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  1. JohnWilson

    STONE LAYER AROUND TEETH ON PROCESSED DENTURES

    I bet there are many threads outlining the proper way to invest and process dentures on this planet. After doing it by hand for close to 40 years, I have learned a few hard and fast rules to get the best results, so I will share this without the aid of AI. Don't get me wrong I tried but it did...
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    Asiga 4K Model Printing Issues

    I will share my experience with Asiga First off the company has been fantastic, yes I have a kick ass distributor as well but here is my story. My first printer AsigaPro4k it was the early model which during pandemic they sourced projectors that TODAY are different. Like many things in that...
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    Digital Model Charge Per Arch

    We all know they cost like 1.99 so no more than 1 is the dent tech style
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    A CAD/CAM Nightmare Resolved by Axsys Dental Solutions

    So you are saying he got 10 years on a spindle milling emax in office? How many hours on that machine would be my question. Cool customer support to be sure was it still under warranty :D:D:D:D
  5. JohnWilson

    Choices

    So flipping awesome, keep those memories fresh in your minds eye, and be flipping proud to share that with anyone that will listen. Your dad will live on forever in the love and admiration you just posted.. Thank you for sharing the story.!!!
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    Instarisa - Is anyone using Instarisa 3D capturing with 3Shape or Exocad?

    I have hundreds of arches completed using InstaRisa protocols, I utilize the denture designer inside of 3shape with presurgical records, I combine implant coordinates and provide a prototype via the WaxupBridge path to combine my presurgical wax up and convert to a fixed hybrid. I have made for...
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    Is there no any methods to print out the model with block out digitally by using 3Shape?

    It comes down to learning something new, if you were to bring any water tight model into a module that has the ability to block out ie Partial designer or custom tray and set the block out then in additional scans you save the working model and the block out you will have essentially two meshes...
  8. JohnWilson

    Retirement for a Dental Lab Technician

    Retirement is death, I still love what I am doing. Now think about all the wisdom you all have to pass on.... Just make choices that make you happy, if this is just a job go find something that isn't, if this is all you know and you feel trapped, go find a way to change that. As to the answer...
  9. JohnWilson

    Pour and mount for implant overdentures?

    Or you could make your own library for cad, take the locator analog digitize it, take the locator attachment housing digitize it align everything make a library with the parts you just digitized, Snap the analogs in the denture do a 360 scan of each denture with the analogs now make your library...
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    Reline composite for custom temps

    Any cartridge based temp material CAN stick to milled PMMA when a PMMA to composite bonder is used, We suggest Visio_link from bredent
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    Losing money

    Love you to Zero
  12. JohnWilson

    Firing opaque on Ti-abutments - yay or nay?

    3 things help. We use white plus We actually prefer GC G_CEM in B01 (white opaque resin cement) Proper abutment design Since you are in control of your design for patient specific abutments you need to plan for not only the quality of the split file to be reproduced by understanding...
  13. JohnWilson

    Recommendations needed for framework lab

    https://www.bertramdental.com/
  14. JohnWilson

    Milled Titanium Framework

    Now we are talking my language. After working alone in my garage for 9 years 6 days a week close to 13 to 16 hours a day I realized the grind of the trade and the sheer time it took to do mediocre work would not allow me to be seen as an expert. In the early 1990's I took my first implant...
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    Milled Titanium Framework

    Again seems you are reacting rather than absorbing my words, I am not trying to do anything other than be the messenger. I have no idea where you are in your career, how much longer you want to play this game of teeth but when you say you would rather do singles all day that's where my opinion...
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    Milled Titanium Framework

    So I could not disagree more and I encourage anyone that agrees with you to take a minute and really contemplate how technology will limit your viability in the near future. I keep saying the same thing, quadrant dentistry is dead, you must adapt if you are not specializing today. Comprehensive...
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    Looking for Lab Design help

    Bobby and Hanelize are amazing people and very skilled. They have a set of daily partners that get their attention because they send EVERYDAY not just when the cup runs over for some labs. The ability to service everyone in the manner they do is impossible and that's why they implement the...
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    Combining two STLs into one.

    Be smart ALWAYS MAKE A PMMA PROTOTYPE cheap insurance and if you roll it into the fees they can't say no and if they do then its on their dime
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    Ivoclar PrograMill7 PM7 or Roland?

    I own two they are awesome mills and I can mill anything I choose
  20. JohnWilson

    Combining two STLs into one.

    you need to combine and or boolean to make a single stl then select all and remesh in MM and you can do exactly what you want. working with the multiple files today and having the ability to make this work is no different than having 5 PVS impression or multiple dies to merge in digitally...
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