Elegant Dental Laboratory Blog
Articles on digital dentistry, clinical tips, case planning, and dental lab workflow.
Robots in Dentistry in 2026: What Is Cleared, What Is Proven, What Is Hype
What the FDA has cleared, what randomized trials show for robot-assisted implant placement against guides and navigation, which autonomous robots...
How to Fill Out a Dental Lab Rx: What the Lab Needs and What the Law Requires
A field-by-field guide to the dental lab prescription: what state laws require, what the lab needs for crowns, bridges, implants...
Clear Aligners in General Practice: Case Selection, Evidence and Working With a Lab
Which aligner cases suit a general dentist: accuracy by tooth movement, cases to refer, aligners vs braces, attachments, IPR, refinements,...
The American Dental Lab, Then and Now: From Back Rooms to Digital Workflows
Part 5 of our Then and Now series: how the US dental lab business changed, from 1,800 commercial labs in...
TRIOS vs. iTero in 2026: How the Two Leading Intraoral Scanners Compare
3Shape TRIOS and Align iTero compared: current models, wireless vs corded, independent accuracy studies, FDA-cleared caries aids, Invisalign, open export,...
AI Crown Design in Dental Labs: What It Does Well, Where It Fails, and What It Means for Your Cases
How AI crown design works, the main tools labs use, what 2024 to 2026 studies found on margins, contacts, occlusion...
The Dental Hygienist Shortage Is Not Temporary: What the Data Say in 2026
ADA HPI, BLS and CODA data on the hygienist shortage: how hard hiring is now, how it compares with 2019...
Dentures in America, Then and Now: From Hippopotamus Ivory to Digital Dentures
Part 4 of our Then and Now series: George Washington's dentures, porcelain teeth, vulcanite, acrylic, the McGill consensus on implant...
