Who said anything about a scanner????? Although I will admit, for such a small lab, I do tons of implants (still not sure why). I use to work with a lab that did 3-5 Million dollar in sales and never had as much implants as I do now......so the scanner is probably going to have to happen next year, we'll see. I have some great friends/lab owners (***, John, and soon Charles) who can bail me out if I need some CAD/CAM work. Which brings up a point, Stan if I were you, get with Scott/*** at Dominon Milling Center or John Wilson at Sunrise (both very active members on this forum) and they can always walk you through a case, especially when it comes to cad/cam and using zirconia as well.......a great resource. As for learning it, I've been to a few formal lectures and implant classes from the various manufacturers (3i, Noble-BioCare, Straumann) but mostly it's been from taking pictures and discussing it with other Dentists/Prosthodontists/Lab Techs. It takes time, years, not days or months, but every case you will learn something and develop tons of questions, I truly think Stan has just begun his journey into seeing what the possibilities are out there. Just my two cents, and if anyone has any questions, fire away. Lately I've been playing with a ton of the compatible systems (i.e. Implant Direct, MIS) and thats been interesting to see the advantages/disadvantages of such systems. Implants are a lot of fun these days, great avenue for some of you pc literate folks to get into for sure.