dental lab news and technology trends
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Published by Gnathodontics, Ltd.
Summer 2009
© 2009 Gnathodontics, Ltd.
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As it did during our official Open House back in November,
the weather turned cold and snowy on April 17th for
the first CE program in our state of the art education
center. Dr. Ken Koch of Real World Endo presented
his excellent ‘Endo-Restorative Continuum’ lecture and
hands-on clinic to 16 dentists who braved the heavy
wet spring snow that fell to attend this program. These
doctors came from as far away as Steamboat Springs,
Eagle, Fort Collins and Pueblo to attend this long
awaited program, and no one went away disappointed
with Dr. Koch’s fun, informal and practical approach to
‘precision-based’ endodontics.
Dr. Koch’s morning session consisted of a lecture
and keynote presentation which included practical
photography to illustrate his concepts. After a nice
catered lunch and a brief tour of our new laboratory, the
group got to work hands-on with extracted teeth, while
being assisted by represetatives of Brasseler USA, which
was our meeting co-sponsor and who provided portable
hand pieces for each doctor to work with. Everyone who
attended the course commented that they felt like they
had gotten a lot of great information and some hands-on
endodontic experience while earning valuable CE credit
hours. Getting a first look at our new lab and meeting
our managers seemed to be icing on the cake. We can
only hope that by May 21st (our next CE program) the
spring snows will be over with!
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We will be adding many more continuing education
programs in the future and I encourage you to visit
www.gnatho.com for the latest info on future programs.
I would also like to mention that our education room is
ideally suited to study group presentations as it seats 20
and is wired with the latest AV needs. If you put on or
attend a study group that needs a place to host your next
meeting, give me a call at 303-424-9515, ext. 825
At Gnathodontics, we pride ourselves on service and
part of that service is getting your cases to you on time.
Occasionally, mistakes happen and sometimes a mistake
could be avoided by understanding how our shipping/
delivery department operates.
Some dental offices don’t understand that we deliver
many cases each day all over the metro area. We have 4
of our own drivers plus a courier service that delivers
along the Front Range. Each of our delivery drivers
follows a route depending on the deliveries he/she has
that day. For instance, the East driver must deliver to
Downtown, Cherry Creek, Aurora and Parker. Our
drivers can’t go straight to your office from our lab, but
must pickup and deliver to all the offices in between
too. For this reason, we cannot guarantee any deliveries
before 10:30am in the morning or before 3:00pm in
the afternoon.
One way to make sure that you get your case on
time is to put the due date down as the day before the
actual appointment. However, sometimes we are trying
to accommodate some very tight turnaround schedules
on busy days where we need that extra day to deliver
the case. Just to be certain that we know, please make
sure your office clearly marks the time the patient is
scheduled on a given day. Don’t assume that because
you wrote AM on the prescription that you will get the
case by 9:00am. If you don’t mark the time down, it
might not get to you until 11:30am. The same goes for
afternoon deliveries. PM cases will get delivered up until
5pm that day.
If you need a time schedule, just give us a call
and we will be glad to send you one. Or, just go to
www.gnatho.com and click on the “time schedule” tab
on the top menu bar for a printable version of our
schedule. Thanks for helping us so that we may provide
your office with great service.
It is my pleasure to introduce Troy Staten as our Crown
& Bridge Manager. Many of you may have already met
Troy at the Denver Midwinter Dental Convention or
spoken with him on the phone regarding a case.
Let me tell you a little more about Troy and his background.
Troy grew up in the Denver area in the early 70s
– actually not too far from our new lab in Lakewood. He
gained his knowledge in dental technology by working in
various dental labs as a crown & bridge technician and
ceramist. He owned a small cosmetic lab in Southern California.
He returned to Colorado, where he operated his
own lab for the past 5 years in Loveland. He earned his
CDT certification in the 90s and brings to our lab great
skills as a technician, as a facilitator, and as a leader.
Troy and his wife Shareen
have three children,
Luke, 8, Taylie, 6, and
Cody, 2. Troy is a family
man and enjoys the
outdoors, hiking, and
camping with his kids.
We are excited to
have Troy as part of our
team here at Gnatho.
Please feel free to give
him a call about your next crown & bridge case. His
extension is 593. Please join us in welcoming Troy to
Gnathodontics, Ltd.
On a cold snowy evening in November, Gnathodontics’
hosted our official Open House at our new lab, located
in Lakewood. Approximately 70 friends attended a
fun filled evening showcasing the new lab and enjoyed
catered hors d’oeuvres, drinks, cake, lab tours and a
chance to win several personalized IPods as giveaways.
Here are a few images from the night. Stay tuned for
info on a summertime cookout for our customers here
at Gnatho. Thanks to all who braved the cold weather
to help us celebrate this very special evening.
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At Gnathodontics researching and working with new
materials in the dental technology field helps us to provide
the best possible materials and products for our
dentist clients. A new provisional material from
DENTSPLY has emerged as an excellent solution for
our temporaries and longer term provisional restorations.
Radica is a revolutionary, lab-processed provisional
material that combines exceptionally high
flexural strength characteristics with superior esthetics.
Radica provisional resin offers the optimum in a low-wear,
highly-durable material
for long-term provisional
appliances and therefore is
an excellent material for use
with implant cases when the
patient will be without their
final restoration for extended
periods of time. Some of the benefits of the Radica
provisional material follow:
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Offers a full complement of shades including 16 A-D
shades and 2 bleached shades with a variety of tissue
tints, stains and enamels. This range of colors gives
our technicians the ability to maximize the esthetic
potential of each case.
Unparalleled durability, flexural stregth and wear
resistance make Radica our resin material of choice
for use on long-term provisionals for implant cases.
Engineered radiopacity is optimal for chairside CT
scans or X-rays.
Maintains surface gloss and resists staining.
Can be relined with traditional materials.
For more information on Gnathodontics’ Radica provisionals,
call Steve Mott, Implant Department Manager or Troy Staten,
Crown & Bridge Department Manager at 303-424-9515.
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