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I've been 3D printing for a while now and printing failures used to be a big problem with some of the earlier desktop grade 3D printers. Today, the software and hardware platforms are synced well enough that it can properly analyze STL files and make sure they're ready for the printing process.While …
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A question that comes up on a regular basis by clinicians is... “what is the best 3D printer for in-office clear aligners?” Great question, let's dive into it!!We live a time and era where there is a race to quantify 'the best technology available' in dentistry and many clinicians look to …
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There's a lot of excitement out there about direct imaging of edentulous patients using intraoral scanning, much of the excitement is for good reasons! Intraoral scanning of edentuous ridges is the closest we can get to for truly mucostatic impressions and is really cool for both patient and …
PVS impressions and RPD cases have long been a terrifying combination for me. If it's not getting PVS stuck in deep undercuts, it's pouring the models and hearing the dreaded "pop" as one of my abutment teeth fractures off the model!! Thankfully digital technology comes to the rescue [again] for …
[Read more...] about Working with 3D Printing Model to Fabricate Metal CoCr RPD Castings
Guided surgery for dental implantology is something that I am a big fan of, especially when using it in places where there's challenging existing structures, immediate placement, creative bone positions, or one needs to be creative with prosthetics. The last one is key for me, as guided surgery has …
