January 17, 2010
Received this email yesterday…
Dear Ivoclar Partner,
We are very excited about the recent CLINICIANS REPORT (CR Newsletter) featuring SpeedCEMas one of the TOP 3 “Self-Adhesive” resin cements. This newsletter provides you with an outstanding opportunity to promote SpeedCEM as a top performer in the fast growing category of self-adhesive cements.
Article Highlights
100% of evaluators rated SpeedCEM as “Excellent or Good”.
SpeedCEM was rated as one of the TOP 3 self-adhesive resin cements in the marketplace (along with Breeze and G-CEM.)
SpeedCEM offers the highest level of radiopacity (330% in the evaluation.) G-CEM had one of the lowest levels of radiopacity in the evaluation.
Among all the advantages of self-adhesive resin cements listed in the review, be sure to highlight the “Self-Cure” properties of SpeedCEM, deeming it a great choice under PFM and Zirconia restorations where the cement must polymerize without being initiated by a curing light.
73% of the evaluators stated “simplicity” was the #1 reason for choosing to use a Self-Adhesive resin cement.
It was clearly pointed out that self-adhesive resin cements should only be used in situations with retentive preparations and where high-level “adhesive” properties areNOT desired.
To take some of the burden from you, be sure to encourage dentists to take advantage of our “FREE SAMPLE” offer by registering at:
www.ivoclarvivadent.com/SpeedCEMSample
Their sample will include a “2+1 OFFER” for their first purchase providing them with a very easy and affordable way to try this amazing new cement.
ADDED BONUS!
Multilink Automix was used as a “benchmark” in the evaluation!
Multilink Automix and Duo-link (Bisco) were used as “benchmarks” to compare the self-adhesive resin cements to adhesive resin cements. Multilink demonstrated bond strengths more than double that of Duo-link.
Multilink® Automix
Universal Adhesive Resin Cement
Recommended for situations where high-level bond strengths are desired and in all situations where adequate retention and resistance form is not possible in the preparation design.
The self-etching Multilink Primer A/B provides high-level “immediate” bond strengths to dentin and enamel, excellent sealing of margins and reduction in post-operative sensitivity.
SpeedCEM®
Self-Adhesive Resin Cement
Recommended for crown & bridge restorations where adequate retention and resistance form exists in the preparation design.
SpeedCEM combines a fast, easy conventional placement technique with several advantages of resin cements such as low solubility, increased strength and optional light-cure polymerization.
And, there you have it….
January 15, 2010
Sorry for not posting more regularly – between the holidays and the installation of our milling machine, it has been a little hectic. After a little bit of a rocky start, we made a ton of progress last week.
The zirconia copings and full contour crowns – which we will be marketing as SDL ORIGINal Z – are turning out great. We have both a High Strength (HS) formulation for posterior crowns and bridges, as well as a High Translucency (HT) which we are using with anterior crowns and the full contour zirconia -FCZ- crowns.
As for titanium…I put together a little video (No criticism will be tolerated – I’m just a guy with a Mac), and posted it on YouTube this morning. Its about 3 minutes long, and gives an abbreviated look at our process for producing a titanium coping. Please stick with the video until the end – I think you will be amazed at the final result. We plan on veneering the coping with the TriCeram porcelain on Monday, and I plan on posting a subsequent shot of the final crown.
Click here to go to YouTube (There is a goofy soundtrack, so make sure to have your speakers on…)
With our new capabilities (and the ever-volatile pricing of gold and palladium), I will be putting together a new fee schedule that I hope to publish next weekend, and will take effect on February 1, 2010…
January 10, 2010
I spent Friday morning scanning, designing and milling four zirconia copings using our new Origin Pro Duo 5000 milling machine. Have to say, I’m pretty pleased.
I scanned the cases as anatomical copings using our 3Shape software. This entails scanning the working model, opposing model and die, as well as a “bite scan” with the two models articulated. After scanning, a full contour proposal is provided, and after a little tweaking of the contacts and occlusion, the software performs an automated cutback of the full contour proposal – I used a cutback of 1.0mm and a minimum coping thickness of 0.4mm to provide a nice combination of minimal coping thickness and support for the veneering ceramic.
I then loaded the coping files into the B&D CAM software. The Pro Duo uses material pucks, and the CAM software is used to orient the copings in the puck to minimize material waste. Its a pretty intuitive program. One feature allows you to select portions of each coping to be milled using a small 0.6mm bur – this allows us to mill the margins to very exacting tolerances and minimizes the hand finishing of the sintered copings.
All four copings fit very well. There was practically no finishing of the internal surfaces, and only a quick once-over-lightly of the margins. They are ready to stack!
We also scanned and remitted the copings to our Lava milling center. Hope to have pictures tomorrow…
January 9, 2010
Received an email yesterday containing a survey being conducted by 3M ESPE having to do with the possibility of being able to use a Lava Scanner to design metal copings and frameworks which would then be fabricated using Bego’s laser sintering technology. In theory, I think its a great idea. We’ve done a couple of cases using Imagen copings, which I realize is a different process, and the results were good. If the Bego process provides similar results, I think that’s a positive step in expanding the functionality of the Lava scanner.
January 8, 2010
Yesterday, I described a few mishaps with our Origin Pro Duo 5000 milling machine. It turns out I may have been at fault. The problem with the titanium bridge may have been a result on the pattern being too large for the puck from which I attempted to mill it. To be honest, I did not notice this when I was positioning the pattern in the puck using the CAM software, but stranger things have happened.
This morning I scanned, designed, milled and shaded 4 zirconia copings. They are in the sintering furnace, and I will check them tomorrow and give my opinion as to fit and appearance.
