Ceramics

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  • Marie
  • 02/28/2018

  Strength and Esthetics: Get It All in a Pressable Ceramic

  GC Initial™ LiSi Press is a high-strength lithium disilicate ingot with proprietary HDM (High Density Micronization) technology that equally disperses micro-crystals—rather than traditional larger-size crystals—to fill the entire glass matrix, resulting in excellent physical properties and esthetics. It has a biaxial flexural strength of >...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 07/13/2017

  Repairing White Lines with Interface

  Along with preparing ceramics, enamel, and dentin in one application, eliminating hydrofluoric acid, and offering a 3-year shelf life, Interface can also repair the “white lines” that sometimes form along the enamel margins of restorations, especially in posterior regions. Enamel “takes a beating” occlusally and/or lingually in some patients,...

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  • Allison Walker
  • 07/11/2017

  One-Step Ceramic Spray Glaze

  I’ve always been intrigued by the steps and esthetic results of the tooth-making process. The staining and glazing technique for all-ceramic restorations can be quite labor intensive. Some ceramic glazes have to be fired multiple times for the best results. Keystone Industries has simplified the process down to one glazing/firing step with...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 05/04/2016

  Keep It Simple—In the Dental Lab and in the Practice

  Human beings are amazing. Take a dental procedure or lab process that originally takes several steps, and humans will eventually figure out how to reduce it to 3, or 2, or even 1 step. That’s what the team at Keystone Industries did when they developed enamalite Low-Fusing Fluorescent Spray Glaze. Both dentists and labs are using it in the...

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  • Julie Cullen
  • 05/02/2016

  One Visit, New Smile

  Dental manufacturers spend a good deal of time researching ways to make dental appointments as efficient as possible…for the patient and the dentist. Treatment that requires several appointments over weeks can be prohibitive for many patients. Who has time to take off from work for multiple treatment steps? And dentists often don’t feel that...

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  • Julie Schmitt
  • 10/23/2015

  Henry Schein Commits $1.25 Million to New Digital Dentistry Curriculum with CAD/CAM Training

  Henry Schein recently pledged $1.25 million to fund a groundbreaking new digital dental school curriculum that teaches computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology. Schein will partner with the American College of Prosthodontists Education Foundation (ACPEF) to fund a digital dentistry curriculum initiative that will be offered...

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