No air compressor. Tool cooling is managed by a propeller on the tool ring which spins as fast as the tool to provide downdraft and cool the tool. Will take the third party toolmakers a while to copy that design, so they'll probably make their money back in tooling.
Not sure I agree with the...
I'll hop on to say that the Novoloc inserts are made of PEEK and has a melting temp of around 343C, so unlike the nylon housings they should survive the boiling process, that said, they have a slit in them and acrylic will force its way in there if you don't block it out... thats why they made...
Cost of crowns is a good analogy. Lab bills went down, cost to patient went up. Hmmmm2
So when you see 30k to the clinician, your 3 seems unfair when you look at the work involved from both parties. To position yourself to charge more and be seen as worth it, you have to become a more integral...
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The ones I listed are comparable, pros and cons based on what you're doing, support (direct or through resellers) As was mentioned, Datron has less of a presence in Dental machines now
I think it’s a good machine, but I would consider it a medium size machine, not in the same class as the...
In terms of accuracy, there's no beating the big industrial machines. Röders, Willemin-Macodel, DMG, Datron, etc. They all have dental specific applications. They ain't cheap but you get what you pay for. There's a reason all of these machines are huge, its hard to stay stable and repeatable...
Can't speak on the cytotoxicity or color stability of the materials, but I will say the new Dentsply high impact pour acrylic (HIPA) has surprised me with respect to its mechanical properties. I was an Ivocap koolaid drinker, so I had pretty high standard.
Was anticipating a 1-3% failure rate...
I can't believe I am writing anything in defense or even support of Dentsply, but... HIPA has proven to be better than we expected, but it's not a miracle material, but it's decent. We tweaked the polymer/monomer ratio a little from their recommendations to get better results.
I was expecting...
Sign of the times I suppose. You know demand for skilled labor is skyrocketing when people resurrect a 9 year old thread looking for help.
I was told in dental school that there would be a mass-exodus mainly due to the age demographics of lab technicians and fewer people entering the field. Add...
Yeah, the demo was all visualization of existing parts, no design work. Good proof of concept, now give it another couple years and it'll be everywhere.
My bet is they'll make the next version of minecraft using this tech and then your kid will call you an old fart and show you how to use it.
Yes, some other restrictions to design as well, posterior teeth dimensions are preset; they can’t be stretched or compressed, can’t drop a premolar etc.
Other issue is shallow palates and if the tooth arch and the residual ridge don’t perfectly align you can have some of the base that will be...
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"There's a world market for about 5...
Not possible using currently commercial IOS scanners. Simply put, they can't accurately scan edentulous arches. I wish this were not the case and would love to be proven wrong.....
Additionally, IOS may one day be able to scan the arches, but it does not provide a bite, facial midline, plane...
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I've used it and I loved it. I think the sticker shock of the large investment keeps many away. If that goes down I think you'll see a higher adoption.
Might give a slight edge to Trios technically, but the 3600 is100% open so it depends what you value more.