and technologies always have been a part of running a successful dental lab business. However, the pace of that change seems to be continually accelerating, and labs need to constantly adjust to keep up.

March 21, 2012

Designed for use in full-contour situations, highly translucent Prettau® Zirconia can be used in conjunction with a specialized coloring system to create esthetic, implant-supported bridges.

March 21, 2012

When creating restorations using pressable ceramics with the cut-back and layering technique, dental laboratory ceramists have traditionally cut-back and layered the buccal aspect of the restoration.

March 21, 2012

Recent developments and enhancements to the components of the solution allow Delcam to offer a complete implantology system. The system includes the tools and software needed through the complete process. It supports the design of custom abutments to implant bridges and dental bars with a management system to track each stage of the process.

March 21, 2012

The Lab Orville Sadler, CDT, is the head technician at Bastrop Denture and Implant Center in Bastrop, Texas. His two-person lab fabricates dentures for one doctor. The lab portion of the clinic does 15 to 20 dentures a day. Sadler has been at the clinic for 6 years and a lab technician for 41 years. The Product

March 21, 2012

Everyone in the dental field knows that the single central is the most difficult to match. The case premise will always revolve around color and design as well as material selection. If we select the right materials, we will be able to successfully create an esthetically pleasing case for our patient. The amount of room we are allowed for our porcelain build-up will have a great deal to do with the final outcome of the case, as well. Allowance must be made for translucency and opacity as well as the facial thickness of the porcelain.

March 21, 2012

There may be a “cool factor” that gets some people excited about new technologies, but CAD/CAM systems are business tools designed to make dental labs more efficient and productive. Taking something once done physically and moving it into a virtual environment can offer practical benefits to many labs. But if you aren’t marketing around your new capabilities and efficiencies, you’re not going to be maximizing your investment.

March 21, 2012

Advances in technology continue to improve and change the way we live our day-to-day lives. These advances also have significantly impacted the dental industry.