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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 4/2016 lab tribune 3 INLABMCX5.COM Experience new freedom in your lab processes breaking the chains of formerdependencieswithinLabandthenew5axismillingandgrinding unit inLab MC X5. Open for all restoration data, combining the largest material range and the possibility to machine both wet and dry disks and blocks – for no limitations to your production. Enjoy every day. With Sirona. Experience new freedom in your lab processes breaking the chains of formerdependencieswithinLabandthenew5axismillingandgrinding unit inLab MC X5. Open for all restoration data, combining the largest material range and the possibility to machine both wet and dry disks and blocks – for no limitations to your production. Enjoy every day. inLab MC X5: DENTAL LAB FREEDOM OF CHOICE. 3Shape CAD/CAM in a major Dental Lab It was the technicians’ choice By3Shape Theversatilityandsolutioncoverage offered by 3Shape systems has ena- bled Glidewell to grow and develop wellaheadofitscompetitionbycon- tinuously expanding the range of its products and services. Now all types of restorations and large orders are handled digitally each day, with over 50 of 3Shape’s installations covering everyGlidewelldepartmentneed. TheChallenge Glidewell’s proclaimed ambition is tobeapioneerintheDigitalDentist- ry Revolution, and, to achieve this, they know they must work with the best systems. Investing in a single CAD/CAM brand was not the impor- tantissueforthem.Glidewellsimply wanted to use best-of-breed systems foreachservicetheyprovided. With a dampened mood in the economy, more and more small and midsized laboratories were looking for sources of digital technology ser- vicesinordertoremaincompetitive, and this opened new business op- portunities for full-service labs like Glidewell. More than ever, it became imperative to have fast and produc- tive systems that could provide at- tractive digital services and products ofhighquality. Glidewell develops their own sys- tems and methods for many ap- plications, including abutments, implants, milling and special mate- rials, and they required flexible and highly versatile software systems to supportthese. They needed a system that was not limited – a system that could grow with them, ensuring that they could continue bringing their in-house developed products to the market while broadening their range of ser- vices. TheSolution Glidewell initiated a technology so- lution business plan whose goal was tobecomefamiliarwiththemarket’s flexible CAD/CAM systems. 3Shape was one of the first to present itself, but other brands were installed later, and Glidewell technicians soon be- came familiar with operating a wide rangeofsystems. Despite Glidewell’s readiness to employ best-systems for different purposes, 3Shape accuracy, ease of use and efficiency continued to win preference in every department. Al- ternative 3D scanners and software systems were simply being pushed aside to make room for 3Shape. Glidewell’sdentaltechnicians“atthe bench” slowly but surely gravitated to 3Shape’s solutions for most of theirtasks. Today, Glidewell Laboratories has over 50 3Shape DentalSystem™ and D700 series scanner installations spread throughout the full areas of Glidewell’s many departments. In step with the ever-increasing inte- gration of 3Shape into their work- flows, Glidewell has instituted con- venient on-line services for other Dental labs using 3Shape, enabling them to upload their 3Shape scans or design files direct to Glidewell for special processing and production withGlidewell’sownmaterials. TheResults It has become clear to Glidewell that their 3Shape solutions are a major factor in enhancing their business, and they credit this to the system’s accuracy, consistency, predictability and reproducibility of output. Many incoming orders explicitly express the condition that they are to be executed using Glidewell’s 3Shape systems. The accuracy of the 3Shape system enabled Glidewell to introduce 2 highly successful products that are enjoying explosive market growth – BruxZir® full Zirconia restorations and Inclusive® Implant Abutment applications. No other CAD/CAM solution contained the powerful de- sign capabilities necessary to morph the explicit full contour required. Designs made with 3Shape could be milled directly without flaws – thus opening windows to new productiv- ity and profitability with Zirconia material. BruxZir® Zirconia soon became the fastest growing product in the his- tory of the laboratory, and today Glidewell is making 8000 BruxZir® restorations per week using 3Shape’s technologies. The flexibility of 3Shape as a system and a company fit perfectly with Glidewell’s goal to help pioneer the growth of digital dentistry. Glide- well’s technicians continuously communicate with 3Shape, giving feedback regarding their daily chal- lenges, and often seeing direct solu- tionanswersinlater3Shapesoftware releases. Source: Greg Minzenmayer, Robin Bartolo,RudyRamirez