COMPOSITE PUCKS?

[DreN4do]

Anyone know someone who knows if they are selling Composite Pucks? Preferably in the west coast. If not in the west coast, anywhere else in he US would be ok too.
asking for a friend.

ty.

 

[CoolHandLuke]

what kind of composite? Voco?

 

[Simon_Vincismile]

You mean the composite resin disc, just like the 98mm PMMA disc? I'm also interested about it and I only know some composite blocks. Someone told me its difficult for composite resin to make a big disc.

 

[DreN4do]

You mean the composite resin disc, just like the 98mm PMMA disc? I'm also interested about it and I only know some composite blocks. Someone told me its difficult for composite resin to make a big disc.

yes... i also looked up previous post on composite discs, but so far i found that there is a company in Germany (figures, lol) that makes them. But I am looking for local or at least somewhere in the states.

 

[Affinity]

Seems like it might expensive, a lot of waste from milling, maybe manufacturers dont think it would be utilized enough to mass produce.

interesting report:

Resin-composite Blocks for Dental CAD/CAM Applications

Advances in digital impression technology and manufacturing processes have led to a dramatic paradigm shift in dentistry and to the widespread use of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) in the fabrication of indirect dental restorations. ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Affinity]

Paradigm MZ100 from 3M is used in the study, the price of the blocks that would compare to how many crowns you could get out of a puck is around $700+

 

[Jeff Henderson]

yes... i also looked up previous post on composite discs, but so far i found that there is a company in Germany (figures, lol) that makes them. But I am looking for local or at least somewhere in the states.

What is the company that makes the composite discs in Germany?

 

[Datguypeter]

What is the company that makes the composite discs in Germany?

Voco,vita

 

[Jeff Henderson]

Voco,vita

Ah, thanks!

 

[tehnik]

I can suggest another German brand - Ambarino. The have also multilayer discs.