Lab Materials
IPS e.max ZirCAD LT Now Available in 9 New Shades
Ivoclar Vivadent’s popular IPS e.max® ZirCAD® LT discs are now available in an extended portfolio; the high-strength zirconium oxide material is suitable for single-tooth restorations and long-span bridges.
Neoss Announces Single Prosthetic Platform NeossONE
Neoss announces NeossONE, a prosthetic platform with the capability to be used across 3 implant ranges.
5Ws* Dentivera Milling Discs
These milling discs are manufactured with a high-performance polymer that is a biocompatible alternative to metal.
Lifelike in Form and Function
The 2021 DLP Materials Survey: An Open Approach to Find the Best Materials
The Dental Lab Products® 2021 Materials Survey provides a look at what materials are most often recommended in various clinical situations, as well as the most important properties for a dental material.
5 Historical Indirect Restorative Materials Unlikely to Be Used Again
A look at some materials used to replace missing teeth from the times before organized dentistry.
Glidewell Launches the BruxZir Zirconia Shade Guide
Featuring shade tabs made from BruxZir Zirconia, this new shade guide aims to make it easier to achieve highly esthetic outcomes with the material.
Material Options Help Digital Dentistry Excel
This product roundup provides information on some of today’s top digital material choices, and also ways to easily make the transition to digital materials, including matching the digital material to your workflow.
5Ws* Flexcera Digital Dentures
New 3D printing resins are designed for efficient production of highly durable and equally esthetic 3D printed dentures.
Sterngold Dental Partners with AIDL to Create Digital Denture Course
The partnership was created to offer a course on the subject of digital dentures.
Ivoclar Vivadent Expands ZirCAD Prime Options With New 25-mm Discs
The new 25-mm thick discs allow for the production of restorations with larger vertical dimensions.
Does Every Lab Need a 3D Printer?
3D printing is playing a bigger and bigger role in digital dental workflows, and lower costs and higher capabilities mean the technology will only grow in popularity.
Nexa3D Releases the NXD200 Dental Lab 3D Printer
Fast, high-resolution printer features revolutionary and patented LSPc technology that combines a large build area, extreme print uniformity, advanced process algorithms, and intelligent optimization.
How To Achieve a Beautiful Smile Using Polishing for Final Touches
Polishing rather than glazing is the superior means for final touches to restorations for this author, who polishes all zirconia and lithium disilicate with Z-Shine Diamond Polish from Dental Creations, Ltd.
The Finishing Touch
Stains and glazes give restorations a lifelike, realistic finish.
COVID-19: 1 Year Later in the Dental Lab Industry
Survival strategies and lessons learned in the past year when everything changed for everyone.
5Ws* APVolution S Color Key Shade Guides
A shade guide designed for efficiency through simplicity for better outcomes.
Deliver Strength, Esthetics, and a Reduction in Time
Zirlux Transitions from Zahn Dental is helping this lab get great results while increasing production and lowering inventory and labor time.
DLP April 2021 New Products
A look at some of the recently announced products from the dental laboratory industry.
Ivoclar Vivadent Marks 30 Years of Pressing Technology
The dental company takes a look back at 30 years of history behind their pressing technology.
Zirconia from A to Z
Everything dental lab professionals need to know to make smart choices about which zirconia discs to use.
New IBT Resin Expands Formlabs’ Suite of 3D Printing Materials
Materials line now expanded and designed to save time and effort for orthodontic professionals.
Myseron Acquires Dentivera Milling Disc Product Line, Expands CAD/CAM Offerings
Myerson is acquiring the Dentivera product from Solvay Specialty Polymers along with an exclusive license to use the Ultaire AKP trademark in the dental industry.
5Ws* VITA VIONIC VIGO
VITA VIONIC VIGO® digital denture teeth from VITA are made of SE polymer (silica-endowed polymer matrix) with a design perfected for the digital fabrication of dentures.
5Ws* Zirlux Transitions
Zirlux® Transitions from Zahn Dental feature transitional layered zirconia with Smart Incisal Technology designed to achieve high-quality esthetic restorations.
The Evolution of Digital Dentures
The latest digital removables materials, processes, and workflows such as the Baltic Denture System available via Sterngold are making denture production more efficient and simpler.
GC Presents Centennial Logo to Celebrate the Company's 100th Anniversary
The company will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding on Feb. 11, 2021.
Whip Mix Announces VeriCast OS 3D Printing Resin
The new castable resin material is the latest expansion to Whip Mix's VeriBrand of 3D printing resins.
Keystone, Henkel Collaborate on Launch of New 3D Dental Modeling Resin
Companies work together on KeyModel Ultra, designed to print faster than other materials and offer a smoother finished surface.
“You’re Looking At a Material that’s Reasonably Bulletproof”
Researcher and clinician Ken Malament, DDS, explains the conclusions reached by his 16 years of longitudinal research using Ivoclar Vivadent’s IPS e.max Press material.