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 Permanent Crowns vs. Milled Zirconia and E.max in 2026
What printed permanent crown resins are, their FDA clearances and current instructions, lab and clinical data against zirconia and lithium...
Digital vs. Conventional Impressions in 2026: Accuracy, Fit and When Each Wins
Scan or impression? Accuracy by case type, crown fit, subgingival margins, full-arch implants and dentures, patient comfort, and how to...
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...
How to Scan Implants: Scan Bodies, Common Mistakes and What to Send the Lab
A step-by-step guide to intraoral implant scans: matching and seating scan bodies, orientation, emergence profile, full-arch accuracy, reuse limits, common...
TRIOS 3 vs. TRIOS 6: Which 3Shape Scanner Fits Your Practice?
Wired vs wireless, speed, diagnostics, carts, care plans, accuracy evidence and US list prices for 3Shape TRIOS 3 and TRIOS...
Will AI Replace Dentists and Dental Technicians? What the Data Say in 2026
How dentists use AI in 2026, what the FDA has cleared, what caries and crown design studies show, what robots...
How to Send a Scan to a Dental Lab: iTero, TRIOS, Medit, CEREC, DEXIS and More
Current, step-by-step instructions for connecting a dental lab and sending cases from iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, Medit, CEREC and Primescan, DEXIS,...
