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3D Printing Same-Day Permanent Crowns with a Desktop Printer and Helping Out a Patient at the Same Time!

Yes you read the headline correctly... there are some really incredible things happening with desktop level 3D printing now! It's been a long time coming and I am very excited about getting a chance to play around with some of the new and exciting materials coming out.I recently decided to …

How to Design & 3D Print Your Own In-Office Shell Temps!

Dr. Michael Scherer, DMD, MS · ·

Ever wonder to yourself, "Wow these laboratory generated shell temps sure make things really awesome, but wow, I wish they were less expensive and didn't take so long to get!" Well, you're not alone.I have for a long time regularly used Glidewell's BioTemp® solutions in my practice and really …

3D Printing an Obturator for an Immediate Load AllonX Case

Dr. Michael Scherer, DMD, MS · ·

Patients who come into the dental office needing full arch rehabilitation are unique and thus each and every patient needs to be evaluated uniquely for how to approach their particular treatment. So many times clinicians reach out to me asking "how do you treat your AllonX cases?" While this is a …

That Print Failure Wasn’t the Printer’s Fault – How I Fixed It!

Dr. Michael Scherer, DMD, MS · ·

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 …

Which Arch First? – Properly Sequencing Double Arch AllonX Cases

Dr. Michael Scherer, DMD, MS · ·

You've got a patient sitting in front of you in your dental office who is a candidate for double arch AllonX. It may be your first AllonX case... you may have experience with doing single arch cases... but one starts to wonder - "How am I going to sequence the maxillary and mandibular AllonX at the …