Stewart Dental Lab is now offering 100% Solid Zirconia. Mainly used to substitute for Gold Crowns and Bridges, but has shown tremendous growth for Porcelain Fused to Metal and Porcelain Fused to Zirconia replacement. This type of crown has the monolithic feature like e.Max, but has a indestructible character. High Translucent Zirconia 1200mPa Strength Often called *BruxZir in other labs *Bruxzir is a registered trademark of Glidewell Laboratories If you would like more information please give us a call today.

Here are a few videos that we recorded recently. The first one is a Anterior Zirconia Maryland Bridge and the second is Anterior Cantilever bridge. Enjoy. Anterior Zirconia Maryland Bridge Anterior Cantilever bridge Plan to see many more videos in the near future.

Dental Zirconia itself is not just the compound zirconia dioxide, it actually has a mixture of properties. Most zirconia is comprised of “zirconia” (ZrO2) and “yttria” (Y2O3), which is commonly called Yittria-stabalized Zirconia (a zirconium-oxide based ceramic, in which the particular crystal structure of zirconium oxide is made stable at room temperature by an addition of yttrium oxide.) Dental Zirconia is created into a shape by the manufacturers to work in a specific type of milling machine. Our Lab then uses CAD/CA.

We are pleased to announce that our website is now enabled for the iPhone and iTouch. Just go to www.stewartlab.com and you will get a app that is used for using our web page. So if you don’t have time to keep up with us at the desktop or laptop, you can now take us on the go.

If you are wondering what the Minimum Crown prep depth is for dental crowns, please see the chart below. Minimum just for the porcelain itself, albeit for a PFM or Zirconia crown, is 1.0MM. This thickness is provided by the porcelain manufacturers themselves, many claim that you should not go below 1.5MM in porcelain, others claim 1.0MM. Porcelain Manufacturers also claim that if this thickness is not reached, their product warranty is void and that labs should void their product warranty as well since specifications have not been met. A 2MM de.

3M has created a nice article to detect bad impressions and the root cause behind them. Its a nice little read and very helpful if having problems with impressions and/or crown placement. All these articles are designed to help you identify common problems that could occur in impression procedures, Impression Tips highlights an issue, discusses potential causes and offers solutions for improving impression results. Bite Registration (pdf, 186K) Double Bite Technique (pdf, 270K) Surface Inhibition/Wash Slow Setting (pdf, 290K) Tearing/Roug.

Most wonder what kind of impression they should take,  a quad impression or a full arch. 8 times out of 10 we receive a Quad impression’s in the lab,……..which is acceptable.  But if you talk to any lab owner or anyone that does dental restorations on a regular basis, their answer will always be a Full Arch. Even for simple posterior Gold or PFM restoration’s, it will always be a full arch. During the restoration the ceramist has to essential fabricate using what the dentist has provided. When given a quad impression, .

Stewart Dental Lab is now receiving files from the 3M COS Digital Impression scanner. Please use the following information to send us the file for production. Importing Lava COS scan orders To use Lava COS scans, perform the following steps: Log into the 3M ESPE Case Manager with your credentials: https://casemanager.3m.com Click the “Cases” tab at the top of the screen. Type in the C.O.S. case number into the Search field. Click on the case number link when you have found it. Click the “Files” link at the top of the case detail .

Stewart Dental Lab is now accepting iTero Digital Impression Files. Please use the following information to send us the scanned files for fabrication. Importing iTero scan orders To use ITero scan, it is necessary to properly export it from the ITero lab software: To make the automatic mapping from the Itero materials to the 3Shape materials correctly, please insert the ID’s below at the external ID for the corresponding 3Shape material e.g. enter ITERO_Zirconia:LabPreference.

We have recently lowered our price on all our Zirconia copings from $55 to $45 per unit. Like always we don’t charge any extra hidden fees like other centers do. Just a great product and a great price to back it up with.