Inside Dental Technology CE Courses

How History Is Shaping the Future

Whether history repeats itself or not, a profession that may be at a turning point in its history can learn from the past. In dental technology, the tools of today's era may be different, but the attitudes and philosophies do not need to change.

Custom Healing Abutment Fabrication Using Extracted Teeth

Creating a provisional restoration or a custom healing abutment with an emergence profile that replicates that of the natural tooth provides superior control of the position of the buccal gingival margin and the volume of the papillae.

A New Era Is Upon Us

Adoption rates for 3D printing in dentistry have taken off in recent years as the cost of the technology has decreased dramatically. Printed devices such as night guards and surgical guides have become widely utilized, and definitive prosthetics are becoming viable options as well.