Well-defined margins are essential for achieving well-fitting restorations. It is crucial to ensure that the margins are designed and prepared correctly.
Guessing or eyeballing to adjust the crown is time-consuming and does not guarantee an accurate fit. Poorly fitting crowns are unacceptable and should not be cemented.
There are only minor differences in preparation between the various all-ceramic crown materials. Proper design is critical for ensuring the mechanical success of the restoration.
Throughout the last fifty years, materials used for dental implants have been extensively researched, and an understanding of how the physical and chemical properties affect the clinical outcome of the treatment has considerably improved.
Because zirconia crowns are designed to help seal and protect your patient’s teeth from further damage, it is imperative that you know how to properly implant a crown and how to adjust the fit of the crown should complications arise.
Digital dentistry has been an evolving part of dentistry for the last several decades. Starting with tomography developments in the early ’60s to the first milled restoration in the ’80s, digital dental labs have entirely changed the dental field. With their implementation, doctors have noted an increased ability to build trust with patients, leading to increased loyalty from patients.
Today, clinicians can incorporate digital workflows into their practices through data capture utilizing intraoral scanners for digital impressions and/or diagnostics. Clinicians are also able to utilize cone-beam computed tomography for impressions and diagnostics as well.
These technologies offer an overall improved and more efficient workflow once properly incorporated.
Ultimate Dental Lab was an early adopter of digital technologies and has fully embraced computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing. Early on, we discovered the value that digital technologies had on every step of the manufacturing process, from case planning all the way through to the finished product.
While the technology has had some bumps early on, it has only improved over time and has effectively changed dentistry forever.
