Dental Lab Articles for Dentists
Practical guides from our Brooklyn lab on crowns and materials, implants, scanners, dentures and appliances, plus our own research on US dental labs.
3D-Printed vs. Milled Dentures: Fit, Strength, Time and Which to Choose
What trials and meta-analyses show about 3D-printed, milled and conventional complete dentures: base strength, fit, retention, staining, reline bond, adjustments,...
Flexible vs. Cast Metal vs. Acrylic Partial Dentures: How to Choose
Indications and limits of flexible, cast metal and acrylic partial dentures, what trials and reviews show on retention, periodontal health...
Immediate Dentures: Records, Surgery Day and the First Year of Relines
Conventional vs interim immediate dentures, the records the lab needs before extraction, cast surgery, digital workflows, ridge resorption in the...
Implant Overdentures: Two Implants, Locator-Type Attachments or a Bar?
The McGill and York consensus on the two-implant mandibular overdenture, patient outcomes, how stud, ball, bar, magnet and telescopic attachments...
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...
