Guide
Intraoral scanning for the lab: what we need
How to scan preps, scan bodies, the opposing arch and the bite for your lab, when to send STL or a native file, and the scan errors that lead to remakes.
Guides
Short instructions for the tasks that decide whether a case comes out right the first time.
Digital workflow
Shade and esthetics
Guide
How to communicate shade to your lab
How to take a VITA shade, photograph the tooth with the tab beside it and record the stump shade for your lab, plus the mistakes that send a shade back.
Working with the lab
Guide
What holds up a lab case, and how to prevent it
The check-in issues that put a case on hold at the lab, why each one stops production, and what to check before you submit the order to avoid them.
Guide
How to send a case to the lab
How to submit a case through our dentist portal, what to include for digital and analog cases, and the missing details that stall a case at check-in.
One technical letter a month
Materials, protocols and what we see at the bench. No promotions, and you can leave anytime.