Technical

CERABIEN MiLai from Kuraray Noritake, a groundbreaking new ceramic, is a comprehensive yet simple system for reproducing lifelike shades, effects and gingiva. It’s actually two systems in one: one for staining and glazing; the other for internal staining, micro layering and pasting. It allows ultrathin...

Javier Corregidor, CDT, explains how he uses Sagemax Paint 3D to overcome an extraordinary esthetic challenge.

Aiham Farah, CDT, MDT, shares how to replicate the optical complexity of traditional cut-back and layering techniques using IPS e.max Ceram Art

Dani Krivorot, RDT, shows how she uses the VITA AKZENT PLUS staining kit for monolithic and porcelain-layered restorations.

Harvest Dental's EasyGum is a resin strip indicated for adding texture, color and contouring to the gingival area. Shaana Gripp explains how to use it.

UltraThineer, a 3D-printed zirconia veneer, was recently launched to the U.S. market. Dr. Tai Ha offers an overview of the fully digital workflow.

In this case study of a smile makeover for a young police officer, Lab Owner Jillian Swafford demonstrates how expertise and proper materials can bring monolithic zirconia to life.

Mark Bultmann, MDT, offers a step-by-step look at fabricating a hybrid abutment crown using NexxZr T Multi from Sagemax.

Todd Fong shares tips to help you maximize the success of your 3D-printed appliances and ensure patient safety.

Here’s a look at some of the new elements in DentalCAD 3.2 Elefsina, the newest release of exocad's design software.

While larger companies have been offering 3D metal printing services for years, a more recent trend is labs purchasing their own powder bed fusion printers to fabricate chrome cobalt partial denture frameworks and parts for rapid palatal expanders.

Dr. Steven Glassman and David Lampert of Town & Country Dental Studio present the advantages of the iTero-exocad connector.

Skender Ramadani offers a step-by-step look at his submission to Candulor's International KunstZahnWerk Competition 2023.

H3D, a new player in the dental market, is launching AutoDesign in the fall; here's how it works:

Aiham Farah, CDT, shows how he uses Ivoclar's IPS Ivocolor stains and glazes on IPS e.max ZirCAD Prime to create highly esthetic monolithic restorations.

From a life-changing smile makeover to eliminating a patient's TMJ pain, here are 12 of our readers' standout cases from the past year.

See how Yuki Momma, RDT, uses Ivoclar's IPS e.max ZirCAD prime to create an esthetic smile for a patient with bruxism.

Read how Joel Cash—a 40-year industry veteran—went back to analog technology to develop a technique that produces

a stronger and more predictable hybrid denture.

Pam Rehm, RDT, and Kyle Laliberte, DD, outline a digital workflow for fixed hybrid dentures using Ivoclar Vivadent’s Ivotion Denture System.

Technician’s Statement

VITA VIONIC VIGO ready-to-use teeth allow the technician to simply remove the teeth from the blister pack and bond them into the cavities of a milled or printed denture base fabricated with any mainstream open CAM and 3D printing system. They eliminate the need for fitting...