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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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At CrossRoads to buy which brand of CAD/CAM
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLabGuy" data-source="post: 21254" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Al and Scott said they would be more than happy to pay for that......hehehe</p><p></p><p>Seriously now Charles,</p><p>a 100K is a HUGEEEEEEE risk for a mom/pop dental lab. My concerns with your thinking is the full contour zirconia. The ones i've seen have looked like the little chicklets that the little kids in Tijauna were trying to sell me at four in the morning. Now lets say you get some zirconia to look good, because we all know you're very talented and can probably get any material to look good, but what about the wear (abrasion) rate on those? In addition, do you want to be promoting a restoration that is 850 MPa? The crown won't break but everything else will (i.e. roots, build up, prep). I'm only bringing these things up to you to give you something else to think about it. </p><p></p><p>I'll be honest, if I could scan, print, or mill a lot of my work I probably would. It would really speed you up and allow time for the more esthetic demanding cases. This brings up something, because since you really won't have to wax a majority of your cases, or die spacer them, this could free up a lot of time for you, not to mention the omission of investing and casting and divesting. The blocks are only getting better and better, heck look how far they have come with the lithium disilicates.........</p><p></p><p>Now, the real question, is milling a viable option, or would having a scanner be better? Considerably less financial responsibility, less maintenance, less hassles with milling having a sintering oven, special suction and air........might be better to go with just a good scanner and use a milling center and some time down the road you find the profit would be worth it, then at that time buy the milling machine and associated equipment. I think this is your biggest dilemma..........scanner or scanner/milling/sintering? Big price/investment difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLabGuy, post: 21254, member: 126"] Al and Scott said they would be more than happy to pay for that......hehehe Seriously now Charles, a 100K is a HUGEEEEEEE risk for a mom/pop dental lab. My concerns with your thinking is the full contour zirconia. The ones i've seen have looked like the little chicklets that the little kids in Tijauna were trying to sell me at four in the morning. Now lets say you get some zirconia to look good, because we all know you're very talented and can probably get any material to look good, but what about the wear (abrasion) rate on those? In addition, do you want to be promoting a restoration that is 850 MPa? The crown won't break but everything else will (i.e. roots, build up, prep). I'm only bringing these things up to you to give you something else to think about it. I'll be honest, if I could scan, print, or mill a lot of my work I probably would. It would really speed you up and allow time for the more esthetic demanding cases. This brings up something, because since you really won't have to wax a majority of your cases, or die spacer them, this could free up a lot of time for you, not to mention the omission of investing and casting and divesting. The blocks are only getting better and better, heck look how far they have come with the lithium disilicates......... Now, the real question, is milling a viable option, or would having a scanner be better? Considerably less financial responsibility, less maintenance, less hassles with milling having a sintering oven, special suction and air........might be better to go with just a good scanner and use a milling center and some time down the road you find the profit would be worth it, then at that time buy the milling machine and associated equipment. I think this is your biggest dilemma..........scanner or scanner/milling/sintering? Big price/investment difference. [/QUOTE]
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