Materials Articles

• Using Technology to Restore Missing Dentition and Restore a Smile

  Lewis Sharp, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - October 2012

  This study provides a technological approach to restoring a patient's smile.

• Treatment Planning with Ceramics

  Edward A. McLaren, DDS, MDC, MDS, Yair Y. Whiteman, DMD
  Inside Dental Technology - October 2012

  This article presents a systematic process of clinical evaluation and rationale for material selection.

• Indirect Millable Non-Zirconia Ceramics

  David Gratton, DDS, MS
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2012

  A review of chairside and lab systems for fabricating indirect millable non-zirconia ceramics.

• Layered Light Refraction and Reflection in Esthetics

  Douglas J. Frye, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2012

  Review of optical principles for esthetics in three materials

• Machinable Zirconia

  Russell Giordano II, DMD, CAGS, DMSc
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Review of the physical properties and uses of zirconia for restorations.

• Material Considerations

  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Sidebar to Hands On

• A High-Strength, Metal-Free Alternative to Traditional Denture Prostheses

  Stan Lott, CDT, AACD
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  When zirconia substructures are fitted with customized, pressed all-ceramic restorations instead of prefabricated resin denture teeth, edentulous patients have a predictable and highly esthetic fixed ...

• Next-Generation Materials

  Pam Johnson
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Feature on the up-and-coming materials that will shape the future of dental practice.

• Becoming a Bench Top Clinician

  Joshua Polansky, MDC, BA
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2012

  How do technicians restore a single central in a less than ideal situation? The answer is that we need to broaden our knowledge to the clinical side of dentistry, going beyond the technical.

• Degradation of Dentin Bond Strengths

  Gregg A. Helvey, DDS, MAGD
  Inside Dental Technology - January 2012

  This article discusses the durability of adhesive bonds in restorative dentistry.

• Counterfeiting Epidemic

  Mark C. Jackson, RDT
  Inside Dental Technology - January 2012

  One of the most troubling trends in dentistry today is the free substitution of products by both foreign and domestic laboratories.

• Ceramics Overview

  Russel A. Giordano II, DMD, CAGS, DMSc, Edward A. McLaren, DDS, MDC, MDS
  Inside Dental Technology - September 2011

  The authors use classification systems based on the microstructural components of ceramics and the processing techniques to help illustrate the various properties and uses.

• Titanium: The Future is Here

  Luke S. Khang, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - Jul/Aug 2011

  titanium, with the correct tools, this highly biocompatible material can benefit the laboratory, the dentist, and the patient

• Building Blocks

  Russel A. Giordano II, DMD, CAGS, DMSc
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2011

  An overview of the various types of machinable blocks for laboratory-based CAD/CAM systems

• Maximizing Esthetics with Modifiers

  Douglas J. Frye, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - May 2011

  Using the No Cut-Back Technique™ to create a more natural-looking restoration