A year ago, a colleague and I started the Tooth Faerie Club in response to a general lack of resources and discussion on digital dentistry. The majority of young, technologically-inclined dentists could see the apparent advantages of a digital workflow, and yet here in Taiwan, the dentists of old are
The patient wanted to replace her splinted PFMs with full ceramic crowns. The goals: Centrals with better dimensions High-Low-High gingival profiles After crown removal, we have two discolored abutments with metal cores. Fortunately, her original crowns were slightly in retroclination, so we have some buccal space to work with on
A couple of days ago, I had an interesting conversation with another dentist about the attractiveness (or lack thereof) of intraoral scanners for prosthodontists. The gist of his argument was that because the focus of prosthodontic restorations is the planning prior to the actual treatment, the only tangible benefit of
I’ve always wondered how some textbooks are able to get those photos with beautifully-colored tooth sections. Using them in PowerPoint presentations have become something of a trend, and I came across another one of those a couple of weeks ago. The photos themselves look like false-color images, but I knew
In our clinic, there is no shortage of patients coming in to replace old anterior dental restorations. The most frequent reasons for replacement are exposed metal margins and unnatural color, although splinted crowns are pretty popular as well. When the underlying tooth have gone through root canal therapy, we can oftentimes
In light of the recent news regarding the questionable marketing tactics used by a Korean dental clinic, we have witnessed the beginning of the deep chasm forming between the aspirations of the dentist, and the desires of the patients. Small altercations have grown to a full-blown virtual war and, ironically,
This is an extended version of the same article on CEREC Digest. A while back, a member of the study club came across a case report by Pascal Magne, titled: An approach to biomimetics: the natural CAD/CAM restoration: a clinical report. The report outlined a method that transferred a
To me, the virtual articulator in the CEREC software has always been an awkward feature. On one hand, its existence is necessary to “complete” the digital workflow when compared with tradition. And yet, it seems to be virtually useless in clinical settings, when acquiring the necessary parameters can be extremely
One of my earliest attempts to block a severely discolored abutment came back for a follow-up appointment today. The patient was a woman in her seventies, and had fractured her ceramic crown on tooth #11. She had visited Taipei VGH, and was referred to our clinic for one-visit restoration. After
Ghost Mode is a procedure for the single-visit treatment of multiple restorations. It requires at least two CEREC Omnicam devices to work, and allows the dental technician’s workflow to run in parallel with that of the dentist. The base idea is that the Biocopy scan of each subsequent Omnicam would be
This manuscript has appeared in the November issue of ADSRC Newsletter Part of being human is our perpetual desire for betterment, and technological advancement has always been at the forefront to facilitate us in achieving this goal. These days you would be hard-pressed to find a respectable number of people
The topic of my patient demographics has come up on several occasions, and although I’m fairly certain of what my instincts are telling me, it’s really just a best guess. No more. Today I decided to waste a few hours and find out the mean and median age of my