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Any long term issues? Staining, breakage, etc...? What are you using for the underlying frameworks? Chrome cobalt, Ti, Glazed Zirc, Pekkton?

Is anybody using the Anaxdent Composite injection system for their full arch hybrids? The wear rate is supposed to be better than the composite filled denture teeth. The technique has a lot going for it in terms of esthetics, ease of use, ease of characterization, ease of repair if needed...

Agreed. Just looking for the opinion of some experienced beholders as a starting point.

I am looking for opinions on the easiest to use, translucent, pre-shaded zirconia. We currently use Nexzir for posteriors and it is decent. It is not especially esthetic. We have tried a puck of Katana, but I am wondering if there are better materials out there. Lava esthetic, Jensen's...

If you have to be in a single room, you might want to give some serious thought to microwave curing. It is very space efficient. Boilout can just be an electric tea kettle by the side of the sink.

parkdentalresearch.com Great company and half the cost of everything else mentioned here. Their housings are also pink anodized so no gray through. That alone is a reason to use them.

It is mostly atrophic mandible cases where the LC floats. It has a lot to do with patient posturing. The texture is weird so the patient never really relaxes their tongue / cheek / lips / floor of the mouth. It also simply lacks the precision of a processed baseplate. On an atrophic / flat...

We use GC Naturcryl but I don't see why it would be different. We process about 2 thicknesses of wax for a processed base plate. It is really quick to put together and divest. Then we proceed as normal with wax try-ins. When we are ready for final processing we place lab putty in the...

Any hints on making it easier?

Just trying to get a feel for how hard it would be to start doing some full contour model-free crowns from chairside (trios) scans. We will be using exocad. Is it going to be painful? Is it worth it?

The counter intuitive nature of a denture is that the better the denture is, the faster it wears. If it fits and functions well it will be used and wear out. Little old ladies who eat nothing but oatmeal and boiled veggies can keep the same denture for 30 years with minimal tooth wear. I...

This is probably no longer in the lab, but here are my thoughts. Get the largest housings the manufacturer makes. Most manufactures make larger housings to accomodate up to 30 degrees of divergence. You may only be able to place housings on the two least divergent implants (which from the...

I don't think we will ever get great results with digital impressions for full dentures. You have to have material to displace and compress soft tissue for good denture fits. A totally passive scan of the soft tissue is going to give a terrible fit and an incredible number of sore spots...

CAP only talked to me about the Roland. Maybe I should call back and ask about the Ceramill?

They are actually within a few thousand dollars of each other when all is said and done. That is a chunk if change but not enough to sway me one way or the other. They both will do zirc, peek, pmma. The versamill can also do e.max. Pretty similar unless I am missing something.

Greg at axsys told me he recommends just milling everything wet. Said it saves on machine and tool life. I guess the downside is drying your zirc before you sinter. Is there another downside?

Our milling bill is getting pretty high and we are looking at doing our milling in house. It is mostly narrowed down two options: 1. The new Roland DWX-51 through CAP with SumDental CAM software. 2. The Versamill 5xs from Axsys with Hyperdent software. Price is close enough to be a...

We have used ultraflex and our experience is the same as James. It is great for a temp situation like a flipper or immediate partial. It is not a good option for a long term prosthetic.

Molloplast and microwave curing works great. However... Molloplast, microwave and mini implant housings will ruin your day. Don't do it.

I think you are exactly right. We weren't placing a seperator prior to making our wax baseplates. We did 5 units yesterday where we placed diamond d separator on the model as soon as we pulled them from the impression and they all divested slick as a whistle on the intaglio. The cameo was a...