The European Commission The European Commission has published draft legislation to phase out dental amalgam in 2025. The revision of the EU Mercury Regulation has been expected since December 2022 and includes a ban on mercury-containing light bulbs and lamps. Since there are viable mercury-free alternatives, dental amalgam shall no longer be used for dental […]
Category Archives: Dental Labs
Zirconia crowns are well known as the most-used ceramic restoration in dentistry. Dr. Gordon Christensen provides some potential solutions for a few of their most important challenges. Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, PhD, MSD “I have been practicing for many years, and most of the indirect restorations I have placed in the past could be […]
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Ivoclar Vivadent How often do you solder? Have you ever asked yourself how important soldering is in the overall context of dental laboratory work – and which requirements are essential to achieve a successful soldering result? If you have, then you may find this background information insightful. Come with us on a journey through the […]
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Eric Thorn, Esq. Many clearly recognize the importance of requiring dental laboratories to disclose to the dentist the point-of-origin and the material content of materials used in dental restorations as the accuracy of this information is essential to protect the patient safety. What many don’t recognize is that most states lack basic minimum standards for […]
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Steve Killian, CDT We all know how busy the dentist and staff are in a successful practice. As a matter of course, those practices work with successful and reputable dental laboratories. The trend follows because of the need for expert technical assistance from the most experienced dental technician/technologist in the laboratory. The dental technologist is […]
LMT Communications, Inc. LMT asked dentist-participants in our 2018 Dentist Survey to rank the challenges they assume laboratory owners face. Interestingly, they were correct in choosing the top two, saying a lab’s biggest struggles are hiring competent staff (which lab owners ranked as their #2 problem) and making do with inadequate work by clients (which labs ranked as […]
LMT Communications, Inc. In LMT’s joint survey with Dental Economics, 46% of dentists say they’ve switched their primary laboratory—meaning the one they use most often—in the last five years. Here’s what leads them to end laboratory relationships and what they look for next time around. The more things change, the more they remain the same: while dentistry […]
LMT Communications, Inc. The landscape of the dental industry is ever-changing: demographic shifts, business model transitions and technological evolutions present new opportunities and challenges for dentists and laboratories alike. Proactive laboratories are making a point to stay on top of these trends, setting themselves up to be invaluable resources to their clients as well as […]
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Heather Voss, CDT Whenever we drive a car, purchase something online, use a cellphone or take our children to an amusement park, we are benefiting from minimum quality standards without even knowing it. Standards have become such an integral part of our daily lives that the average person gives little to no thought to everyday […]
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Ivoclar Vivadent Blog Team Digitization, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, Big Data, disruptive technologies – the business world is changing rapidly. Digital change does not stop at the doorstep of your dental lab. It is likely to affect the way you do your technical work, organize your lab and communicate with your colleagues in dental […]
