CAD design
Design technique for crowns, bars, abutments and full-arch work: how production-ready dental CAD files are actually built.
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CAD design
exocad Bar Module: designing implant bars step by step
How implant bars are designed in the exocad Bar Module: pillars and segments, bar profiles, planes and insertion axis, attachments and superstructures.
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CAD design
exocad cement gap settings: crown bottom parameters explained
What each exocad cement gap and crown bottom parameter does: gap zones, axial and radial spacing, crown border, undercut block-out and milling compensation.
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CAD design
exocad Smile Creator: smile design workflow step by step
How the exocad Smile Creator module works: photo and face scan alignment, lip line and guidelines, 2D and 3D tooth modeling, preview, report and mock-up.
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CAD design
Zirconia minimum thickness and connector size for CAD design
Zirconia minimum thickness and connector size from manufacturer instructions: why translucent zirconia needs more, example values, and how to check in exocad.
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CAD design
Occlusal splint design in exocad: Bite Splint module guide
How an occlusal splint is designed in the exocad Bite Splint module: scans and bite, border and thickness, contacts and guidance, printing or milling.
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CAD design
Digital dentures in exocad: the Full Denture module workflow
How digital dentures are designed in the exocad Full Denture module: model analysis, tooth setup, denture base, and milled, printed or monolithic output.
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CAD design
3D printed dental models with exocad Model Creator
How exocad Model Creator turns scans into 3D printed dental models: plate or plateless bases, removable dies, implant analogs, gingiva masks, printing.
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CAD design
Surgical guides in exoplan: how Guide Creator works
How surgical guides are designed in exoplan with Guide Creator: implant planning, sleeve or sleeveless protocols, drill kits, anchor pins and libraries.
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CAD design
Monolithic zirconia crowns in exocad: a design workflow
An exocad design workflow for monolithic zirconia crowns: margin and insertion axis, cement gap, tool compensation, minimum thickness and CAM handover.
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CAD design
exocad virtual articulator and jaw motion: a practical guide
How the exocad virtual articulator and Jaw Motion Import module work, when dynamic occlusion matters, and how to transfer a physical articulator setup.
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CAD design
Designing Toronto bridges with iBar in Blender for Dental
How a Toronto bridge is designed with iBar in Blender for Dental: bar and superstructure as separate parts, the design sequence and material choices.
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CAD design
Implant abutment types: Ti-base, custom or multi-unit
Implant abutment types from a CAD designer's view: stock, Ti-base, custom milled and multi-unit abutments, when each fits, and what to check before design.
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CAD design
Digital smile design in the dental lab: photos to mock-up
How a dental lab runs digital smile design: the photos and scans it needs, natural tooth proportions, the 3D wax-up, the mock-up and gingival changes.