3Shape releases Dental System™ 2010

3Shape releases Dental System™ 2010

High praise from Dental professionals around the globe


Copenhagen, December 23, 2010 - 3Shape A/S, the user-acclaimed worldwide leader in 3D scanners and CAD/CAM software solutions, has released its next generation Dental SystemTM 2010 to the market. This latest pacesetting software for Dental CAD/CAM solutions brings new and highly sophisticated indications never before seen in the digital arena, offering unsurpassed productivity and business gains for dental labs.

New Dental SystemTM 2010features include simultaneous modeling on Upper & Lower jaw, Dynamic Virtual Articulation, the market's fastest digital design of Removable Partials, SmileComposerTM with mirror and clone functionality for designing aesthetic full anatomy bridges, sophisticated design of implant bars, virtual addition of attachments for any indication, and many more powerful features.

Tais Clausen, CTO and 3Shape Co-Founder of 3Shape recently demonstrated Dental System 2010 for hundreds of dental professionals at 7 different locations in the U.S.A.
"Attendees were very impressed with the many new features," says Tais Clausen. "But they were also very happy to see that 3Shape has improved and strengthened Dental System's basic engine functionalities such as Copings, Bridges and Abutment design, making these essential indications even faster and easier to design."

Selected dental laboratories have been using Dental System 2010 and evaluating its performance with actual customer cases. Kurt Reichel, founder and owner of Kurt Reichel Dental Lab is already providing restorations using the latest Dental System 2010 features:

"It's like driving a sleek vehicle with enormous engine power," says Kurt Reichel. "Dental System 2010's new Smile Composer and Dynamic Virtual Articulation have speeded up our workflows significantly while ensuring new levels of esthetics and consistent results. The new partial design software has opened up a whole new profitable service area for my business."

The new Dental SystemTM 2010 cements 3Shape's already solid position as market leader in the rapidly evolving CAD/CAM dental business environment. 3Shape has released Dental SystemTM 2010 to its partners who will be providing it to end-users in the course of the next few months. Please contact your local supplier, or visit www.3shape.com regarding availability, reseller and purchasing information.

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Pictures of the new 3D ZirCrown Full Contour Zirconia Crown Coming Soon!

After selecting what we feel is the best full contour zirconia platform avaiable current state - the properties were further enchanced and refined over time to create the
3D ZirCrown

The 3D ZirCrown is a Full Contour Zirconia Crown developed for our Kastle Mills customers to compete with the best full contour zirconia products in the industry be it USA or Canada.

We have included all considerations:
Price, esthetics, durability and production speed. - and looked at all areas with 3Shape software to design for maximum esthetics and function

Trying to mimic or reproduce properties such as natural translucency and natural tooth fluorescence in full contour zirconia is difficult. However we feel the pre-sintered stain techniques and the actual stain products used coupled with our Zirconia will provide unique qualities worthy of taking notice!

Note the translucency and shade of this full contour zirconia crown 3D ZirCrown
Have you seen this before? Ever - we are working hard to create a unique product offering.

This is unstained and unglazed full contour zirconia. We are a manufacturer only.

Imagine what you can do!

$59.99 (design file) and $109.99 (we scan design and seat)

Case Notes - See Argen Laser PFM from 3M Lava C.O.S from 3Shape Design

Just In! We are pushing the limits on InterOral and Digital Design and manufacturing - with excellent esthetics and durability

This is a seamless and excellent example of digital workflow from Dentist - Digital Manufacturer - Dental Lab - Dentist - Patient Insertion
All the end goals are met - accuracy, build speed, logistics, esthetics, cost, function, insertion time and teamwork. - Happy Patient


You will see upcoming shots of the SLA Viper Models and the PFM prior to this - but his just came in! So we thought we should blog it!


1. Old PFM Picture

2. NEW Argen Laser PFM Insterted - not bad for Health Canada Approved Medical Device rated as `noble' for $25.99 a unit for our clients by way of 3Shape

Process by Step
3M InterOral Scan
Data marked by Kastle Mills - sent for SLA Models
Designed on 3Shape Software for superior accuracy and design
Case (Models and Argen Laser PFM) provided to Dr. Corlazzoli's Dental Lab to complete Argen PFM Restoration
Insertion - Case Notes.
From: Dr. Corlazzoli (email to dental lab) On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM, (we were cc'd)

Take a look at this awesome PFM, from a COS scan!!!! I know, weird for me to
say that isn't it???

But seriously, terrific work guys!
Insertion time was less than 15mins, I didn't touch anything. Occlusion,
contacts perfect! Esthetics perfect! Patient was extremely happy!
Thanks for making me look so good!
Brent

That's it for Now! Have a another case in working with InterOral - 3I Encode - SLA Viper Models all completed without ever sending a model to 3I
Designed on 3Shape manufactured by 3I and scanned on 3M Lava InterOral

Keep you posted

3Shape Dental Scanner Sales and Service In Canada and USA
The 3Shape Trios is coming in 2011
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3Shape’s TRIOS intraoral scanner is coming!

Kastle Mills is Canada's Source for 3Shape Scanners
Certified Training and Service for 3Shape

3Shape Set to Launch a Intraoral Scanning Solution

December 2010
3Shape, a technology leader and trendsetter in 3D scanning and CAD/CAM software for dental applications, announces its new patient-friendly and high-performance intraoral scanning solution designed to bring huge benefits for patients, dentists and laboratories.

3Shape’s TRIOS offers today’s market a truly full and comprehensive digital solution starting from the patient’s visit in the clinic, providing high quality input for design at the lab and ending with the patient’s completed treatment. The highly acclaimed dental provider Heraeus Kulzer has signed up as the first partner and distributor for the TRIOS solution.

“Heraeus’ deep knowledge of dental applications and the industry speaks for itself, says Flemming Thorup, President & CEO at 3Shape. “We are pleased that they have recognized the value of the TRIOS solution for their dental clinic and lab customers.“

Making life easier for dentists

3Shape’s TRIOS intraoral scanner enables dentists to capture the complete intraoral situation directly and save it as a highly accurate 3D digital model. Dentists can omit the taking of impressions and bypass related disadvantages such as inaccuracies, material costs, impression retakes and manual handling. Patient satisfaction soars – due to, less chair time, reduced remakes, faster treatment completion, better fits and an overall improved chair-side experience.

Enabling labs to tighten relationships with dentists

Labs will strengthen professional ties with their dentist clients by offering new digital services that include receiving the dentist’s TRIOS scans directly. They will be effectively helping dentists move into digital impression taking while enabling them to enjoy the full range of indications and high quality results that come with professional dental technician expertise. Workflow benefits for the lab are accurate case input and shorter turnaround times by allowing restoration work to be started immediately without first creating a physical model.

Expectations are high when it comes to 3Shape technologies

Employing all the power of their dental scanning knowhow and innovation, 3Shape has developed a scanner solution that is accurate, fast and contains many ground-breaking features. The company is patenting a number of key functionalities that will make TRIOS a brilliant stand-out in the market. It has been announced that 3Shape will be demonstrating TRIOS already early next year at the International Dental Show (IDS) 2011 in Cologne, Germany in March.

A unique business opportunity

Other than Heraeus Kulzer, 3Shape can include a limited number of additional TRIOS partners and will explore additional partnerships in the coming months. Interested parties are welcome to contact 3Shape to learn more about the promising business opportunities the TRIOS TM solution can bring them.


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Kastle Mills ready to launch 3D full contour ZirCrown

As our current market transitions over to Full Contour digital crowns driven by a recent production surge from some of Canada's Largest Full Service Dental Manufacturing Laboratories - it is essential that Kastle Mills acts to provide a quality esthetic Zirconia crown for our clients at the right price!

Your dental lab is probably feeling the pressure from your dentist partners to `meet the advertised esthetic requirements' of products like Bruxir and Opalite in a Full Contour Zirconia Crown - then to complete such a restoration at under $200. Did you know Glidewell is milling up to 1000 BruxZir Crowns per day! or up to 5000 a week. - that's what we heard!

We have geared our operations for the past 10months towards equipment and personnel to meet this challenge and create new industry benchmarks for quality and esthetics. We anticipated this `new wave' of monolithic restorations about a year ago following trends in the US market.

Although you may be feeling `competitive pressure' from other large dental laboratories - rest assured it is nothing like the US market place. This is an opportunity for you as a dental lab owner to embrace competition and reassess your business model and processes and come out stronger than ever - staying agile and embracing change in this new emerging market place. This is unlikely a fad but a start of a necessary trend driven by price, speed and shift into digital design and manufacturing. We will be posting some interesting figures and facts provided by DIAC and other large industry `think tanks' on what is driving the industry to change so quickly now. - we will keep you posted

What we are doing to help empower dental lab owners across Canada.

We have worked over 10 months to

Create unmatched robust anatomy in our full contour digital crowns - we say unmatched because we have our own robust custom built 3Shape anatomy library (no other centre has it)

Ensure superior design and a precision fit to provide our customers with the ability to just stain and glaze - this has taken time! but we have nailed it with virtual articulation and the process of dialing in occusal relief

Provide our clients with 5axis milling and unmatched post production for better quality than any of our competitors - again refining our processes and resources

Provide the benchmark in speed for production turnarounds - partnering up up with Canada's best logistical companies for 48hour across Canada turnarounds for stl files.

We thought we had it all nailed down - We did monochromatic shading that was decent, then better with hand shading it still was not acceptable by our standards.

Want to learn about Zirconia: Making a Superior Full Contour Zirocnia Crown
Although Zirconia is after all `purpose built' to be a core, strong and translucent - it was not engineered to be a full contour restoration. Although dental labs have used the function of occulde on zirconia for some time now - the full contour zirconia crown is just too opaque.

We heard of stories of high translucency zirconia being like e.max press or like a layered zirconia crown - We have tried them all or our US counterparts have. Line up all the brands of high translucency zirconia and with the naked eye they all have a similar property - they all look somewhat opaque - yes all the brands.
Like BruxZir states and sells More brawn than beauty

Well after utilizing the most translucent zirconia that is approved for use in Canada at over 1200 Mpa and a shading recipe with roots in Germany and perfected by a few friends in the US and Canada - we have finally started to zero in on that as Walter puts it `a zirconia crown that is alive'.

These pictures were from `our search' for best product as work to further refine this zirconia restoration recipe - we have about another month before the product release - we recently sent a few singles into Alberta and the feedback was - the best they have seen to date.

We just wanted to let you know we are working hard for you to produce a product will exceed your dentist partners expectations for full contour zirconia restorations in Canada. ` a benchmark'

This full contour zirconia crown (90 percent) will be released in less than 30 days for production $59.99 (design file) a unit and $99.99 (we design) plus 3D shade option $8.00 a unit

3D shade is a unique clinical recipe that includes techniques refined to provide three dimensional - shade properties, fluorescence and combines new shades far outside the scope of Vita Classic. Alot of work but we are almost there!

We will keep you posted on a launch date for this new 3D Full Contour Zirconia with all specs and clinical studies.

Let us know about your thoughts on this topic and the pictures (our library in action)

Your Dental Outsourcing Solution in Canada

Kastle Mills is your Dental Outsourcing Centre in Canada

Utilizing the 3M ESPE CNC500 true 5axis milling workflow for precision dental frameworks Kastle Mills is now Canada's one stop shop for premium brand name frameworks.

It is now easier than ever to make the transition into digital dentistry! with Kastle Mills your premier 3Shape Sales, Service and training centre in Canada.

ADVANTAGE - Kastle Mills is an extension of your Dental Laboratory – consider us 'your new' digital design and custom automated manufacturing centre. It has taken us years to develop and refine our industry leading dental outsourcing system. It can be as simple and easy to use as purchasing a single coping or as dynamic as marketing and growing your business. It is a simple effective modular system designed for you! Big or small, start up or established we have the right solution for your dental lab to become more profitable, more productive and more predictable – our revolutionary system is changing dental outsourcing in Canada.

Marketing 101 - How to Attract New Dentist Partners

Maverick Dental Lab Drives Patient Referrals to Clients
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A new fleet of delivery cars has turned into a double bonus for Maverick Dental Lab, Export, Pennsylvania: it’s saving on delivery costs and reaping the benefits of a unique and effective direct-to-consumer marketing strategy.

Last June when Maverick Dental Lab’s President and Co-Owner Joe Fey and CFO Dale Chandler were number crunching to cut costs, they realized the laboratory could save 20% per year by purchasing its own delivery cars rather than reimbursing its drivers for using their own cars. Owning their own vehicles also gave Chandler—who had a fresh “consumer” perspective thanks to his background in public relations and advertising—another idea. He saw an opportunity to create a marketing campaign that raises dental health awareness and drives patients to the lab’s clients. Through that, the “Follow Me to a Great Dentist” campaign was born.

Serving southwestern Pennsylvania, the 35-person laboratory purchased four black Scion xBs and wrapped them completely with humorous images and messages designed to pique the dental consumer’s attention. For example, one car features a photo of a man with green teeth and the tagline, “Not All GREEN is Good. Follow me to a great dentist.” The cars have Maverick’s phone number and website address so consumers can get free referrals to dentists in their area. The laboratory sends the patient contact information about three dentist-clients and lets each one know his/her name was given out as a referral. “Many of the inquiries we receive are from consumers who aren’t currently seeing a dentist and have an issue that requires attention,” says Larry Albensi, co-owner.

In addition to the cost of the cars, the lab invested about $10,000 on the campaign, which covered the cost of hiring a professional photographer and actors/models for a day-long photo shoot in Pittsburgh, graphic design firm services and printing the adhesive wraps for the cars.

The investment has been worth it: since getting the vehicles out on the road in December, the lab gets at least three calls a week and, due to Maverick’s overall regional marketing campaigns this past year—which included direct mailings, seminars with nationally recognized speakers and one full-time sales rep—the lab has seen substantial growth. In fact, it just added another delivery car and route to its fleet.

“Whether it makes people think more about their dental situation or gets them into the chair, we are definitely raising awareness,” says Chandler. “It’s also been a lot of fun. There isn’t always a lot of humor in the dental industry and we want people to smile when they think of the name Maverick.” And consumers in their area won’t stop smiling anytime soon. “Harry the Denture Guy” is making his appearance on the newest delivery vehicle, kicking off the lab’s marketing campaign for its new next-day reline and repair service.

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Real World Fracture Rates From Glidwell - Ever Wonder?

"Data Source: Glidewell Laboratories


Includes porcelain chips and fractures
Fabricated between 7/1/08 and 9/30/08
Fracture data 12 months after fabrication
34,953 total restorations

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Our New Blog! - New Technology - New Releases - New Information on Products you use!

As the new Flash Site is being completed we had to create the new blog and twitter accounts that will be all connected. If you know us! We are a fun bunch - so please enjoy all posts! The purpose is to educate by utilizing our vast resources both from a clinical and technology perspective! We have a very unique position in the industry - 1. Our owner is a D.M.D and also the President of the Thompson Okanagan Dental Association. 2. We are a Technology based dental manufacturing company - not a Dental Lab. 3. Our largest partner/vendor is 3M ESPE Canada which is on the cutting edge of dental technology. 4. We provide our services from Coast to Coast in Canada - and yes there are cultural, language and technology differences - we love it!

That leaves us in the fortunate position knowing what the latest digital dentistry trends are, if that trend has traction with a dentist partner and the feedback on a particular all ceramic restoration.

The benefit to you! This is a tool to discover what is working for your business - provide feedback and learn from other professionals in the industry.

We will be providing information, moderating and keeping it fun!
Let’s Start!