Dentsply's Digital Solutions Solve Laboratory Challenges

From digitizing denture prescriptions to offering economical CAD/CAM outsourcing services, two laboratories detail how Dentsply Prosthetics is helping them get ahead.

"You'd be surprised at how many denture prescriptions we get with just the patient's last name and the shade—there's no gender, no preferences, nothing," says Jerry Kaizer, co-owner of Murray Kaizer, Inc., a 30-employee removable laboratory in Farmington, Connecticut. "I can't tell you how many times I have to get on the phone to fill in missing information."
Sound familiar?

Kaizer has found a solution to this headache: Dentsply's TruRx Digital Denture Prescription. Similar to how consumers can "try on" new hairstyles via computer imaging, this new software allows the dentist to take a digital photograph of the patient and generate a detailed prescription that includes a likeness of the patient's post-therapy image.

Here's how it works: The system includes two calibration...