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Digital Workflow to fit a Crown under a Partial Denture
Fitting a crown to an existing partial denture can be challenging. The following demonstrates digital and hybrid workflows that allow for a seamless product that fits well. Take a scan of the upper, lower and bite without the denture in and before you prep the tooth. Send the scan. 2. Scan the upper, lower and…
nutooth’s Latest Offering: Straumann Custom Abutment and FCZ Crown
If you have a digital intraoral scanner, the benefits of using nutooth have just improved. Schell’s modeless service, nutooth, is pleased to offer a quick turnaround option for Straumann users. Send a digital impression of an implant retained posterior crown to nutooth and you will receive the custom abutment and final full contour zirconia crown…
3Shape Launches 3Shape Unite
Attention all 3Shape Trios users. You may have noticed that the functionality of your 3Shape Trios has changed after the latest update. The update includes 3Shape Unite, overview below. In anticipation of this update, if not yet completed, we highly recommend you sit down with your team and review the following very SHORT Youtube videos.…
How to export your STL files from Intraoral Scanners
Sometimes accessing your STL file is necessary for implant planning or printing of models. Here is a step-by-step instruction manual to export those files from most IOS’s. Trios From the home page Click on CASES Search for the patient Open patient case Right click on the case you want to export Click on EXPORT and …
Chairside Milling vs nutooth Workflow
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‘Don’t Throw it Away’
Imagine that every employee who leaves due to a level of low job satisfaction (lack of opportunities, low recognition, toxic culture), walks out the door on their last day and drops the equivalent of six months of their annual salary into a waste basket… It’s your money, your cost, your profitability. Hard to swallow? Well,…
My Journey as a C.D.A. into the World of Digital Impressions
As a CDA , I would like to share my experience with you of how my lab introduced me to the world of Digital Impression Systems and supported me through to a completely modeless digital workflow. Impressions are an important part of the skills learned in school. Conventional impressions with PVS and pouring them up…
COVID-19 – Unintended Consequences & Opportunities
Happy New Year! Two years ago, the CDA board commissioned a major study on the future of dentistry (Canadian Dentistry - 2032. It measured the current reality (2018) and then reached out 20 years, urging the industry to recognize both threats and opportunities articulated within four ‘Vision Statements’. Then March 2020. Ironically, the pandemic rendered…
Digital PRE-PREP Impressions – WHY?
In a digital workflow for restorations, as dental technicians, we work directly on the scan from the patient. We rely 100% on the data provided and if the data provided is corrupted due to improper scan technique or interference during occlusal registration, we are unable to complete an accurate restoration based on that inaccurate data.…