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.
Full Arch on Four Implants: When Four Is Enough, Upper vs Lower
What the evidence says about fixed full arches on four implants: meta-analyses and a randomized trial of four against six,...
Implant Screw Torque by Brand: Abutment and Multi-Unit Values
A torque table from current manufacturer documents for Straumann, Neodent, ZimVie, BioHorizons, Astra Tech EV, Ankylos, Hiossen and MegaGen: abutment,...
Implant Overdentures: Two Implants, Locator-Type Attachments or a Bar?
What a snap-in denture is, the McGill and York consensus on the two-implant mandibular overdenture, how stud, ball, bar, magnet...
Emergence Profile on Implant Crowns: Angles, Soft Tissue and Custom Healing Abutments
What emergence profile and emergence angle mean, the evidence on angles above 30 degrees and convex profiles, how soft tissue...
Occlusion on Implant Crowns: How Light Should Contacts Be?
Why implants feel and move differently from teeth, what the evidence says about implant-protected occlusion and overload, how to check...
Screwmentable Implant Crowns: Cemented to a Ti-Base, Retrieved Like a Screw-Retained Crown
What a screwmentable crown is, what the evidence says about retrievability, residual cement and complications, materials on titanium bases, the...
3-Unit Bridge vs. Implant Crown in 2026: What the Evidence Says
Survival, complications, tooth reduction, time to final, contraindications and cost for replacing a single missing tooth with a tooth-supported bridge...
Why Implant Screws Loosen, and How to Prevent It
How often implant screws loosen, what preload and settling mean, the causes from under-torquing to cantilevers and bruxism, what manufacturers...
