Christmas Closing

It's hard to beleive that the year has flown by so fast and we are already talking about Christmas!?

To ensure that everyone gets their cases back for Christmas and to avoid disappointment we are posting up the closing dates and turnaround times below.



Laboratory Closure during Christmas period 2012



The lab will be closed from Monday 24th December 2012

and will re-opened on Wednessday 2nd January 2013



Collection & Delivery



The last collection will be Friday 21st December 2012

The first delivery after will be Wednesday 2nd January 2013


Work required for fitting before Christmas

All work which need fitting before Christmas must be recieved by the laboratory on the 7th December

Any work received after the 7th December will need an additional 6 days to the usual 2 weeks required in the lab to allow for the closure period

For example a job received in the lab on the 13th December 2012 would be returned for fit on the 7th January 2013



We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

















From all the team at Ambridge Ceramics

Ambridge Ceramics goes to the movies!

A few years ago we were asked by Dr Tim Doswell to come up with a design for something that an actor wanted to wear in order to make his character look a bit menacing.

After some consideration and inspection of the models, Lee came up with the design below.

He then waxed, cast and polished it ready for fitting.

We think the end result is brilliant, especially in the pictures taken from the movie.

It's taken a few years to see it up on the big screen but we're very proud to have made something that's being used in the movies!

It's now available for release on DVD so it's something we're definitely going to watch.

It's been called Die Hard in space and had some great reviews if you're an action movie fan, what's not to love about that!?

Spartan Challenge 2012

This year Mark and Ange signed the team up for the Spartan Challenge, 3 miles of mud and tough obstacles to test the team!

We were lucky enough to be joined by Sarah Glover and her fantastic nursing tea from Birdgate Dental in Pickering.

We too on the course together and came away Spartans!

Aaaaaarrrrroooooooo!

Are you tough enough to join us next year?

We've decided to go all out and do the Tough Mudder as well!

Here's some pictures from our assault on the Spartan Challenege 2012

See you next year?

We have the opportunity for a skilled ceramist to join our expanding team.

Our advert is going out in National journals and online dental sites.

If you think you have what it takes to be a member of our team, why not email us?

carees@ambridgeceramics.com

or post your application to 

Ambridge Ceramics

The Coach House

Phoenix Business Centre

Ripon

North Yorkshire

HG4 1NS

ADi Study Club

Steve will be talking at one of the Scottish ADi Study clubs in November

He'll be sharing some of the latest CAD/CAM systems and techniques used in the lab to produce superior restorations that are also very cost effective.

The date is:-

Thursday 1st November

The venue is:-

Macdonald Inchyra Grange Hotel
Grange Road
Polmont
Falkirk
FK2 0YB

To Book call ADi office on 020 8487 5555 or email info@adi.org.uk

At Ambridge Ceramics, we are proud of the beautiful restorations that our skilled team of technicians make in the UK.

This is why we signed up for the British Bite Mark campaign with the Dental Laboratories Association and now proudly present the British Bite Mark on our home page

This scheme aims to educate patients on the value of professionally produced, clinically compliant restorations that are made in the UK by technicians registered with the General Dental Council.

The General Dental Council is there to regulate dental professionals and ensure that patient welfare is protected. Unfortunately the laboratories or technicians that work for labs outside the UK do not fall under the control of the General Dental Council and therefore do not have to meet the strict GDC guidelines.

The British Bite Mark allows the surgeon and patient to see that the work has been made in the UK by General Dental Council registered technicians.

The latest press release for the British Bite Mark is below, this will be released in papers across the UK

The British Bite Mark Dental Laboratories Helping over 29000 People Smile for British Summer this June!


It seems like the whole country have been gripped with national pride as we reminisce on the glorious pageantry of the Golden Jubilee celebrations and look forward to the spectacle that will be the London 2012 Olympics.

Naturally when people are enjoying themselves or taking pride in something, there is an automatic urge to smile, this must go some way to explaining why dental laboratories up and down the country have been busy manufacturing custom made dental appliances in May and June.
According to the British Bite Mark team, research has suggested that in June 2012, British Bite Mark registered dental laboratories have contributed or created over 29,000 new smiles!  Richard Daniels Chief Executive of the Dental Laboratories Association said ‘dental technology is a hidden gem of British manufacturing with thousands of dental technicians across the country changing people's lives on a daily basis either by creating a beautifully hand crafted dental crown or an equally beautiful denture.

Many people who visit the dentist, simply do not realise that their dental appliance is designed and custom made just for them and that it if it has been made in Britain, it has been manufactured under a strict regulatory framework which includes professional registration for the dental laboratory and the dental technician; unlike dental appliances that are shipped in from overseas from places such as China or India.'

The British Bite Mark is now becoming widely recognised as the logo for patients to look out for when agreeing with their dentist to a prescription that requires a crown, bridge or denture.
British Bite Mark labs are not only in the business of manufacturing natural looking smiles, they also help many married couples smile again with their custom made ant-snoring devices, in June 2012 they manufactured over 1900 anti-snoring devices for patients across the UK.

British Dental Technology is under commercial threat from unregulated cheap importers from China, India and other developing nations.  It is impossible to know what materials are included in crowns, bridges and dentures that are made in an unregulated environment yet thousands of dentists use imported appliances rather than appliances made under the British Bite Mark label, when you next  need a crown or a denture why not ask your dentist where his dental lab is based!    

Our latest article is now available on Dentinal Tubules

We are proud to be one of the lab experts for Dentinal Tubules and have enjoyed sharing ideas with members over the past year.

 

So much so that we are continuing with more articles throughout this year. 

 

This month we look at why some systems may in fact block you off from utilizing cost effective and clinically superior CAD/CAM restorations 

 

Some qustions to consider when looking at an implant system? http://ow.ly/9Yo0p

Astra Atlantis Belfast

We've confirmed the dates for the Astra Atlantis Live event in Belfast.

We are proud to again be supporting Astra Tech on their Atlantis Live! evening events.

Steve will be presenting the new developments using the Astra Atlantis system alongside Dr Tim Doswell, who will be demonstrating the use of Atlantis in some challenging cases. Tim is one of the UK's most experienced users of the Atlantis abutments system.

Together they will be on hand to explain the clinical and laboratory benefits of these fantastic abutments. As well as covering the already established benefits of the Atlantis abutment system, they will be presenting new ways to use the options that Atlantis provides and also highlight some of the new products and services that Atlantis will be rolling out this year!

The Venues and Dates is:-

The Radisson Blu Hotel
The Gasworks, 3 Cromac Place, Ormeau Road, Belfast.
BT7 2JB

19th July 2012

For more information you can download the Atlantis Live 2012 flyer here or book by emailing lydia.farrow@astratech.com

The evening is complimentary, you'll be well fed and there will also provide 2 hours CPD.

For more details on the current benefits of the Astra Atlantis system you can visit our dedicated Atlantis abutments Page

Milled chrome cobalt copings for Dental Wings!

Finally, we can talk about one of our latest projects!

After investing in the Dental Wings Scanning System we soon became very frustrated at the lack of a UK milling centre that could produce chrome copings for ceramic bonding. So, we decided to actively do something about it.

After much internet searching and attending many engineering trade shows we found what we hoped would be the perfect milling partner, a partner that could produce what a modern dental laboratory needed.

What we eventually found was an excellent team, who not only produced the best milled units of any company we had sent our test files to (Europe included) they also had the attitude we love.
Nothing is a problem for these guys, if there's an issue they rewrite their own software or even produce new a modified machine to give the results required.

They build their own 6 axis milling capability machines, every single element, which allows complete control over the final outcome. If something doesn't work for the specific item it was designed to make they redesign and rebuild it, and these are not small machines!

To see them in action reminds me of so many of the best laboratories I have visited and the great technicians I've met, true problem solvers, capable of approaching those problems from new angles and having the ability to do whatever it takes to get the perfect result.

Keeping this a secret has been very difficult, especially as it has taken so much of our time and effort, plus the team have been really excited about sharing the results.

Here are some images taken yesterday while we were running last minute tests at their workshop.







































The technical team at the milling company are a fantastic group of very sharp problem solvers, who after working out the potential issues are ready to commit to a completely new milling centre, dedicated solely to dental products right here in the UK.

Hopefully, in the near future they will be willing to introduce other products to meet the requests of their client laboratories.

This means that we can now produce CAD/CAM frameworks right here in the UK with the Dental Wings system.

How does all this help you ?

Astra Atlantis:

As you will no doubt be aware, one of the major advantages of the Atlantis abutment and Dental Wings partnership is the ability to have an Atlantis Core file returned to us while the abutment is being milled.

This means that we can design the framework and have it in production before we have recieved the abutment from Atlantis!

Both abutment and coping or framework can the be received by the lab on the same day. No longer will there be any need to wait for the abutment to come back only to have to scan again and then design a framework, losing valuable time to work on the final case in the laboratory.

To begin with the service will be open to all users of the Dental Wings system who would like chrome cobalt PFM copings and frameworks.

Here are some examples of just how fantastic the milling quality is!




























And, YES, these are straight off the machine!

If you would like more information on the service then please email:

info@ambridgeceramics.com or call us on 01765 607347 and ask for Mark or Steve

We will be scanning and milling live at the show!

Not only will this service be launching at the Dentistry Show, we'll also be milling cases while you are there!

If you would like to register your interest in PFM chrome copings produced from the Dental Wings Scanners then simply email us and we'll arrange a meeting at The Dentistry Show.
Or,
If you have single unit case in mind and you'd like to test the quality and fit, then why not bring it with you to the show and leave with coping milled on the day?

Just bring your prep to us at stand J45 and we'll scan and mill the coping while you are at the show.

We already know the quality is exceptional, but the best way to convey this is for you to see one produced live to fit on your prep at The Dentistry Show.

If you prefer, you can send us an STL file direct from your Dental Wings scanner, but we will have to create some parameters on your machine first. This is the part of the process that has taken some time to perfect.

We believe that this is a very exciting time for CADCAM in the UK and we're delighted to have helped make this new service a reality for Dental Wings users.

We can't wait to share this with you,

See you at The Dentistry show!

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Location:Low Mill Rd,Ripon,United Kingdom

Our latest Newsletter is out! 

Thanks to CAD CAM we can now offer a fantastic full zirconia crown for posterior restorations.

No alloy to pay, aesthetic and chip proof!

Also, why not come say hi at The Dentistry Show 2012?

We've taken a stand and will be there for the whole event!

Read more here - Dentistry Show 2012 - http://eepurl.com/iu5sE