Elegant Dental Laboratory Blog
Articles on digital dentistry, clinical tips, case planning, and dental lab workflow.
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?
The McGill and York consensus on the two-implant mandibular overdenture, patient outcomes, how stud, ball, bar, magnet and telescopic attachments...
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...
