VIVA LA LAYERING!

I have had at least 5 calls this month from sales reps trying to sell me cad/cam machines for full contour crowns - We are only a three person lab and layering porcelain is our passion. We are embracing technology for all its benefits, but press a button and have a crown? We'd rather layer our restorations and have personal satisfaction. Who knows what the future will bring but for now we Layer!!!!!

ALL Ceramic....

For years now we have been choosing metal as our abutment choice materiel.
We have been really taking advantage of today's technology and have been dabbling with Zirconia abutments for our anterior cases. We are very impressed with the capabilities of Zirconia when the situation is ideal for all ceramic. Keep checking back for some clinical application shots.

OverDenture Hybrid

Heres a case we just wrapped up - This was treatment planned for all ceramic, but because of tough times in the economy the patient decided to go with this treatment plan. Just wanted to show that one can get very creative artistically with over-dentures as well as all ceramic cases.With a wax try-in for esthetics,occlusion,and hygiene we had a good guideline to follow.Thanks to Jonny from CDL for his support!

Photography

Just started work on a new photography project - Playing around today I shot some cool images of teeth I hollowed out. hope you enjoy!!

EVOLUTION...

Just playing with some teeth and observed through photos some interesting images - Breaking a tooth down with photography it is very clear to see all aspects of a natural tooth - We can clearly see a tooth being evolved from pulp - the final form. This becomes critical when realizing your restorations with ceramics - from this study we can clearly see that their has to be many considerations when layering ceramic. Looking deep into nature you can see what colors lye and replicate through observation. Think of the pulp as your coping and go from their!