LMT LAB DAY Chicago 2018

Feb 23-24, 2018 · Chicago, IL

Seminars
  • 3D Systems
  • Friday4:00pm - 5:00pm
    Saturday9:00am - 10:00am
    2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Revolutionary Dental Printing Solutions: 3D Systems and NextDent

    Comiskey · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Chuck Stapleton and other 3D Systems/NextDent speakers explore a revolutionary new technology expanding the role additive manufacturing plays in the dental industry. They look at materials, technology...

  • 3DRPD USA
  • Saturday10:15am - 12:15pm
    The New Standard in RPDs (3D Printing)

    Haymarket Room · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    • 3DRPD USA

    • Hesham Nouh · Director, Predoctoral Prosthodontics & Restorative Dentistry at Boston Univ. Dental School · Walpole, MA

    2 Scientific credits · 3DRPD has developed a new additive manufacturing process based on laser technology for fabricating RPD metal frameworks quickly with precision. Dr. Hesham Nouh reviews the traditional RPD workflow, the...

  • 3M Oral Care
  • Friday9:00am - 10:00am
    Dental Cements Simplified

    Grand Suite 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · With so many choices, recommending the right cement to your doctors can be challenging. Geoffrey Morris offers details on which cement type is appropriate for metal, glass-ceramics and zirconia in different...

  • Friday10:30am - 11:30am
    Why Dentists Will Choose Your Lab...and It's Not Price!

    Grand Suite 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Do you really know why dentists use your lab? Providing great-looking crowns on time is no longer enough. Jim Buchanan covers how to differentiate yourself by providing value and how leveraging free industry...

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    Friday1:30pm - 3:00pm
    Saturday10:00am - 12:00pm
    You're Invited: 3M™ Lava™ Esthetic Fluorescent Full-Contour Zirconia Open House

    Grand Suite 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Interact with 3M experts and hear business results shared by labs using Lava Esthetic zirconia: the first zirconia with inherent tooth-like fluorescence. Stop in and explore the multiple esthetic options...

  • 3Shape, Inc.
  • Saturday10:00am - 11:00am
    Complete and Partial Dentures Made on Intraoral Scans

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Lucio Lo Russo discusses the rationale behind the use of intraoral scans in removable prosthodontics, as well as the application of digital impressions to a variety of complete and partial dentures. He...

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    Friday1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Digital Denture Design

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Marcus Marcussen covers how to design a set of full dentures digitally using Dental System, one of the fastest-developing pieces of software in the 3Shape portfolio. He demonstrates the use of the software’s...

  • Friday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Saturday1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Digital Dentures: The Next Frontier

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Lee Culp, CDT, covers key components for fabricating premium dentures using a unique, laboratory-based Digital Denture Professional process, using both milling and printing technologies. He looks at the...

  • Friday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Digital Implant Placement and Custom Healers

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Christopher Adamus shows how to take a TRIOS scan and DICOM data into Implant Studio to plan implant placement and design a guide. He also takes the case from Implant Studio to design a custom healing...

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    Friday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Efficiency Techniques and Systems for 3Shape Installation and Operation in Larger Labs and Tips for Growing Your Lab's Implant Business Utilizing 3Shape Processes

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · In this two-part presentation, BJ Kowalski discusses his experience improving workstation and network performance in larger client server network installations to decrease production time and increase...

  • Saturday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Full-Arch, Implant-Retained Zirconia Restorations

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Digital in, excellence out: full-arch zirconia hybrids do not have to be scary. John Wilson shows how he was able to harness the power, precision and advanced strategies 3Shape has to offer by using a...

  • Friday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Saturday12:00pm - 1:00pm
    How to Make Clear Aligners with 3Shape and Grow Your Business

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    3Shape is introducing new innovative technology and an open platform that enables laboratories and practices with in-house labs to offer affordable, high-quality clear aligners without developing staging...

  • Friday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Implant Bridge with Gingiva Support

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Marcus Marcussen demonstrates how to design a full-arch implant bridge including gingiva support, combining various tools used in simpler reconstructions like Abutment Design, Smile Composer and Implant...

  • Friday12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Improved Communication

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Dr. Naren Rajan and Dr. Alan Jurim discuss the newest trends in digital dental workflows, including optimized workflows for maximizing dental team communication for case success. They also give an overview...

  • Saturday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Large Aesthetic Reconstructive Cases

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    • 3Shape, Inc.

    • Frank Shull · Faculty Member at Palmetto Health Richland Department of Dentistry and the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry · Lexington, SC

    • Matt Roberts · Owner at CMR Dental Lab · Idaho Falls, ID

    1 Scientific credit · Matt Roberts, CDT, and Dr. Frank Shull focus on workflow to show how to get predictable results with large esthetic reconstructive cases, from diagnostic design to provisional then provisional to final....

  • Friday12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Saturday12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Making Aligners with 3Shape

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Stefano Negrini shows how to design clear aligners, taking you through the process, from end to end, for one of the most profitable offerings a lab can offer. 3Shape software is used all over the world...

  • Saturday10:00am - 11:00am
    Receiving TRIOS Crowns & Bridges

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Christopher Adamus covers how to accept 3Shape’s TRIOS scans into your Dental Designer and design crowns, bridges and implants.

  • Friday10:00am - 11:00am
    Removable Partial Dentures Including Backings and Tooth Dummies

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Marcus Marcussen shows how to create an order form and scan and design removable partial frames. He also discusses how to create tooth backings and use tooth dummies, combining advanced tools with ease of use.

  • Saturday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    RPD with Metal Backing

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Christopher Adamus covers the RPD with metal backing process within Dental System and the new option to design a suite of clasps for acrylic removable partial dentures. He also discusses how to create...

  • Saturday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Screw-Retained, Cement-Retained, Split-File Technique

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Marcus Marcussen designs a screw-retained implant crown and an abutment and crown design in the same workflow (split-file), showing how a relatively complex design is simplified in Dental System.

  • Friday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Smile Design and Digital Diagnostic Waxup

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Christopher Adamus takes TRIOS scans and creates a digital diagnostic waxup, taking it through Model Builder and printing the waxup. He demonstrates how to take the digital diagnostic waxup and put this...

  • Saturday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Smile Design, Mock-Up and Double Crown-Lengthening Guide

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Marcus Marcussen covers the full smile design workflow using Smile Design (Dental Desktop) and Real View Engine (Dental System), which include the mock-up and double crown-lengthening guide.

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    Friday1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Saturday9:00am - 10:00am
    The Latest and Greatest Innovations from 3Shape

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Rune Fisker presents 3Shape’s latest and greatest innovations being introduced in Chicago. Learn how to maximize the use of the software to take your lab to the next level in CAD/CAM. 

  • Saturday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Using Natural Algorithms in 3Shape

    Columbus Hall IJ · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Lorant Stumpf discusses the management of cases where digital natural shapes can be used from scans, from planning to execution. He also covers preserving morphology in all the steps, using diagnostic...

  • Friday9:00am - 10:00am
    What's New with DS 2018

    Michigan 2 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Christopher Adamus covers the new features of the Dental System 2018 software, including powerful functionalities and features like new indications, simplified and intuitive user interface, new powerful...

  • Aidite USA Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Saturday10:15am - 12:15pm
    The Continued Evolution of Zirconia--Clinical Case Series

    Randolph 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Chien Ming Kang covers the clinical applications of zirconia and how it has evolved over generations. He also discusses how Aidite’s most esthetic, strongest 3D Multilayer zirconia is applied in clinical cases.

  • Airway Management, Inc.
  • Saturday8:00am - 9:15am
    How to Build a dreamTAP in Less than an Hour

    Picasso · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Patrick Tessier, MBA, demonstrates how to build the dreamTAP dental sleep medicine appliance. He also covers Airway Management's new cloud-based training system and how to grow your business with profitable...

  • Alien Milling Technologies
  • Friday4:00pm - 5:00pm
    How to Stay Competitive in Today's Market

    Water Tower · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    A crash course on how to stay competitive in today's evolving digital dentistry, this seminar covers key topics on how to stand out in a market that's becoming fully automated. 

  • Amann Girrbach North America, LP
  • Saturday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    A Guide to a More Accurate Model with Amann Girrbach's Model Management Options

    Grand Ballroom CD South · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Perry Carroll, CDT, walks attendees through the entire workflow of creating a highly accurate model by using Amann Girrbach's model management solutions, including the Giroform pin drill, Smartbox X2 plaster...

  • Friday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Digital Dentures--In-House Solutions from the Prosthodontist's Perspective

    Grand Ballroom CD South · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Christopher Silvoy, DMD, covers the effectiveness and efficiency of in-house digital denture solutions. He presents new options and their ease of use, including software details, case evaluation and workflow...

  • Saturday1:30pm - 2:30pm
    Overview of New Digital Denture Solutions--Relevant for C&B and Denture Labs!

    Grand Ballroom CD South · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Alexander Wuensche, CDT, discusses material choices, communication tools and economic advantages for various digital denture solutions, and explains the use of a simplified system from impression taking,...

  • Friday3:30pm - 5:30pm
    The Esthetic Way to Long-Span Implant Solutions with the New Generation of High-Translucent Zirconia

    Grand Ballroom CD South · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    2 Scientific credits · Lucas Lammott and Miles Cone, DMD, offer step-by-step instructions on creating highly esthetic long-span implant restorations, including the importance of a sound treatment plan, tooth preparation, final...

  • Friday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Utilizing Digital Technology for Simple through Complex Cases

    Grand Ballroom CD South · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Luke Kahng, CDT, helps attendees use modern, digital technology to achieve high-quality, highly esthetic restorative results for both simple and complex cases. He also focuses on the best technology and...

  • Saturday10:00am - 12:00pm
    Zirconia for Every Situation Hands-On Workshop

    Grand Ballroom CD South · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    2 Scientific credits · Falko Noack, Amann Girrbach's Head of R&D, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the company's portfolio of zirconia products. Alexander Wuensche, CDT, then demonstrates his cutback and contour technique...

  • Anthony Calonico, CDT, "The Edutainer"
  • Saturday8:00am - 9:30am
    The Edu-tainer Presents: You've Been Promoted to Manager--Now What? An Adults-Only Show

    Haymarket Room · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1.5 Professional Development credits · Created by a manager for managers, Anthony Calonico, CDT, offers an introductory program for new managers that covers ways to manage yourself and your team, the best systems to implement, ways to increase...

  • Argen Corp.
  • Saturday1:00pm - 4:00pm
    3Shape Design Techniques, Argen Design Services and Metal Finishing Techniques

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    In this hands-on demonstration, Logan Woomer shows how to improve your 3Shape design capabilities using specific examples; bring either a design file or your model. Marlin Gohn demonstrates how to improve...

  • Saturday9:00am - 10:30am
    Argen Innovation

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1.5 Professional Development credits · Anton Woolf discusses Argen’s journey to becoming the nation’s largest digital outsourcing center and the strategic decisions he made to develop the company from alloy manufacturing to a leader...

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    Friday5:00pm - 6:00pm
    Argen Smiles Happy Hour

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Join Argen for a cocktail reception.

  • Friday2:30pm - 3:30pm
    ArgenIS is Not an OEM Abutment but a Better Solution

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Learn how Argen’s custom abutments offer high quality at a competitive price. Steaffani Dall, RDH, explains why Argen-made abutments are an excellent solution for labs. She reviews the company's...

  • Saturday11:00am - 12:00pm
    How to Catapult Your Business Growth by Implementing a Hybrid Outsource Model and What Decisions to Make to Select the Right Partner

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Learn what decisions a lab should consider to drive business growth and maximize a hybrid outsource partnership. Conrad Rensburg shares how Absolute Dental Lab created partnerships with various manufacturers...

  • Friday1:00pm - 2:00pm
    2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Saturday10:00am - 11:00am
    11:00am - 12:00pm
    Lose the Mouse: Experience Seamless, Fluid Design with the Power of Creative Pen Display from Cintiq

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    The Cintiq Creative Touch Display from Wacom, available exclusively through Argen, offers greater control and fluid design capabilities for all restorations. Larry Stites, CDT, demonstrates how to design...

  • Friday10:30am - 12:00pm
    Most Doctors Change Labs Every Year--Do You Know Why? How to Avoid Being One of These Labs

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1.5 Scientific credits · Dr. Foroud Hakim reviews how and why dentists make decisions to partner with a lab, how to improve communication flow and case planning, why dentists get frustrated, and why they ultimately decide to fire...

  • Friday4:00pm - 5:00pm
    Optimizing Translucent Zirconia: (CUZR)

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Versions of zirconia have come on the market that are much more translucent than original zirconia. Interest has been directed to specialized or shortened firing techniques for CUZR (cubic zirconia). Dr....

  • Friday12:30pm - 2:00pm
    What to Consider When Planning Implant Placement for Live Cases Using 3Shape's Implant Studio

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1.5 Scientific credits · Learning the software is the easy part. Do you need guidance on the critical considerations for proper treatment planning on live cases? Dr. Ira Sy covers how to identify the best placement for an implant....

  • Friday8:30am - 10:00am
    Why Zirconia Units Fail and How to Prevent it in Your Lab

    Columbus Hall KL · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    1.5 Scientific credits · Paul Cascone, BE MetE, MS, discusses the nature of zirconia and how the material’s properties are both a help and a hindrance in dental applications. He covers the history of zirconia, the impact...

  • AvaDent
  • Friday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Saturday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    AvaDent from a Surgical/Restorative Perspective: Utilizing a Digital Workflow to Achieve More Predictable Results for Completely Edentulous Patients

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    With a carefully planned digital workflow, you can take patients through immediate dentures to a final fixed or removable implant-supported prosthesis in less than half the chairtime while achieving a...

  • Friday9:00am - 10:00am
    Saturday9:00am - 10:00am
    AvaDent: A Look Inside the Black Box

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Take a look at the inner workings of AvaDent. Scott Keating covers the history and makeup of the AvaDent System, developed from start to finish with digital prostheses in mind. He looks at how its top-down...

  • Friday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Saturday11:00am - 12:00pm
    Dentures, Overdentures and All-on-Four Prosthetics with AvaDent: How and Why We Choose AvaDent Every Time

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Samuel Strong, DDS, shares his journey into the world of scanning, virtual planning and milling edentulous removable and fixed cases. He reviews how AvaDent technology makes his general practice more successful and productive.

  • Friday1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Saturday1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Digital Dentures for the Tech-Savvy Dentist and Laboratory: Intraoral Scanning, Printing and Accelerated Workflows

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Digital dentures naturally appeal to the tech-savvy dentist and laboratory, but many doctors are still asking how to start. Valerie Cooper, DDS, MS, shares her advanced workflow ideas for dentists who...

  • Saturday4:00pm - 5:00pm
    Digital Dentures: The State of the Art in 2018

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Stephen Wagner DDS, FACP, covers contemporary digital clinical and laboratory workflows used to construct a complete removable denture for the edentulous patient, a three-appointment clinical technique...

  • Friday4:00pm - 5:00pm
    From Impression to Complete Denture--A Workflow for a Completely Digital Denture

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Brian Goodacre, DDS, MSD, presents an all-digital workflow for dentures, created without the use of physical impressions during the first clinical visit. He combines intraoral scanning, anatomical measurements...

  • Friday12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Saturday12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Making the Transition from Pack and Press to Scan, Digitize and Mill--An Institutional Perspective

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    • AvaDent

    • John Madden · Prosthetic Technician/Allied Healthcare Professional 2 at University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN

    John Madden, CDT, and Paul Olin, DDS, review the transition from traditional denture fabrication to the AvaDent milled digital denture using the Wagner Try-in at a university dental school. They share...

  • Friday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Saturday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    NextDent Presents: How You Can Take Immediate Advantage of the Many Amazing 3D Printing Opportunities in Your Dental Laboratory Today

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    NextDent has teamed up with AvaDent Digital Dental Solutions to bring you an exciting 3D printing innovation and many opportunities for your lab. Javier Ubeda Ortola covers do’s and don’ts...

  • Friday10:00am - 11:00am
    Saturday10:00am - 11:00am
    The Accelerset Prosthesis: The First Fully Automated, Unit-Built, Implant-Supported Prosthesis Follows the Same Digital Workflow as AvaDent Hybrids and Retreads

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Stephen Balshi, MBE, discusses Accelerset, the first fully automated, unit-built prosthesis. All parts are milled (framework, crowns, gingiva) and joined together to provide an esthetic, implant-supported...

  • Friday8:00am - 9:00am
    Saturday8:00am - 9:00am
    The AvaDent Digital Denture: A Revolutionary Technique

    Michigan 1B · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    CAD/CAM technology has allowed for the first major change in fabricating a denture in decades. Global Dental Science has developed digital technology that has brought the precision, speed and profitability...

  • B&D Dental Technologies (Origin)
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    Friday8:00am - 8:50am
    11:00am - 11:50am
    3:00pm - 3:50pm
    Saturday8:00am - 8:50am
    11:00am - 11:50am
    3:00pm - 3:50pm
    Consistency, Color and Light--Solutions to Everyday Challenges with Zirconia

    Grand Suite 5 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    This seminar covers creating consistent shades using preshaded multi or white zirconia, EZ advanced esthetics using Effects Liquids, using Smart Dust to check for full-spectrum light in your lab and your...

  • Friday9:00am - 9:50am
    1:00pm - 1:50pm
    4:00pm - 4:50pm
    Saturday9:00am - 9:50am
    1:00pm - 1:50pm
    4:00pm - 4:50pm
    Finishing, Sintering and Material Selection--Solutions to Everyday Challenges with Zirconia

    Grand Suite 5 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Learn about zirconia for all seasons; hints for choosing the best material for your lab; finishing tools and techniques, pre- and post-sinter; and the ins and outs of sintering ovens and why you should care.

  • Friday10:00am - 10:50am
    2:00pm - 2:50pm
    5:00pm - 5:50pm
    Saturday10:00am - 10:50am
    2:00pm - 2:50pm
    5:00pm - 5:50pm
    Understanding the Current Zirconia Landscape: Theory, Science and Why to Share It

    Grand Suite 5 · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    This seminar decodes fracture toughness; dives deep into zirconia, looking at the how, what, where and why of the products you use every day; and covers marketing communications for lab owners, including...

  • Business Development Associates
  • Saturday11:15am - 12:15pm
    Buying or Selling a Dental Lab Business

    Soldier Field · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    There is a lot of merger and acquisition activity going on in our industry these days: numerous lab owners looking to sell so they can retire and other labs looking to expand through acquisitions. Chuck...

  • CIMsystem
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    Friday8:00am - 9:30am
    10:00am - 11:30am
    12:00pm - 1:30pm
    2:00pm - 3:30pm
    4:00pm - 5:30pm
    Open Your Mind: A Digital Future, Delivered Today

    Picasso · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    • CIMsystem

    • Lisa Micheletto · Medical and Dental Head of Sales at SISMA S.p.A. · Piovene Rocchette, Italy

    • Mike Webb · President at Level Up CAD/CAM · Jeffersonville, IN

    Representing various Italian CAD/CAM companies, Jimmy Ashlock; Mattia Mabellini, DDS; Lisa Marta Micheletto; Jessica Taddei; and Michael Webb explain the digital workflow from start to finish. They cover...

  • DAL DT Technologies
  • Friday11:15am - 12:15pm
    Introducing DDcubeONE Zirconia...A Class All its Own--New High-Strength, High-Translucency Cubic Zirconia from Dental Direkt

    Water Tower · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Uwe Greitens highlights the new DDcubeONE zirconia, a 45% translucent and >1,000 MPa zirconia. He covers material composition and qualities, as well as the Dental Direkt production processes that...

  • Friday10:15am - 11:15am
    Medit Identica T-Series Scanners and exocad®--The Perfect Combination

    Water Tower · West Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Explore the possibilities of Medit Identica T-Series scanners paired with exocad DentalCAD® software. Adrienne Slevin, CDT, covers beginner and advanced CAD techniques to help maximize efficiency and profitability.

  • Dental Wings
  • Friday10:30am - 12:30pm
    CAD/CAM Workflows in Dental Laboratories vs. Centralized Milling

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Technology is evolving extremely fast in our industry, as are in-house CAD/CAM workflows and centralized manufacturing. Are both sides competing with each other or is the combination of in-house and centralized...

  • Saturday2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Dental Wings DWOS/Straumann® CARES® Software: An Introduction

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Dental Wings Open System (DWOS or CARES) is the foundation of the company's software applications and drives its 3D scanners, but it is also available as a stand-alone dental CAD software. Jérôme...

  • Saturday10:30am - 11:30am
    DWOS Lab: A New Kind of Lab Management Software

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Steven Touchie, BBA, discusses DWOS Lab, a breakthrough in cloud-based management software designed for labs to monitor activities and organize case-related data while reducing production time and boosting...

  • Saturday12:00pm - 1:30pm
    Full Contour Zirconia--A Predictable Approach to Achieve Beautiful Aesthetics

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Zirconia is the number one material for most tooth-borne and implant-borne fixed restorations. Alexander Wuensche, CDT, discusses making the right material choice and how to handle different types of zirconia....

  • Saturday9:00am - 10:00am
    Guiding Your Dental Clients Toward Adopting Digital Scanning Technology

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    As more and more clinicians incorporate intraoral scanning into their offices, laboratories are positioned to influence both the rates of adoption and success of integrating the technology within the customer...

  • Saturday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Immediate Temporization with Digital Surgical and Prosthetic Treatment Planning for Implant Therapy

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Predictable treatment success depends on comprehensive assessment from both surgical and prosthetic perspectives as well as selection of appropriate implants and custom restorative components. Ron Roche...

  • Friday1:30pm - 3:00pm
    Incorporating Immediate-Load, Full-Arch Provisional Services: Why, When and How

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Deciding when to jump into the potentially lucrative immediate-load, full-arch provisional market requires training, planning and execution that meets your customer’s and patient’s needs. Chris...

  • Friday9:00am - 10:00am
    Intraoral Scanning--The Gateway to New Dental Implant Digital Workflows

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    George Pylant III, DDS, covers how the integration of intraoral scan STL files with CBCT DICOM files into implant planning and prosthetic design software has opened the door to new digital workflows that...

  • Friday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Using Social Media to Enhance and Improve the Running of a Modern Dental Lab

    Roosevelt 3AB · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    Ashley Byrne shows how he's taken Byrnes Dental Lab from a three-man setup to a 27-person team in less than 10 years, using social media and branding as the fuel for growth. He also looks at the importance...

  • Dentsply Sirona
  • Saturday2:45pm - 3:45pm
    Advanced Treatment Planning: Full Arch Implant Cases and the Impact of Patient Bone Quality and Design Alternatives

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    With Natalia Penate and Javier Vasquez, DMD, CDT.

  • Saturday10:45am - 11:45am
    Bringing Pressed Ceramics into a Digital Workflow

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Frank Acosta shows how to save money by adding pressed ceramics to your digital workflow.

  • Friday1:30pm - 2:30pm
    Celtra Press: Esthetics, Strength and Workflow to Make a Difference

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    With Carlos Montaner. 

  • Saturday9:30am - 10:30am
    1:30pm - 2:30pm
    Fixed Hybrids from Conversion to Final Restoration

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    The fixed hybrid restorative system offers a predictable platform to restore edentulous patients, offering flexibility to compensate for almost any surgical and restorative challenge. Conrad Rensburg discusses...

  • Friday2:45pm - 3:45pm
    Full-Arch Implant Cases with inLab SW 18

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Jay Black, CDT, explores new implant opportunities with inLab SW18. He covers design using gingiva for bridgework, one-to-one copy, split files and printed implant models.

  • Friday10:45am - 11:45am
    How Digital Dentures Brought Removables Back to My Lab

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Want to create a whole new product line for your business? Frank Acosta shows how to bring digital dentures into a fixed restorative laboratory.

  • Saturday12:15pm - 1:15pm
    How Digital Dentures Changed My Lab

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Stephen Balshi focuses on the digital denture workflow and the benefits to the laboratory, clinician and patient. He covers ways to reduce the learning curve and tricks to achieving success.

  • Friday9:30am - 10:30am
    inLab SW 18: Model Builder, Splints and More

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    From model to milling, Michael Smith demonstrates the newest version of inLab software, inLab 18, covering all the new, advanced features. 

  • Friday8:00am - 5:00pm
    Saturday8:00am - 5:00pm
    The Dentsply Sirona Ultimate Dental Laboratory

    Columbus Hall AB · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    Dentsply Sirona features the Ultimate Dental Laboratory. This highly interactive experience showcases the latest advancements in technology, prosthetic materials and implants brought to you exclusively...

  • Friday4:00pm - 5:00pm
    Using Microlayering to Create High-End Esthetics

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    With Step Toothmaster Bay. 

  • Friday12:15pm - 1:15pm
    Using Sirona Connect for Esthetic Ceramics Cases: A Doctor and Lab Team Approach

    Columbus Hall CD · East Tower, Gold Level Level

    How a laboratory and a doctor communicate can make all the difference in a case. Bill Atkission and Dr. Bill Claytor discuss how they use Sirona Connect along with their personal approach to please the...

  • DGSHAPE, A Roland Company
  • Saturday10:00am - 11:00am
    Artistry and Technology for Our Restorative Options

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · In today’s evolving market place, the importance of using technology is paramount to success but this evolution has lost some of the artistic processes. Peter Pizzi, CDT, MDT, explains how the technician’s...

  • Saturday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Combining Technologies for Open-Source Digital Dentures

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · As manufacturers race to develop their own proprietary digital denture systems, many labs already use software and hardware that can be combined to produce digital removables. Justin Marks, CDT, covers...

  • Saturday8:30am - 9:30am
    Day-to-Day Production in the Digital Lab with DGSHAPE by Roland Technology

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Regulatory Standards credit · Richard Rodriguez, DDS, covers digital and analog impressions, effective design and milling protocols, and what to do when something goes wrong in the milling process. Using real clinical cases, he offers...

  • Friday4:30pm - 5:30pm
    Implementation of OPEN CAD/CAM Technology in the Modern Clinic or Laboratory (Presented in Spanish)

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Fernando Catania and Christian Brenes Vega cover the basic components for successful OPEN CAD/CAM system implementation, identifying steps to take and components to acquire, whether you plan on working...

  • Saturday11:30am - 12:30pm
    Integration of a Digital Workflow to Compliment Your Artistic Touch

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Digital technology is helping shape the future as more dentists use a digital impression process. Technicians need to understand how to integrate digital design and processing techniques to handle new...

  • Saturday1:30pm - 2:30pm
    Maximizing CAM Productivity with MillBox and DGSHAPE by Roland

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Michael Webb covers the most effective use of MillBox CAM Software, how to increase your understanding of the CAM workflow and various productivity tools available. You’ll also learn some troubleshooting...

  • Friday1:30pm - 2:30pm
    Milling Modern Materials with DGSHAPE by Roland

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Dr. Alan Jurim discusses the latest trends in milling materials and how to produce esthetic restorations with DGSHAPE by Roland milling machines. He also covers the materials available and their uses,...

  • Friday8:30am - 9:30am
    Optimizing Workflows with DGSHAPE by Roland Products

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · The dental industry is set to make new strides in the use of CAD/CAM technology to digitize the full and partial denture process. New tools, materials and advanced milling strategies are also improving...

  • Friday3:00pm - 4:00pm
    Take Your Lab into the Digital CAD/CAM Future Using Traditional Skills

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Discover how to take your lab into the future by using important lessons from the dental restoration past. By maintaining a higher level of craftsmanship, you can offer a better digital CAD/CAM product...

  • Friday10:00am - 11:00am
    The Lab Landscape--Looking at the State of Our Profession

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Regulatory Standards credit · Gary Iocco takes a critical look at what's going on in the dental laboratory profession. He covers how many labs are in the U.S. and how many are being added, what percentage of work is leaving the U.S.,...

  • Friday11:30am - 12:30pm
    Working Within FDA Regulations in the CAD/CAM World

    Michigan 3 · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Regulatory Standards credit · CAD/CAM technology has become so easy to incorporate into laboratories that some owners put the cart before the horse and buy equipment before understanding the regulations that may go with it. From printing...

  • Digital Dental
  • Friday12:00pm - 12:50pm
    Saturday12:00pm - 12:50pm
    2018 New Zirconia High Production 3D Shading Technique Clinic

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Experience Digital Dental's new 2018 3D shading technique hands-on. Nelson Bonet covers a variety of dipping and painting techniques with multiple coloring liquids that can be used on white and pre-shaded...

  • Friday1:00pm - 1:50pm
    Saturday1:00pm - 1:50pm
    3Shape Tutorial on Designing Custom Implants

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Eli Delgado takes you through the 3Shape workflow for designing titanium, zirconia and Ti-base hybrid custom abutments. He covers 3Shape's Dental Designer and Implant Studio, what special training you...

  • Friday10:00am - 10:50am
    Saturday10:00am - 10:50am
    All-on Ultra Implants--Zirconia vs. Resin vs. Hybrid

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Scott Atkin, RMDT, RCDT, compares three different techniques for creating full-arch implant dentures, including the traditional titanium bar method using denture teeth, full contour zirconia and the nano-ceramic...

  • Friday11:00am - 11:50am
    Saturday11:00am - 11:50am
    Best Practices for Operating a Milling System: CAM Software, Tools, Maintence, Materials and Strategies

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Eli Delgado covers today's best practices for maintaining your milling machine, nesting strategies, tool selection and use, managing multiple mills, four- and five-axis considerations, and how to choose...

  • Friday3:00pm - 3:50pm
    Everything You Need to Know About Building Your Most Profitable Lab

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Professional Development credit · Brian Murphy covers how to make your lab the most profitable with scanner speeds, post-sintering efforts, zirconia unit costs and much more.

  • Friday11:00am - 11:50am
    Saturday11:00am - 11:50am
    Fast and Easy FDA-Compliant Implant Abutments

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · 2017 was a year of big FDA changes for labs that mill custom implant abutments. Kim Karpowitz takes you through the experience of a number of high-profile labs that faced this controversy head-on, what...

  • Friday12:00pm - 12:50pm
    Saturday12:00pm - 12:50pm
    Going Digital with Digital Dentures

    Michigan 1C · East Tower, Bronze Level Level

    1 Scientific credit · Dan Swamy and Brian Murphy cover the latest in the Baltic Denture System, traditional vs. digital dentures, milled full arches, hybrid nano ceramics, 3D printing and aligned milling blanks. 

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