Ivoclar Vivadent
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Teamwork is an indispensable factor in any professional setting where people work together, including dental laboratories. An efficient and highly motivated team is usually the key to a successful business. In many cases, only a few tweaks are all that‘s needed to motivate and inspire laboratory staff. Jürgen Seger who is a master dental technician and the head of the technical division at the International Center for Dental Education (ICDE) of Ivoclar Vivadent provides some helpful suggestions for laboratory owners.

In our series of posts on dental photography, we provide you with insightful tips and tricks for your professional photography. Learn today what to watch out for to shoot in-work pictures that are of such a quality that you can present and publish them without hesitation. You may use the pictures as part of a clinical report published in a specialist journal or on the internet. Or you may want to show them in lectures and talks and share them with your colleagues.

Do you ever ask yourself whether or not your dental laboratory is suitably equipped? Are you capable of meeting the requirements of the present and the future? How about running through a check list? We have done some research and come up with the four must-haves for every modern dental laboratory:

You know from experience that meticulous oral hygiene is required to ensure the success of professional treatment measures. In many cases, simply cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush and toothpaste is not enough. The additional use of a mouthrinse or an oral care gel containing chlorhexidine (CHX) is indicated. Read on to find out more.

Digital Denture is a manufacturing process that combines the digital production of removable dentures with established treatment steps in the dental practice. Ivoclar Digital is the only company that offers a complete process for the production of removable dentures and includes both players - the dental lab and the dental practice. Digital Denture offers dentists a systematic and efficient workflow for the production of customized dentures. Your patients benefit from the high accuracy and fracture toughness of the milled denture base. Should you need to prepare another set of dentures later on, you can conveniently go back to the data you saved for the first set.

Professional and effective portrait pictures are an essential part of dental photography. A few tricks will help you to accomplish great, authentic shots. Read on to find out more.