The Split File Technique: Minimizes Turnaround, Maximizes Efficiency

In today’s competitive marketplace, what can set a laboratory apart from its competition is the ability to meet tight deadlines while still delivering a superb restorative solution. Here’s a look at how using the split file technique and the digital, model-less workflow available from Core3dcentres—a digital design and manufacturing center with locations in seven countries that serves laboratories and dentists—met the needs of a time-sensitive implant patient.

By Sarah Rozenfeld, CAD/CAM Technician, Core3dcentres USA

Restorative Challenge
In May, a laboratory customer contacted Core3dcentres with a challenge: its dentist-client had an out-of-town patient who needed an implant on tooth #10, wanted it as quickly as possible and was only going to be in the area sporadically.

The Core3dcentres design team recommended using the split file technique because the abutment and IPS e.max crown could be designed simultaneously, minimizing...