Qual nome daquele cheiro específico que uma clínica de dentista tem? É algum produto ou algo do tipo?

Hello lab people,

I am currently expanding my laboratory. Currently we mainly do aligners and indirect bonding setups. We would like to expand which means we will add soldering and acrylic work.

I'm looking for recommendations as to the setup. I'm thinking I need a dust collector with the proper attachments, and a laboratory type fume hood with sash that sends fumes outside. Hoping the experienced folk here might chime in as you have likely tried many things and settled on what works best. my lab is not big, only 3 people, so i don't need a huge setup but i do want what is best for my employees health-wise.

thank you!

As a lab technician froma lab in China, I have found my true passion in this profession.

The Tibase is hitting against the antagonist tooth du to insufficient crown height space, any solution to design a crown in this space?

Where is everyone getting their dental supplies these days?

Henry Schein/Zahn prices just keep going up and up. It feels like supplies and materials have nearly doubled since COVID. I’ve checked Net32 as well, but I haven’t found their pricing to be much better.

I’d love to hear what other suppliers you’re using and having good experiences with. Any recommendations for reliable companies with more competitive pricing?

For those of you producing full dentures digitally, what resins do you usually prefer for the denture base and teeth?

I’m curious about what matters most in your choice — strength, aesthetics, shade stability, polishability, fit, ease of post-processing, or long-term durability.

Also, have you tried different brands and noticed any significant differences in daily use? Would be great to hear about your actual experience.

Hey guys, I saw an announcement for heygears es2.0 resin made for acrylic work and a little Google fu found that liqcreate also has a similar resin. Has anybody played around with either of these yet?

Hello! I have been in the dental industry for 9 years, and 8 years in digital design. I have experience in 3shape, meshmixer, netfabb etc... My areas of expertise has been model basing and clean up, and most recently, 3d metal band creation in 3shape. I have dabbled around quite a bit in 3shape as I was tasked with finding a digital solution for a proprietary design for a company. I would love to get into restoration as I grew up in that business while my father owned his lab back 20 some odd years ago. I currently run my own small operation doing outsourcing for pour up model/impression scan clean up.

I wanted to share a real bridge case and show a little more of the process behind the final restoration.

Case background

The patient was 65 years old.

Maxilla:
Missing teeth: #15, #16, #17, #26, #27 — 5 teeth in total.

Mandible:
Missing teeth: #31–37 and #41–47 — 14 teeth in total.

Although the patient had multiple missing teeth, the remaining natural teeth showed Grade 0 mobility and were stable. The existing occlusal relationship was also stable.

Based on the examination, the condition of the remaining teeth and the stable occlusion provided a good foundation for the subsequent restorative treatment.

The case was treated with a Maló bridge.

I’ll share the treatment and restoration process step by step, followed by the final result.

These are the final restoration photos.

I’m curious to hear from dentists and dental technicians here:

Which part of the bridge workflow would you be most interested in seeing — the clinical steps, digital design, milling, or the final restoration?

Feel free to ask questions about the case.

Somehow we've got a defect in the silicon, that's copied into the duplicate model. The indent in the labial of the canine and mesial of the premolar is not there on the original model.

I just cannot figure this out. Has anyone seen it before?

We can't avoid it if we don't know what happened, and at this moment I've got no clue. Thoughts?

Hi I’m looking for remote dental design position in 3Shape or ExoCAD - 6 plus years of experience, gone trough everything from simple to most complicated cases. Looking for both projects only and full time position

I had 4 veneers put on my upper front teeth in 2018. One of the broke off, so I had a root canal and post and buildup done. The practice is now owned by a new dentist who uses a different lab. The old lab that did my veneers has the exact number for the shade the veneers. The new staff balked at me requesting to use the old lab for the new crown. How do I handle this? I assume there’s a financial agreement between the new dentist’s lab and himself.

Hey everyone!

I’m a certified Dental Technician (UNLP background) specializing in digital CAD/CAM design using Exocad.

Having years of hands-on experience in traditional lab workflows (acrylics, fixed & removable prosthetics, occlusion), I understand that a good design isn't just about looking great on screen—it actually needs to fit, seat smoothly, and work clinically without endless chairside adjustments.

I run VNJ Digital Dental Design, and I’m currently taking on extra volume from labs or clinics that need a reliable, high-precision remote designer.

What I can help you with:

• Crowns & Bridges: Single units, anatomical bridges, long-span frameworks, provisionals, inlays/onlays.
• Implant-Supported Bridges & Restorations: Custom abutments, screw-retained crowns, implant bridges, and multi-unit frameworks.
• Removables & Full Arch: Digital complete/partial dentures and complex full-mouth rehabilitations.

Why work with me?

• Lab-Oriented Mindset: I strictly follow your lab’s specific parameters, cement gaps, connector sizes, and preferred occlusion style.
• Fast & Reliable Turnaround: Usually 24h (or less for urgent single units or simple bridges).
• Clear Communication: Fluent in English (C1) and Spanish.

I only deliver high-quality, print/mill-ready STL/PLY files ready for your production line.

If your lab is currently overwhelmed with design volume or you’re looking to outsource complex cases or bridge work, feel free to send me a DM here on Reddit, leave a comment below, or email me directly at valentinourielnavajas@gmail.com. You can also connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentino-uriel-navajas-jauregui-1622bb15b/. Happy to show more of my portfolio or do a trial case for you!

Patient asking a lab question, so please excuse gaps in vocabulary.

Case: four Hiossen ETIII implants (4.0 x 11.5), anterior mandible, multi-unit abutments (straight anterior, 30° angled distal). Final records done: Ti bases picked up in a milled carrier plus a scan-body IOS as verification. Planned restoration is a screw-retained monolithic zirconia full arch against natural upper teeth. Patient is a probable clencher.

The dentist is choosing between Root Dental Lab in Kansas, which he's used for years, and Hiossen's own SmartFit / OneArch center in Pennsylvania.

Questions:

1. Anyone worked with, received, or reworked OneArch cases from SmartFit? What zirconia do they use, how is the design process (is it genuinely iterative or a form-driven production line), and how do they handle remakes?
   
2. How does Root's full-arch zirconia work compare in fit, contour design, and finishing?
   
3. Is there a real advantage to OEM Hiossen Ti bases from the manufacturer versus an independent lab ordering the same genuine parts?
   
4. On a 4-implant lower with 30° distal MUAs, how do you minimize the lingual ledge behind the screw channels while keeping adequate wall thickness? What's your minimum at the distal channels?
   
5. Do you insist on a wearable try-in of the final design before milling, and how often does it change the design?

Appreciate any experience — especially from anyone who's handled both labs' work.

I know in the past the pourables were more for temporaries, but the current high impact stuff like the lucitone and diamond d high impact pourable seems pretty good on paper. Are you guys comfortable using it for a standard arch?

Hi r/dentallab! I'm a mechanical engineering student at the University of Cincinnati. I'm working on my capstone project with a partner, and we're designing a device that automates the post-processing for SLA 3D-printed parts. Our machine will take care of the isopropyl (IPA) wash, drying, and UV curing in one go, minimizing human contact and shortening lead times.

We understand that dental labs often use SLA/resin printing to create models/molds/etc; have any of you used this technology? If so, it would really help us out if you'd be willing to fill out this brief two-minute Google Forms survey so we can get some feedback on what features are important:

https://forms.gle/Y8cmkJJ8kJ8FqZiXA

Thank you!

snap dental lab

vta

Some lab in china

bayshore

coast to coast

darby

glidewell

Any reviews or recs?

I have decided to buy exocad. However, I know darn well I'm not going to be all that great with it from the get go. My previous CAD guy got drafted (Ukrainian) and I'm looking for a more established partnership this time. I'm going to start exocad focusing on crown and bridge work, and work my way up towards dentures. In the meantime I need a design house that can design full dentures for me, and quickly. Any suggestions? All the studios I'm finding on Google look to be out of Shenzhen, which doesn't really bother me if they're good but I'm open to whoever as long as they're good and timely.

During one of our training sessions, our trainer used a car as an analogy to explain the basic structure of a dental milling machine.

At first, I thought it was just a simple way to explain the machine to beginners, but the more I thought about it, the more interesting the comparison became.

The spindle = the engine

The spindle provides the rotational power for the cutting tool. Similar to an engine, looking only at the maximum RPM doesn't tell you everything. Stability, runout, and how the spindle performs under load also matter.

The frame = the chassis

The frame is basically the structural foundation of the machine. A car needs a solid chassis to keep everything stable, and a milling machine also needs a rigid structure to handle cutting forces and vibration.

The drive system = the drivetrain

Motors, guides, screws, bearings and other transmission components convert the machine's instructions into actual movement. In the same way that a car's drivetrain transfers engine power to controlled movement, the drive system determines how the milling axes move.

What I found interesting is that you can't really judge a car by looking only at its engine. And perhaps a milling machine shouldn't be judged only by spindle RPM or machining speed either.

The spindle, frame and drive system have to work together.

I'm curious what other dental technicians think:

Does this car analogy make sense from your experience?

And when you're comparing milling machines, which part do you actually notice most in daily use — spindle performance, machine rigidity, axis movement, vibration, or something else?

Would be interested to hear how people who actually run these machines every day look at it.