For the 6 years we have been involved with digital dentistry we have always been pushing the envelope, testing to see what we can do with our Sirona inLab system and what some of our dentists can do with their digital impression system.  So when Dr. Canfield called us and asked what we thought about taking a digital impression for a mini-implant case, we said, "Lets do it!"

The concern was that the mini-implant was so small, and so detailed that maybe the digital impression would not be able to give us an accurate replication of the mini-implant in the mouth.  Just to be on the safe side he took a traditional poly-vinyl impression with a mini-implant in it.  The detail was so fine on the digital impression that we ended up pouring the traditional model just for evaluation purposes, but did not use it for any production.

The restorations on the mini-implant on tooth number 12 and the prepped tooth number 14 are IPS e.max restorations.

 
                Before
           
             
              The Digital Impressions how they arrive to the laboratory

      
                  The models fabricated from the digital impression   


            IPS e.max crowns


                         After

We have done bridges, maryland bridges, veneers, onlays, inlays, and crowns using metal, zirconium and lithium discilicate glass, but this mini-implant truly shows the accuracy of the CEREC AC Blucam and our Sirona inLab system, working together through CEREC Connect.

Thanks for stopping by!
Darin