Elegant Dental Laboratory Blog
Articles on digital dentistry, clinical tips, case planning, and dental lab workflow.
Oral Appliances for Sleep Apnea: Evidence, Designs and What the Lab Needs
What the AASM and AADSM guideline and the trials show about oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea and snoring: results...
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,...
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,...
Switching Dental Labs: A Checklist for a Smooth First Case
When to switch dental labs and when to fix your own records first, how to check a new lab, what...
Alternate Benefits and Downgrades: Why Insurance Pays for a Different Crown Than You Placed
What alternate benefit (LEAT) clauses are, how payers apply them to posterior ceramic crowns, composites, implants and partials, how they...
Crown Survival by Material: What 5- and 10-Year Data Show for Zirconia, E.max, PFM and Gold
Pooled 5- and 10-year survival and complication data for single crowns by material, on teeth and implants, what survival and...
Independent Practice vs. DSO in 2026: What the Data Say
ADA Health Policy Institute data on DSO affiliation, practice ownership, income, hours and clinical autonomy, and what each practice model...
Year-End Dental Benefits: How to Phase Treatment Around the Annual Maximum
How annual maximums, deductibles, frequency limits and benefit years work, which date payers count for crowns, bridges and dentures, how...
