Digital dentistry
All guides
An implant crown depends on parts that must match the implant in the patient’s mouth. Here is what a dental lab needs on the Rx to start the case.
A few consistent photos tell a dental lab what a scan cannot. Here is the set to take, how to take a shade photo, and how to send them with the case.
A digital impression reaches the dental lab in minutes and needs no model poured. Here is what changes at intake and at the bench, and what stays the same.
A smile trial lets a patient see and feel planned veneers before any tooth is prepared. Here is how the mock-up is made and what the lab needs.
A digital crown passes through eight steps between the scan and the seat. Here is each one, who does it, and what the practice and the lab hand over.
Printing night guards in a dental practice takes seven steps, and each can stall. Here is the workflow, who does what, and how to keep the queue moving.
A same-day crown saves the patient a visit, and a lab crown brings a technician’s hand. Here is how a practice that does both decides which to use.
An in-house dental lab pays off with steady volume, someone to run it and a use for the speed. Here is how to weigh it against sending work out.