January 2012

Focus on Handpieces

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Bien-Air

BIEN-AIR is continually striving towards providing you with the very best instrumentation on the market. New to the range is the STS Trimmer Unit. This air-driven, pneumatic unit complete with air turbine is extremely rugged to withstand the rigours of a busy laboratory life. Providing the very best solution for ceramists and prosthetists, the 1.4 litre tank is superbly selfsufficient. The adjustable spray flow rate

ensures optimum cooling, and with rotation speeds of up to 300,000rpm, the turbine is perfect for delicate and precise work. Its fitted with a unique dust protection shield which gives it an extraordinarily long service life. The STS Trimmer Unit comes complete with a pressure gauge to allow for appropriate tweaking to the air pressure. To ensure precision, the foot pedal control is carefully balanced, allowing minute adjustments to be made. Continuing its momentum over the past 50 years, with its range of high quality Swiss products, Bien-Air is guaranteed not to disappoint.
For further information, call Bien-Air on 01293 550200 or visit www.bienair.com

John Winter & Co

JOHN Winter & Co Ltd is pleased to announce that it is now the stockist of a new brushless handpiece, the AnyXing BL-T&K (50/350W). The AnyXing brushless range of handpieces offers a single control unit, which can be used either as a bench control, foot control or knee control operation. It has extremely low vibration even when running at its maximum of 50,000rpm. The key features of this handpiece are: it is lightweight, low maintenance, it offers delicate and accurate speed control, it has excellent non-slip grip, auto-cruise, no cooling system thanks to its advanced motor technology, and all with a 12-month guarantee.

The handpiece itself only weighs 190gm, has a maximum speed of 50,000rpm and is 158mm long x 25mm and has a maximum torque of 6.3N. It is available at only 495.00 (plus VAT).
For more information, call 01422 364213, fax 01422 330493, e-mail sales@johnwinter.co.uk or visit www.johnwinter.co.uk

An aesthetic midline re-alignment using CAD/CAM

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Figure 8a. Before...

in Liebzieg, Germany, by e-mail. After three days the zirconium framework arrived back at the laboratory. It was checked for its precise fit and any minor alterations were then made before veneering with e.max Ceram porcelain. Multi-layering techniques were used to create the desired shape and contours from the diagnostic model. We corrected the midline discrepancy, maintaining the natural emergence profile. The ceramist used the diagnostics and the various photos given to aid the layering, before finally polishing and glazing the restorations (Figures 5a and 5b).

Final restorations

The finalised Straumann Zerion veneers and Straumann Zerion bridge were sent to the surgery to be fitted. The patient was provided with some completely natural looking and high quality restorations (Figure 6). Photos were taken after fitting the restorations and then again in two weeks once the gingiva had relaxed, revealing a natural emergence profile (Figure 7). The patient was more than happy with the results and all that was left for her to do was bleach her lower incisors. Figure 8a shows the patient before treatment; Figure 8b shows her with her new confident smile.

Figure 8b ... and after a happy patient and a happy smile

Laboratory owners and registered dental technicians Nigel Fordham and Martyn Lewis have been specialising in CAD/CAM digital dentistry for many years, and have had the Straumann CAD/CAM system for four years. They founded Central Dental Laboratory in 1994. Shahzhad Naseem is principal dentist and owner of multi-disciplinary specialist and general dental practice, Dental Works by Shaz and Associates, Buckinghamshire. He is a Specialist Oral Surgeon and a member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry

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