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How do "you" use the dynamic movement's to adjust restorations. ie: Protrusion, extrusion and laterotrusions...does the SW module eliminate the interferences automatically as in "cut intersections" in static occlusion. If not why not?

I met with a couple of friends on Sunday and naturally since they know what I do they asked for input. They both needed some dental work done, four posterior crowns each. One was quoted 8K for the four crowns, no root canals etc. Straight shot. The other was quoted a little over the 8K but...

I had an experience where Ti inserts became separated both from Zr and PMMA. I used Multilink Implant on sandblasted and primed Ti inserts. I have my own perspective as to what may be causing this, but curious to know if anyone has had this issue, is it an ongoing thing or did you solve it and...

Lets make this space a place to show your Full Arch Zirconia. Veneered, stained or combined doesn't matter. List the veneering and stain/glaze material used. Since its geared at Implant supported restorations please list the implant platform used. And your sexy shots, facial, lingual, buccals...

Have any of you ever noticed dark spots in your zirconia? I noticed mine in my photos and thought it was dirty lens....no! Maybe it was a speck of dirt,,,no! Maybe it was discolored by excessive contact with a dark surface,,,, NO! Si I did some experimenting... in transmitted light it was...

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Anyone restoring DIO implants? Other than DIO's, what other systems are their abutments compatible with? Straumann, Nobel, Biomet,,, Ankylos??? And do you know if both bscan bodies and implant library are available? Please share your experience.

Have you guys had clients request EIN or SSN from your lab in order to issue a 1099? Strange to me, never had that request before.

I've been mulling the subject of scanners amd mills for some time. Since BobCDT started one on mills maybe we can parallel the topic with Scanners. Whats your setup? What do you like or dont like, # of axes, pricing etc. If you had to put one together today what would you look for? Scan (Light)...

What are your thoughts and experiences using non precious alloys for implant frameworks layered with porcelain? My concern is the exposed metal at the interface, prone to oxide. How do you address this? Mechanical or chemical? Now I know its the weekend, lots of free time so I expect lots of...

As stated above what's the normal charge per element for a verification jig?

If you were in the market for a scanner which would you get and why? If you already have a scanner, which one do you have? Do you love it or have regrets getting it and why, either way.

What the heck just happened here? I'll fiind out tomorrow.

Dont want to be rude but what are you guys charging for Atlantis Zr, Gold Hue and Ti abutments. I know they offer these directly to dentists, so how does that figure into your pricing?

This is a case that had to be reworked. The patient was very unhappy with the esthetics,,,,just cant understand why! " These look like they came from Walmart!" is what the patient said. I documented the steps involved with its restoration. Hopefully we succeeded in giving him something along the...

I just received some Diamond D's and ready to do some processing. I have the instructions, but since this is new to me I want to know if anyone deviates from the recommended parameters and if so what are they and why. Is there such a thing as short cure and long cure with this material as is...

I realize that the meat of this forum is emax. However, I was thinking, which can be a dangerous thing. There was some chatter in another thread comparing Ivoclar emax to Pentron's 3G OPC which which was the first pressable LD material introduced. Then ca me along emax. Well Presstige, a thin...

Here are some pics for shade evaluation. I'll follow up with a case presentation post later. So this is for shade and shade only. Overall shade was a composite A3 , played around a little with shading and several powdwers.

Could not resist asking this question, since Doug made mention of it in another post. Coincidently I was asked the same question by a dentist a few days ago. GPs tend to support this viewpoint and treat it as such in their practice. But, how can a dental lab experience the profit sharing when...

I'e noticed Ti overdenture bars aren't highly polished as compared to a Au bar. Do you guys concur, and if so; how and what are you using to achieve a high shine?