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Cost of equipment? To much? Final product? Is it worth it?
Well you don't really buy your equipment to do digital dentures. You buy the equipment because you need a 3d printer in todays lab and you can do digital dentures in them.Cost of equipment? To much? Final product? Is it worth it?
No, piece of crap you can not reline or repair. That is why they are called disposable dentures.Cost of equipment? To much? Final product? Is it worth it?
Then I pop the try-ins out, put in a post-dam, insert printed teeth
Yeah, I can't get carded teeth that are always completely identical, You would have to have an stl of carded teeth for that. Does such a strategy exist??Interesting. Curious, I’m assuming you’re printing the file for the teeth and inserting into the flask. If so are you doing mechanical retention as there hasn’t been a go to material for printed teeth bonding to acrylic. Ive heard of people doing it and having success but we’re talking about a permanent (2nd set) denture and I would want to be more assured of long term success. Love your hybrid approach. I can see the benefits of time management and efficiency.
Yes, most companies have it. I don't use this technique but it's an interesting way of doing it.Yeah, I can't get carded teeth that are always completely identical, You would have to have an stl of carded teeth for that. Does such a strategy exist??
A tooth library copied from carded teeth? Trubyte, Ivoclar?
I am cutting mechanical retention into the teeth before processing. Also, the 3d printed teeth have connectors between all of the teeth which are completely embedded in the acrylic which helps hold them in.Interesting. Curious, I’m assuming you’re printing the file for the teeth and inserting into the flask. If so are you doing mechanical retention as there hasn’t been a go to material for printed teeth bonding to acrylic. Ive heard of people doing it and having success but we’re talking about a permanent (2nd set) denture and I would want to be more assured of long term success. Love your hybrid approach. I can see the benefits of time management and efficiency.
I haven't tried it but I believe both 3shape and exocad have a carded teeth option, but you usually have to purchase the libraries from the manufacturer and obviously you wouldn't be able to digitally alter the teeth.Yeah, I can't get carded teeth that are always completely identical, You would have to have an stl of carded teeth for that. Does such a strategy exist??
A tooth library copied from carded teeth? Trubyte, Ivoclar?
Have you tried to get a little flashed acrylic off printed teeth? Nearly impossible without grinding it off, IMHO. We use printed teeth regularly and printed bases for try-ins. Printed to printed doesn't seem to stay well, but acrylic to printed means that tooth isn't ever coming out on us unless we cut it out.Interesting. Curious, I’m assuming you’re printing the file for the teeth and inserting into the flask. If so are you doing mechanical retention as there hasn’t been a go to material for printed teeth bonding to acrylic. Ive heard of people doing it and having success but we’re talking about a permanent (2nd set) denture and I would want to be more assured of long term success. Love your hybrid approach. I can see the benefits of time management and efficiency.
I've tried a "matrixed" approach before but the carded teeth were not consistent, especially if I wanted tight contacts.I haven't tried it but I believe both 3shape and exocad have a carded teeth option, but you usually have to purchase the libraries from the manufacturer and obviously you wouldn't be able to digitally alter the teeth.
I haven't found a use for it because I can count on one hand how many dentures I've waxed up that I haven't had to adjust the carded teeth on to get them in the right spot.
What printed system did you go with out of curiosity?Been doing milled dentures for over 2 years. My clients were apprehensive at first but now they absolutely love them and say dentures are now fun to do. Would not be able to keep up with the demand if we were not doing digital. Lack of skilled technicians is also driving it. The printed material keeps getting better and better and we are starting to do more of them. Right now our milled dentures are our premium line and starting to switch printed dentures to be our economy line. I am trying to digitize everything I can in removable. It is the future and it is here now.
Luci print. Know others that are happy with the material. Tooth shades look good. Several pink shades for the base to suite your needs. You can repair and reline this material. Had two of my techs do a hands on program at Dentsply and that really help them fill in the gaps they had about working with the material.What printed system did you go with out of curiosity?
Curious as to why the docs would be apprehensive about milled. My apprehension comes from hearing that there are a lot of cases where vertical space becomes an issue. Have you found this to be true?Been doing milled dentures for over 2 years. My clients were apprehensive at first but now they absolutely love them and say dentures are now fun to do. Would not be able to keep up with the demand if we were not doing digital. Lack of skilled technicians is also driving it. The printed material keeps getting better and better and we are starting to do more of them. Right now our milled dentures are our premium line and starting to switch printed dentures to be our economy line. I am trying to digitize everything I can in removable. It is the future and it is here now.