CAD/CAM & Lab.
Intraoral scanners, mills, printers, and the materials and tools dental labs use.
Intraoral Scanners: How to Choose
How to choose an intraoral scanner for digital impressions: open STL files, Invisalign workflows, carts, and how TRIOS, iTero, Primescan, Medit, and Planmeca differ.
Top 10 Dental Flasks & Presses for Labs
Compare denture flasks, hydraulic presses, and pressure pots — Atlas 44 bronze, Handler Big Boy, and Lang Aquapres.
Top 10 Separating Liquid and Foil in Dentistry
Denture separators: tin-foil substitutes, trial-pack film, real foil, and a debubblizer that is not one.
Top 10 Porcelain Brushes for Dental Labs
Compare Kolinsky, red sable, and synthetic porcelain brushes from Renfert, Dixon, and Patterson for build-up, stain, and glaze.
Top 10 Hand Waxing Instruments in Dentistry
Compare PK Thomas, LeCron, Roach, Akers, and TiN wax carvers for crown, partial, and denture wax-ups.
Dental 3D Printers: How to Choose
How to choose a dental 3D printer by indication, and how SprintRay, Formlabs, VOCO, Stratasys, and Arfona differ.
Dental Mills: How to Choose
How to choose a dental mill: chairside blocks versus lab discs, and how CEREC, PlanMill, PrograMill, Ceramill, and Roland differ.