CAD/CAM

Our lab has a connection with Ohio State University—I used to work at the dental school, several of our clients teach classes there and we also fabricate some of their work—and, for the last five years, I’ve brought in graduate students to our laboratory for educational seminars.

Twice...

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.

LMT's Associate Publisher/Editor Kelly Fessel Carr attended exocad Insights 2022 in Mallorca, Spain this fall. Here are some highlights from the event, including time-saving features of the company's new DentalCAD 3.1 Rijeka software

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.

exocad's latest CAD software update offers a myriad of features and upgrades.

Advice—provided exclusively by LMT’s 2019 Display Advertisers—on everything from 3D printing to zirconia.

With a new, expanded schedule this year—three full days of seminars and two full days of exhibits—LAB DAY attendees were thrilled to fit it all in!

There were many companies exhibiting at LMT LAB DAY for the first time. Among them, divided by product or service categories, were: 

3D Printing

UnionTech™ is a 3D printing solutions company founded in Shanghai in 2001. In 2017, the company launched EvoDent, a new dental division...

While digital technology offers labs increased efficiency, broad material choices and lower labor costs, respondents to LMT's 2018 Remake Survey are mixed on the effect it's having on external remakes.

Defying predictions they wouldn’t survive in an increasingly digital environment, a growing number of one- to five-person labs are embracing digital technology. See the results of LMT’s exclusive 2017 Digital Technology Survey.

Dentsply Sirona held its inaugural Siroworld event in August, bringing together all members of the dental team for education, entertainment and top-level speakers.

Last year, technician Marius Vincze’s newly built in-house lab was featured in the pages of LMT. Here’s a look at his latest project:

To help dentists reap the benefits of their chairside CAD/CAM systems, Christian Scull sets up in-office laboratories, establishes protocol and trains dental assistants to design and finish the units.

Biodenta North America launched its DentaSwiss PreFAB-4 system, an open CAD/CAM system with a price point below $30,000. Using the system, that includes the DS1300 wet milling unit and 3Shape scanner and design software, laboratories can produce CAD/CAM custom abutments in compliance with FDA regulations...