We encourage Shade Consultations at the lab, and they often prove vital for complicated shade combination cases. The ‘one to one’ with our head ceramist not only serves the purpose of obtaining the correct shade, but also often instils confidence in the patient.

Furthermore in cases of unusual occlusion for example, it provides key information for the technicians overall understanding of the case. Using the Dr’s Eye Ring and Wing camera light, we capture the true shade and anatomy of the mouth for reference when constructing the restorations.

We provide Pre op Study Models and Diagnostic Wax Up Models, which are an important tool for the patients understanding of their restorations prior to treatment. The unrivalled communication that the Diagnostic Wax up provides often increases the cases acceptance.

An important additional role of the Diagnostic Wax Up is that from it we can produce a clear stent that can be used as a prep guide for the dentist, which will in turn enable the technician to be able to produce restorations with the same dimensions as that of the wax up. The dentist would also use the stent to fabricate temporaries in the interim phase.

It is beneficial in many cases for us to articulate full upper and lower models on the Girrbach Artex CT semi adjustable Articulator. If there has been no opportunity to see the patient for a consultation then as an alternative this gives the technician a greater chance of creating the most accurate restorations possible through an understanding of jaw movement and occlusion.

The finished work is returned on the articulator, so the Dentist and Patient are able to view how the restorations will appear in the mouth.