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Cosmetic dentistry looks nothing like it did 30 years ago, so on this episode of Digital Dentistry Decoded, I put a simple question to a dentist who has practiced through the entire shift. What has actually changed, ...
A framework that misses passive fit by just 40 to 50 microns, roughly half the width of a human hair, can cause screw loosening, bone loss, and eventual failure. That is not a rounding error. That ...
An iDD member recently asked me a question I get quite often. They wanted a proper comparison of how the current generation of scanners handles soft tissue and edentulous ridges. In short, which scanner is best ...
What a 92 Percent Case Acceptance Rate Looks Like in Cosmetic Dentistry Welcome back to another episode of the Digital Dentistry Decoded podcast. Dr. Ahmad here from iDD. This week I sat down with Dr. Brian ...
Phrozen has long been a familiar name in the dental 3D printing space, but perhaps not for the reasons they would prefer. For years, dentists and lab technicians bought the consumer-grade printers, tinkered with settings, hacked ...
Interesting news last week - Dentsply Sirona and HeyGears have confirmed that the Lucitone Digital Print Denture resins are now validated for one-piece denture production on the new HeyGears UltraCraft Multi-Material Fusion (MMF) DLP 3D printer. ...
Shining 3D Just Announced a Chairside Printer the Size of an Espresso Machine Shining 3D Dental has been on an impressive streak. First, the Aoralscan Elite disrupted photogrammetry. Then the Elf came out and turned heads ...
There are product launches, and then there are product launches that make you stop and pay attention. Today, Shining 3D Dental announced two new chairside 3D printers: the Ceramix-Nano Capsule Pod 3D Printer and the aggressively ...
Over the past few months, SprintRay has released a new priming tool for Midas capsules, brought its multi-unit capsules to market, and started sharing technique guides for cementing and finishing printed crowns. Here is a rundown ...
Here is the thing about a bad scan or a poorly done tooth prep. A lot of clinicians don't realize it at the chair. You find out days later, when the lab calls or emails, or ...
If you have followed digital dentistry for any length of time, you will know that exocad sits at the center of a huge number of lab and chairside workflows worldwide. The software is ubiquitous in the ...
Formlabs Goes Fully Open and What It Means for Dental 3D Printing If you have been following the 3D printing space in dentistry, you will know that one of the most common complaints about Formlabs Dental printers ...
The digital full-arch landscape has changed dramatically over the past few years. Intraoral scanners have improved, digital workflows have matured, and clinicians now have more options than ever to capture implant positions and deliver full-arch restorations. ...
I recently sat down with Ayush Bagla, the former CEO of Ackuretta and now the Managing Director at Pac-Dent, for an honest conversation about where 3D printing in dentistry actually stands. Ayush has been in this game for ...
Two pieces of pretty significant Medit news landed this week, and I think they are more connected than they appear at first glance. Together, they tell you something important about where Medit is going, and probably where ...
Having spent the past year attending major dental exhibitions across four continents, I was genuinely curious about IDEM 2026 in Singapore. This is Asia Pacific's premier dental event, a biennial show held at Marina Bay Sands ...
SprintRay has been busy. Between the Multi-unit Midas Capsules and the new resins previewed at Chicago Midwinter 2026, and a growing list of major industry partnerships (most recently GC), SprintRay is clearly making a play to ...
Why 95% of Bite Scans Fail (And What to Do About It) Bad bites have been plaguing dental labs since the moment intraoral scanners became mainstream. Every dentist has felt it. A crown comes back needing ...
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