Monday 29 April 2013

Investing in the future

We have always believed that the only way to offer our surgeons the very best in quality and value is to stay at the leading edge or technology.

As we have continued to invest in new equipment, technology and training we have hit a bit of a problem. We needed more room to house it all!

Mark has recently had a re design that allows us more room to accommodate our 2 newest team members (Andrius and Lauren) so that we can drive our standards and service levels even higher.

We now have 2 dedicated CAD/CAM stations (with room for the latest scanner that is still to come)

CAD/CAM scanner stations

Dental Wings scanner

Add along with the scanners we see here there's also the Procera scanner along with a backup storage unit and central CAD file storage drive, and one of our hubs that brings this section of the network together with our other systems in the porcelain department. There's also a wireless storage unit here for connection to the iPad's, but I'll cover them in a bit....
Procera and Hub
And all of this is at the far end of the new behemoth of a bench that we've affectionately named the Battleship, and here she was on Sunday when just finished.
Battleship

And here it is in all it's working glory!CAD and metawork team

But this is only one side of the story. Our ceramists have also been enjoying the fruits of a huge investment too.

All our ceramists now have their own ipad on which the can view all the patient images that as sent in to us. When we are asking for digital photographs of the patient, this is the reason. 

Using the crisp, clear and vibrant screens of their ipads the ceramists can really see the detail in your photography, and transfer that into their restorations for you. Up until now we had to share a couple of monitors that were of a good enough quality to display the detail in these images but now it's always there as they work.

Ceramist ipad's

On top of this we have also purchase the very best ceramic furnaces available to ensure the cramics do not lose any vitality and clarity when they are fired.

The black furnace on the right is a Dekema Oral Design Furnace, they simply don't get any better.

Oral Design Furnace
And of course all this technology and equipment is reliant upon the very best asset we have, some of the most talented and dedicated technicians in the UK.

Of course all this technology and equipment has a very clear purpose, we don't just have it because it's cool (although it definitely is)

The Wireless server that was next door in the CAD department stores images and files that any of the ceramists can access at any time, along with a private network that allows us to share information amongst the group instantly, ensuring we have as close to perfect communication on all our cases as possible,


This is certainly a laboratory you would be happy to send your patients to, we get great feedback from patients that have seen just what we do in the lab and the level of technology involved.


We have even more exciting developments in the pipeline and will update over the coming weeks.

Sunday 28 April 2013

Due to our long experience with a new ceramic alternative material for implant restorations from Bredent we were fortunate to be requested to write an article on it. We have since been asked for permission to reproduce the article and it has now gone on to be published around the world!

We're thrilled that the article has created such interest and it's definitely due to the skills and hard work of the team and in particular Iain Baldwin on this case.

Here's a video of the demonstration case we restored for that magazine article (In Private Laboratory magazine) using the new material visio.lign from Bredent.


This new system is ideal for implant bar restorations due to it's stain resistance, ability to add/adjust in situ, cost efficiency and shock absorbing properties. This combined with the high aesthetics achieved makes Visio.lign a fantastic alternative to ceramic bonded full arch restorations.

This has become the full arch implant restoration of choice with our clients due to it's ideal properties.

You can also get much more info on this system on our dedicated Visio.lign page.
http://www.ambridgeceramics.co.uk/products/detail/visiolign