I have done a number e.max implant abutment-crowns and they are working very well.  I use them in the posterior region when the implant alignment provides a screw access retention option.  A Sirona TiBase is seated and then scanned.  The CEREC 4.0 scan and mill algorithms are precise enough to generate a tight/snug fit.  TiBase anti-rotational factors are increased with additional preparation to the TiBaseRead more

This is the week of sheet-rocking the new Klim practice and CADStar CEREC training & mentoring home. Looking forward to CADStar’s future training options.  One of my objectives in addition to training CEREC, is full practice integration, materials, and support systems.  Even though I use CEREC technology to fabricate my restorations, my success is more about patient relationships, clinical diagnosis, support systems, and placement protocols.  Read more

Completed this CEREC LAVA Ultimate onlay/inlay case this afternoon.  Tooth 30 had cracked tooth symptom and major cold sensitivity.  Horizontal/stained fracture lines at prep axial/pulpal floor distal buccal and lingual cusps.  With a solid rim of 1.0-1.5 mm of enamel for retentive bond, Lava adhesively bonded restorations will recapture function requirements for this case.  Interesting enough, patient was ecstatic about cold symptoms completely gone afterRead more

Dr. Kevin Barrett speaks to his experience with CEREC Liftoff Online Training and Mentoring series. For years Dr. Barrett has lectured and taught dental societies, dentists, other colleagues and dental companies always with the emphasis on new directions in dentistry. He has been interviewed and contributed to dental periodicals etc. He created a book for preventive dentistry and doneRead more