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Recall -

6 month recall on a no prep feldspathic chip case we did 22-27 mesial distal chips - The Paper Photography really makes them pop - thanks Sascha for the tip!

Optical Effects Acheived with Modern Meterials....

Natural effects achieved utilizing Initial ZI....
(and yes, the patient requested the diastema as she had one her whole life before her fall - we all loved the final it was if she never fell and broke her teeth))

Surface Texture

A shot from an upcoming article for GC's One body System. When Only using one powder and lustre pastes one must put more effort into other variables that will help the restoration appear more vital. Optical illusions can be achieved by playing with variables such as color theory and texture.

Lecture and Hands On/Photography Courses

We are in the process of putting together our 2010/2011 lecture/hands on courses with GC America and will post our schedule as soon as it is up to date.

Photoelasticss and Ice.......

Contact Lens Feldspathic Chip

This patient came to us after ortho treatment. When the brackets were removed so was his old bonding on number 9. The patient finally came in two years after his braces were removed with the old bonding to veneer tooth number 9 - For this case we decided to veneer with feldspathic porcelain utilizing the refractory technique to pick up all the natural color from his natural abutment. We like this technique as we can get a veneer as thin as 0.1mm giving a see through (contact lens) effect - Our Dr. made the finish line in the middle third of the tooth so we could keep his natural healthy tissue - We achieved this result by overextending the margin and had our Dr. finish the ceramics right to the tooth using silicone's and dialights intra-orally after bonding.

Photoelastics....

Back at it again with some new shots -

Playing with light....

Photography is a big passion of ours - we just got some new studio lights and had a little practice session today - Our goal is to document Dentistry from start to finish - From the bench to the mouth in a unique way that will raise awareness to our beautiful field! Showcasing portraits will help motivate our clients when they see how beautiful restorations look in overall harmony with their surroundings... Creating teeth is a unique craft, and it should be seen in the same light as other great crafts such as high fashion and design..

Check back soon to see our after portraits of recent cases.

DAY AND NIGHT!!

Playing with our new light box during a bake break today I composed this image of sectioned teeth -

New Toy...

Just picked up a tattoo tracing box - It allows for really creative photographs -
Go get one, and go get creative!!!!!

DAS WAX-UP

We cant tell you how big we are on wax-ups! They will guide you through the whole case and leave no guess work. Wax ups are the ultimate in planning and achieving the ultimate goal of satisfying your Patients and Doctors -

When looking at all our past cases we can firmly say that the cases that had the most success had a wax-up (blueprint ) to guide us.