There are several steps when working through the Acquisition Screen that will assure ideally mounted virtual models and save clinical time through the model and design phase screens. This video will walk through the steps I use on a routine basis in my clinical theater for managing my Primescan Acquisition phase. This is the same workflow used for Omnicam last few software versions (4.52 and 4.61).
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 09/29/2019 - 7:57pm
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Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 09/22/2019 - 4:22pm
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Primescan provides the dream scanning situation for inlays and onlays. The best we have had yet in the years of CEREC upgrade scanning devices. There is a caveat about which version of the CEREC software can best handle the two-piece implant restoration in the premolar or anterior zone of the mouth. In the opinion of Dr. Klim, it is the 4.52 software which means we still need the Omnicam. This case review video will illustrate the planning and implementation to restoring an implant restoration on a non-ideal placed implant and creating the illusion of a smaller mesial-distal tooth using the combo of the Primescn and Omnicam. To
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 09/16/2019 - 10:13pm
Here is a question I often hear, "how do I deal with e.max binding after crystallization"? I have seen this issue discussed in several FaceBook group threads. This video will share my take on this issue and provide a few pointers on how to deal with the e.max binding issue if that is happening in your clinical theater.
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 08/30/2019 - 4:44pm
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Just taught a class with one of the attendees who has had the CEREC for several months say he is achieving incredible margin mills as good or better than what he received from his lab. So how do we achieve milled margins that are smooth without micro-chips, particularly on e.max? Can we mill feather margins without micro-chipping? Oh yes, we can! In this video, Dr. Klim will review the strategy behind milling seamless margins, even thin feather margins with NO CHIPPING.
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 08/25/2019 - 5:13pm
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One of my clinical fascinations is technological advances that will streamline procedural flow and proficiency. Last year, we introduced the LiteTouch Er:YAG laser to the practice, primarily for removing and upgrading e.max veneers. There are many other soft and hard tissues applications this type of laser brings to the clinical theater. This video is about repairing a margin with caries on an e.max bridge placed over ten years ago. There are many benefits to removing diseased tissue with a Er:YAG laser: calibrated for selective caries removal, antibacterial activity, debris removal without producing a smear layer, surface
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 08/21/2019 - 9:18pm
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I don't see too many MC XL CEREC tower communication glitches. But it did happen today with the last patient of the day! I heard the milling unit spinning without the familiar bur-on-porcelain sound. I have experienced this more since going to RF connection from WiFi. Fortunately, I have a second milling unit and proceeded with a normal mill while the first milling unit struggled. After 30 minutes we aborted the mill. So what is the solution if your office only has one milling unit when communicational glitch occur?
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 08/08/2019 - 10:53pm
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Part one video in BioJaw anterior design series. The way I save time in my anterior design theater is to go into the case preplanned with a wax-up which I now do in inLab, print the model and use the wax-up as a reduction guide and basis for making provisionals when needed. Time-saving comes from certain preparation reduction protocols for the case and then propose and refine with BioJaw, still using a BioCopy component to guide the BioJaw placement. One thing unique to this case review is the strategy used to block out a dark root.
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 08/05/2019 - 6:28pm
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This video is Part II for the conservative CEREC restoration(s) and will demonstrate the Primescan software workflow. The Primescan is the latest Dentsply Sirona scanning system and provides the scan ease and required detail that a conservative preparation style and mill requires. As a result, the software design workflow has been simplified with assured precise fitting restorations.
- e.max
- Tetric CAD
- Onlay restoration
- Inlay restoration
- Onlay Parameters provided
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 07/29/2019 - 10:14pm
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When is the conservative CEREC restoration indicated in our treatment portfolio and how does the Primescan handle the conservative preparation scan, design, and mill compared to Omnicam and Bluecam? Unless a crown is being removed for an upgrade, preserving tooth structure with an onlay or inlay can be the optimal way to go. The first part of this video will review four criteria for a conservative restoration and sets up the case review for Part II, the incredible Primescan for scanning conservative preparation design--the best of both Bluecam and Omnicam is now in the Primescan.
Submitted by James Klim DDS, CADStar host on 07/22/2019 - 10:12pm
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Sometimes it happens, software crash! These are issues we occasionally need to work through, particularly with new equipment or software rollouts. There is no exception for Primescan. This video is about one of those incidents. I really had to go after due diligence to save the case. Fortunately, when I do a CEREC workflow with multiple units or that is unique, I have a habit of saving the case (Save AS) before starting the software design flow. Having more than one file for a case can save the day!