The article relates to digital impressions transmitted electronically to the lab using the Cerec system by Sirona.
Here is the editor's comments:
" Digital impressions are slowly catching on with our customers at the lab. The majority of the digital impressions we receive are from Sirona CEREC® owners, who typically use this digital impression system to design and mill a crown, such as IPS e.max® CAD, in their own offices. However, we are seeing more CEREC dentists who want to take advantage of high strength monolithic restorations that cannot be milled in the office, such as BruxZir® Solid Zirconia.
In this article, Dr. Carlos Boudet outlines the steps transmitting a digital file to the lab via CEREC Connect. "
INTRODUCTION
A common fear among dentists who purchase the latest technology in the form of a new piece of equipment is the uncertainty of how soon it will be made obsolete. This fear is greater when it is unclear if the manufacturer will offer system upgrades that allow the dentist to continue using the equipment when improved features and new options become available.
For years, the ceramo-metal restoration has been the gold standard in crown & bridge procedures. Although durable and time-tested, this type of restoration may not be the most esthetic. For years, patients have asked for metal-free restorations, and the industry has accommodated this request with various resin composite and ceramic systems.
THE CEREC CAD/CAM SYSTEM
There are two chairside CAD/CAM systems available today: CEREC (Sirona Dental Systems; Charlotte, N.C.) and E4D Dentist™ (D4D Technologies; Richardson, Texas). Also available are three chairside digital impression systems: Lava C.O.S. from 3M ESPE, iTero from CADENT1 and IOS FastScan from IOS Technologies Inc. (The last was recently released to a select group of dentists in Southern California. A fourth chairside digital impression system developed in Israel, Densys, is not yet available to U.S. dentists but is expected to be released stateside in late 2011.) I own a CEREC 3D Redcam system, which now has been replaced by faster hardware and better software with Sirona's CEREC Bluecam.
Soon after I purchased the CEREC Redcam system, I had the opportunity to test out the CADENT iTero.2 I liked the system's ability to create a very precise model that allowed me to choose virtually any material for the fabrication of crowns & bridges from a digital impression. This got me thinking: Wouldn't it be nice if I could take digital impressions with my CEREC unit and send them to the lab for cases that, because of the choice of materials3 or other reasons, cannot be fabricated using the compact milling unit?
For the complete article, please visit my website link here:
http://www.boudetdds.com/articles.htm
Or visit chairside magazine's link here:
http://www.glidewelldental.com/downloads/dentist/chairside/issues/spring2011-v6-2.pdf
West Palm Beach Dentist
Carlos Boudet, DDS, DICOI
1840 Forest Hill Blvd, Suite 204
West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
Phone: (561) 968 6022
Carlos Boudet, DDS, DICOI
1840 Forest Hill Blvd, Suite 204
West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
Phone: (561) 968 6022
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