Great Lakes Orthodontics
(many
good products relating to occlusion and I use them for most bite
appliances and nightguards): I like to use a Flat Plane upper occlusal
nightguard/splint at
the completion of all my reconstructions and/or cosmetic cases. This
protects the restorations, opposing teeth, and acts as a
retainer. They
should be fabricated on models that are mounted on a semi-adjustable
articulator (much less adjusting in the mouth):
http://www.greatlakesortho.com/
BioTemps Lab
(I use for many of my provisional restorations - 800-411-9723.
http://www.biotemps.com/
Roslyn Dental Lab (Frank Saccente is capable of beautiful posterior PFM restorations and I use Ed Stoll for most of my gold work): Phone 631-424-7880 http://www.roslyndentallab.com/
Some Manufacturers and products I like and use:
There are many good products out there. I mention some below that
I have found useful and use on a routine basis. I know there
are many other excellent materials that I have just not tried or am not familiar with. I
have no commercial interests in any of the products mentioned.
3M ESPEhttp://cms.3m.com/cms/US/en/2-21/uciFEN/view.jhtml
Vitrebond Plus, RelyX luting Plus, Unicem, Filtek
Supreme Ultra (my g"go to" compoiste), Rely X Veneer Cement, Durelon (for temporary cementation - mix with Vaseline), Soft-Lex Discs (I mostly use "Thin"
version), LAVA crowns, Porcelain Primer (silane), Pentamix 3 Machine, ProTemp Plus is
a BisAcryl based temporization material that I also like. It has
much higher compressive strength then other BisAcryl based materials
and may hold up better in longer span situations that involve
unsupported pontics.
BISCO Dental
http://www.bisco.com/
One-Step Plus, All-Bond 3 in ACE clicker, Choice 2 (for
veneer cementation, DuoLink, Biscover
LV, Z Prime (for zirconia bonding), Modeling Resin (to wet metal instruments when shaping composite),
Composite placement instruments (lots of useful shapes), Raptor burrs
(for initial defining of occlusal anatomy with posterior composites),
Porcelain Bonding Resin, Bis-Silane (two part silane), Porcelain
Etchant HFl (get the 9.5%), Core-Flo Self Cure (I use for almost all my
core buildups). BISCO also has some good posts.
Coltene Whaledent
http://www.coltenewhaledent.biz/index.php?
tpl=10034&x1200_article_id=246&=1200_node=51
Alpen Swiss Diamonds - Various shapes. Rubber Dam materials.
Kulzer- Comprecaps are a must if you use Expasyl (Kerr) for hemostasis and retraction. Durafill VS along with Renamel (Cosmodent)
will hands-down give you the most polishable (long-term) anterior
restorations. Both of these are true microfills and polish like
glass. Just remember they are not as strong in high stress areas
as other composite materials. Charisma has been around for a long time and is still a nice Composite.
heraeus-kulzer-us.com
Nobel Biocare (Implants) http://www.nobelbiocare.com/global/en/default.asp
I really like the Replace Select implants. I think they are among the easiest to work with from a prosthetic standpoint. Great company with great support.
WhipMix-
Whipmix acquired Waterpik in 2007 and they now handle Denar and Hanau articulators. I have use the Anamark Plus (Denar) in many of my occlusion programs along with the Slidematic Facebow
(which is compatible with a number of different articulators).
The Anamark Plus is a simple, durable, and not overly expensive
articulator. I also like the Combi II (not the original Combi) that is now used at the Dawson center. The Mark 300
series of articulators are the latest addition to the Denar line and they are exceptional and I highly recomend them. I have tested them and they appear to be very accurate in terms of cross-mounting casts (bite is the same no matter what articulator in the 300 series the casts are mounted on). They are also very lab friendly, use only magnetic mounting plates, and well constructed. More information on these systems from Lorena (llighthart@whipmix.com).Whipmix also makes a number of fine laboratory stones and equipment. whipmix.com
Zenith Dentalhttp://www.zenithdmg.com/
Productdetail.asp?cat=2&catdetail=0
Luxitemp, Honigum
(we use for Invisalign impressions - If you use a lot of Honigum the
"WhipStar e-Motion Mixer" is well worth the cost).
TRIODENT- I have tried almost every ring system out there for interproximal contacts in class II composites and it's hard to beat the V3 Ring system.
The ring itself is very well designed and durable. The matrices
are anatomically designed. I recommend the entire system (rings,
matrices, wedges, forceps). Contact person is Sue: sue@triodent.com
triodent.com
