What is the Best Way to Make An Emax Inlay?
Patrick Coon · Jan 28, 2014 at 8:28am
Patrick Coon
Because I can fit 4-5 inlays into one pressing with a small ingot, then my ingot price is down to $4 or $5 per unit. Not rocket science, but because they have so much volume coming in it is much easier to maximize their ingot usage, along with all the other material costs associated with it.
Posted Jan 28, 2014 at 8:28amJan 28 2014, 8:28:53 am
Question
How do the big labs produce Emax inlays for 69 dollars, if the ingots alone already cost 20 dollars?
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Patrick Coon
Senior Field Digital Consultant at Ivoclar Vivadent Inc. · Perkinston, MS
Pat has worked in the dental field sinc 1985. Starting off in the US Air Force as a dental assistant in Jan 1985, he completed the U.S. Air Force’s dental laboratory training course at Shepherd Air Force Base (AFB) in Wichita Falls,...
Martin Martinez
The only way I know to accurately finish an emax inlay is to: 1) Wax up inlay over a lubricated die with die spacer, make a sharpened sprue connected to the inside of your wax up 2) Invest with a ratio allowing for a slightly looser fit than your crowns 3)...[More] Carefully devest and fit using a fit marker 4)...
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