View from the lab

This series focusses on the dental laboratory.

Planning, creating and selling high definition files - Tony Knight

In this video, recorded at the Digital Dental symposium 2016, Tony Knight talks about planning, creating and selling high definition files.

Aims and objectives:

Learn about planning, creating and selling high definition files, taking into consideration:

• Game changing dental technology
• CADCAM to include zirconia, titanium
• Digital workflow, scanned preps, virtual articulation, diagnostic wax-ups, temporaries, models, milling
• Crowns, inlays, bridges, telescopic, bars, orthodontics, dentures
• 3D printing, wax printing, laser metal sintering, CrCo/Titanium, with/without attachments
• Digital implant planning, surgical guides
• Monolithic restorations, milled, layered, morphology, colour, polish
• Prepping for milled restorations
• Digital smile design
• Selling the smile, marketing, evidence of success

Intelligent digital design - Stephen Green

In this video, recorded at the Digital Dental symposium 2016, Stephen Green talks about education and innovation using the latest digital technology.

Aims and objectives:

Gain knowledge on education and innovation using the latest digital technology, taking into consideration:

• Why digital technology, quality of production, choice of materials, return on investment, external market, internal market, competition, change
• Why choose digital
• How is the market changing to include benefits
• Digital workflow man vs machine
• Recruitment and selection
• Education for the dental technician and the dentist
• Market development