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Articles

Ellen Gambardella explains how she uses Wonderfill from Dental Creations to make perfect dental models.

Technique: Pouring better models with Wonderfill

The JUVORA Dental Disc is a high performance polymer that can be used in metal-free prosthetics.

Primotec announces new partnership—with a new material option

Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

And for the dental industry, they represent a slice of science fiction, seemingly come to life.

10 things you need to know about 3D printing

Luke S. Kahng is an accomplished lab technician, specializing in high-end ceramic restorations. Luke has served on several major dental journal boards as a contributing member. Luke invented the Chairside Shade Guide: Volumes 1 and 2 and then expanded the offering to a unique ceramic shade guide system named the Seasons of Life Selection. He is owner and President of his own lab, LSK121 Oral Prosthetics, located in Naperville, IL. He has published over 100 articles in major national dental publications.

We can produce restorations at a more predictable level with less cost than we were able to in the past, and, as an added bonus, the product is better! It is another option available to us and, many say, the wave of the future.

Luke Kahng on using milled titanium to make a great restoration

With a new chimney height option of 5.5 mm, the Variobase for Crown can be customized down to a height of 3.5 mm, a design choice intended to ensure an ideal restorative solution for the patient

Two new additions to the Variobase Abutment line enable improved implant treatment options

Tom Zaleske is the owner of Matrix Dental Laboratory in Crown Point, Ind., and has more than 25 years of experience in removable prosthodontics. He regularly lectures on providing high-quality service to dentists and, most importantly, to their patients. He can be reached at

Taking advantage of a highly ignored fabrication and marketing tool.

Technique How to create esthetic denture shade guides

The first step is the first office visit at the first inkling that a CRP (cast removable partial) is necessary.

Technique Mastering removable partials

These temporaries are often needed for anywhere from two weeks to a year or more so strong and durable provisional materials are necessary to keep the restoration stable so the patient can function in the meantime.

The Future of Millable Materials is Here

But none of this would have been possible if millable materials hadn’t evolved along with the equipment technology. Since the advent of CAD/CAM, the results have only been as good as the materials that are used.

The Evolution of Dental Materials

Ryan Hamm is the former Editorial Director for Dental Products Report and Digital Esthetics.

Nobel Biocare has long been one of the leaders of dental implantology-in fact, they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of P-I Brånemark’s first implant patient this year.
We recently spoke with Joe Day, their Vice President of Marketing for North America at Nobel Biocare, about the history of the company since Brånemark’s landmark case, how Nobel Biocare works well with labs, what's happening in the dental implant world and more

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