Doctors: Margin Annotation Tools

If you think the lab might find any part of the margin ambiguous, the Margin Annotation tools will help you make it clearer. You do this while reviewing the close-up video stills of the margin. Press the Stereo 3D Icon, put on your 3D glasses, and press the Margin Annotation Icon.

1. Hold your finger on the margin in the
ambiguous area.
2. Roll your finger on screen to align
crosshair on magnified margin edge.
3. Remove finger to place a yellow dot.
4. Add more dots as necessary.



To remove incorrect margin annotation:

1. Press the Removal Button.
2. Then touch the yellow dot to erase it.







Remember: To view the margin at 50X without placing dots, press the Magnifying Glass Icon!

How Models Are Manufactured

Patrick Dunne, Rapid Manufacturing Manager, explains the model production process:

Doctors: Lava C.O.S. . . .A Look at Our End

Check out the article by Jeff Saylors of Saylors Laboratory on Lava C.O.S. He offers a great perspective as to what happens after you scan.

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3M Announces the 1st Lava C.O.S. Lab User Group Meeting

We will be holding the 1st Lava C.O.S. Lab User Group Meeting in Lexington, MA on November 6th. Below is the preliminary schedule. Click here to register. Space is limited.

Doctors: Save Time on Prescriptions by Using Defaults

You can use the Save as Defaults option on the prescription screen to save the current lab and restoration selections as your defaults. In this way you don’t have to re-enter the same information for each prescription.

Save As Defaults button

After you fill out a prescription, press the Save as Defaults button. That will save the entries you made for this restoration, including your notes, and the Lava C.O.S. system will add them to its Restoration list. The next time you fill out a prescription for the same type of restoration, these default restoration entries will be available as an option on the Restoration Types list box. Just select “Use Defaults” and press OK and the prescription is populated with your default choices.

Use Defaults option is now active on Restoration type box

Please note that the defaults are not shared across the Lava C.O.S. system. Each default is unique to: 1) the user, 2) the type of restoration, and 3) the lab. In other words, the same default restoration is not shared by different doctors, different labs, or different types of restorations.

For example, if Dr. Jane Smith sets up the default characteristics for crowns to be sent to ABC Laboratories, those defaults will be available as an option on the Restoration Type box only for the crowns she prescribes. Her business partner Dr. Samuel Brown, who shares the Lava C.O.S with Dr. Smith, will not have access to those same defaults. When he writes a prescription and the Restoration Type box is displayed, the Use Defaults option will be grayed out… that is, until he creates his own set of defaults.

Further, only one lab, ABC Laboratories, can be listed on Dr. Smith’s crown default prescription. If Doctor Smith also sends crowns to Acme Dental Lab, she will have to create another default prescription that lists Acme instead of ABC.

Labs: Lava Enables Full Contour Crown Design

Lava Design Software 5.0 enables you to design a full contour crown. The software automatically cuts back the full contour to produce an anatomically-shaped coping. This creates an ideal foundation to properly support porcelain work—whether it’s made with hand-layered porcelain, pressed ceramics or the new CAD/CAM produced porcelain, the Lava DVS, scheduled for release later this year.

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To use this for Lava C.O.S. cases simply select the lava5_ULDC.exe file in Case Manager, then open Lava Design and you will be presented with a dialogue box that will allow you to select a variety of materials.

If you have trouble, try restarting your machine. If you still have trouble, give us a call and we'll be happy to help!

Lava Design Support
HELP LINE: 800-292-6298 (Option 3, then Option 1)
EMAIL: uslavasupport@mmm.com

Lava C.O.S. Support
HELP LINE: 877-SCAN-LAVA (877-722-6528)
EMAIL: cossupport@mmm.com

Doctors: Upcoming Live Webcast on "Digital Replication - A fundamental change in restorative dentistry"

Presenter: Dr. Brian Schroder, D.D.S.
CE Credits: 1
Webcast Begins: 9/24/09 8:00 PM ET

The Lava™ Precision Solutions Team is pleased to announce a one-hour live presentation with Dr. Brian Schroder.

Digital alternatives to elastomeric impression materials have recently been introduced to the dental profession for the fabrication of indirect fixed restorations. Dr. Schroder will briefly discuss the systems currently available, how they work, and present clinical cases of indirect restorations that have been fabricated from digital replications using the Lava COS. Included in the presentation will be techniques for preparation and isolation of teeth which will enable dentists to obtain excellent impressions, be they digital or conventional.

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