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SHINING 3D Denture Workflow
How to Choose the Right SHINING 3D Denture Workflow One of the most important decisions in the SHINING 3D denture workflow happens before design even begins:…
CAD-Ray Announces Exclusive Partnership with QLONE Dental Face Scanner App
At CAD-Ray, our mission has always been clear: to provide dental professionals with the most innovative technologies and the best possible value. Today, we’re proud to…
Proving the Accuracy of Shining Elite Intra-Oral Photogrammetry Scanner
Here is a quick introductory video of how the process works and the subsequent cases provide a lot more detail and information Case 1 In this…
Everything You Need to Know about Capturing Full Arch Impressions and Designing / Fabricaing All on X Restorations
In this article we detail everything you need to capture to design and all on x type of restoration so you can quickly print a prosthesis…
3shape automate for Trios Users – Milling or Printing has never been easier
If you use trios, and you have been thinking about adding a 3D printer or milling setup to your office, but have been nervous about designs…
How to Use the Shining Photogrammetry and Elite Intra-Oral Scanner in Immediate Cases
Stitching Abutments One of the most important things to keep in mind when imaging with scanner is to keep a stitching abutments in tact between various…
The Field of View is the Holy Grail of Intra-Oral Scanners
The field of view of or scan area is probably the most important factor to keep in mind with ios. i don't know of a single…
Scanner Tip Dimensions and Their Impact on Accurate Scanning
An often overlooked characteristics of an intra-oral scanner is the scan area / window. The larger the area, the more likely it is that your scanner…
“Veersing” Effect – How Intra-Oral Scanners Introduce Errors in Edentulous Jaws and Flat Planes
In the world of digital dental scanning, precision and accuracy are paramount. To shed light on the potential pitfalls and challenges faced by dental professionals, Dr.…
A Preview of the Fastest Way to Design a Large Temporary Prosthesis
DOWNLOAD THE CASE TO DESIGN ALONG One of the most challenging designs to do chairside is the design of a multi unit temporary that needs to…
Capturing Dynamic Mandibular Movements with Medit, an Unapologetic Patent Infringing Feature of 3Shape’s Proprietary and Intellectual Property?
The clash of the titans are in full effect. We are not smart enough to understand all the dynamics of patented software and hardware. While we…
Additional Scans Catalog Box in Medit Software
Many scanners limit the number of scans you can take on a patient. This becomes cumbersome when you want to image pre-existing conditions, tissue scans for…
Setting Occlusal Plane and Vertical Midline in 3D
Download the 3D Occlusal Plane and Vertical Line horizontal plane and Vertical line Here's a tutorial on how to use tinkercad in more depth
Scanbodies and Edentulous Ridges
Scanning long span edentulous is a very likely culprit with rendering dimensionally accurate models because to the software and camera, the geometric shapes are too identical…
Introducing Powerball 2.0 by Dr. Johnathan Abeneim
This webinar hosted by CAD-Ray is an information program detailing the specific screw called the Powerball for Full Arch Hybrid Restorations
New 3Shape Trios 5 Pricing and Catalogs
Scan Assistant Why is this a significant step? Product Brochures
Self Guided Tours of CAD-Ray Facility and its Offerings
Are you interested in an office build out or incorporating technology into your practice? feel free to visit us when we are conducting courses or sign…
Do NOT use the Double Cord Technique in the Traditional Manner for Digital Impressions
There is a concept in digital dentistry that is called "mixing good and bad data". What you have to appreciate is that two different objects can't…
Medit’s Artificial Implant Supra-structure Identification System in Action
In this presentation we detail the implant suprastructure identification system where an existing abutment is removed and scanned extra-orally to capture the margins readily after the…
Capturing a Dynamic Bite with the Trios 4 Wireless Scanner
In this video we demonstrate for new and potential users of digital dentistry a implant restoration where the dynamic bite is captured. We initially imaged the…
Introducing the Medit i700 Wireless Intra-Oral Scanner
In April of 2022, Medit launched its wireless version of the i700 intra-oral scanner. We've been testing it ever since and are impressed with the range…
Full Mouth Rehab under Sedation
the patient was sedated and intubated for the case so we could not keep track of the bite. Instead, we imaged all 30 prepared teeth…
Fast and Easy Full Arch Temporary by Medit Design Software
Medit Compare, now called Medit Design, now has a boolean cut feature that lets you extract a temporary shell model from wax up or mock up…
Proper Cooling Will Increase Tool Life and Reduce Milling Time
Most if not all milling machines do not adequately cool the tools or restoration while milling. At CAD-Ray we have developed augmenting tools that reduce or…
Top Reasons Why Restorations from Digital Impressions Don’t Fit
Much like conventional impressions, digital impressions can render ill-fitting restorations. It is imperative to figure out the source of the problem and to understand if it…
Submit to Panthera Dental Directly
Until recently, when you submitted a case to Panthera Dental for a Obstructive Sleep Apnea Device, they would manufacture it and send it to one of…
Submitting Models for Panthera Obstructive Sleep Apnea Device
It is a good idea to attach support pins to your models so labs don't lose the vertical dimension and the protrusive position you captured
Introducing Medit’s Abutment Registration Feature
Medit's software allows you to remove and pre-existing abutment and scan it outside the mouth. This allows you to find your margins without ever having to…
Anterior Crown Prep and Model Creator with Die
Here is a preview of the new Medit Model Builder with Ditched Dies where you can print the arches with support pins and separate dies …
Full Arch Implant Planning Set Up with Medit i700
This used to be such a long process and we can bust them out in no time. take upper and lower scans in a minute. add…
AI Scanbody Match with Medit i700
In this video, we show how you to capture the healing abutment, the tissue profile after the abutment is removed, and then we image the scanbody…
Distalized Second Molar During Temporary Stage
With second molars, you should always be on the look out for not just the jaw settling, if you remove the first point of contact, but…
Meshwork in Local HD and RD Scanning
The Medit scanner has a feature where you can locally capture a preparation in HD mode. This allows for more crisp visualization of tooth anatomy and…
Excessive External Light Source Can Alter Your Models
The overhead light source can distort your models and impressions. This particular doctor had excellent preparations and retraction but the light source kept flooding the dentition…
Creating Your Own Dental Morphology Library
Medit Orthodontic Simulation application allows you to segment out individual teeth from patient scans into an stl format that you can use as a template for…
The Digital 3D Shade Guide
We've digitized the Vita 3D shade guide to help with color identification. The same Medit scanner was used to scan the tabs and then this digital…
Measuring Intra-Oral Scanner Accuracy and How Accurate is the Medit Scanner?
Still not a single article published that says Medit ios is a good scanner ! its just been user driven for 3 years now. it's…
Medit’s Model Builder and Ortho Simulation Apps and the American Board of Orthodontics Electronic Cast Radiograph Evaluation (CRE)
The following information is from the The American Board of Orthodontics. We preview how the Medit Ortho Simulation and Model Builder can satisfy their criteria
Introducing the Medit Model Builder
Medit has many free applications, including Smile Analysis, Orthodontic Simulation, and now, Medit Model Builder Adding bases has been a feature for a while but as…
Advanced Features of the Medit i700 IOS That Separate it From All Other Scanners
Here is why the Medit i700 is the best intra-oral scanner on the market if you do any kind of implant restorations. There are so many…
Preview of Medit Compare Used in Merging Models, Modifying Them, Inverting Them, and Relating Them to Each Other with Medit Compare
This case shows how to relate models to each and maintain their relationships. It features the power of the Medit Compare app that lets you duplicate…
Clinux-Breaking the Barriers of CAD Design Software
The CAD-Ray team is happy to announce that CAD design software has experienced a breakthrough. One of the hurdles of using design software has always been…
Introducing the Medit i700!
We recently helped Medit launch its i700 Intra-Oral Scanner in Las Vegas. See the videos for demonstrations and interesting interviews Medit i700 Intra-oral and Hand-Held Scanners
Saving an Integrated Implant by Treating it as a Cast Post and Core by Combining Medit i700 Intra-Oral Scan with a Physical Impression of fixture’s Internal Shape
This implant was initially placed at the crest of the ridge in 2012. its placement did not allow proper emergence profile and subsequently lost bone around…
Scanbody Search in Meditlink Software
To use the Artificial Implant Suprastructure Identification Software to identify a scanbody, you have to understand how it is listed in the library. It is not…
New Overdenture Fabrication from Previous Worn and Broken Overdenture by Medit IOS
A fracture and worn overdenture greater than 10 years old was duplicated digitally where the lab was able to follow the vertical dimension and tooth position…
Jonathan Abenaim MUA’s and Powerball Screw now in iCam4D imetric library
There is a lot of focus nowadays on the connection between the screw and the MUA and top clinicians are recognizing this to be the most…
Screw Selection for Multi-Unit Abutment for iCAM photogrammetry
When setting up case in photogrammetry, you can select the type of screw you will be using for the prosthesis so that it gets incorporated into…
Managing a Crown with a Pair of Class 2 Adjacent Restorations in a Single Visit
We have an MO a DO on adjacent teeth that need to be done and a crown in between. It took only 90 minutes to do…
Easy Scan of DistoBuccal Area of Upper Second Molar
In this video we demonstrate how to use the color extraction feature of the Medit i500 scanner to displace and ignore the pesky tissue and the…
Add Live Scans To 3D Models From Any Source
With Medit i500, there is an incredible feature where you can import a 3D model from source, even another scanner and be able to add live…
Translucent Enamel Is A MotherDoctor For All Intra-Oral Scanners And Their Accuracy
One of the most important lessons a digital dentist has to learn quickly is how to not introduce errors when scanning dentition. The most likely area…
Tips About Filling Out Rx Form for CAD Program From Meditlink
For advanced users of meditlink software, you can skip filling out the Rx form and go straight into scanning. But make sure to properly fill out…
Clear Water Lines to Your Milling Machine
A good maintenances practice for any milling machine is to check that the tip of the drill is getting adequate water, otherwise you may see sparks…
Align Occlusal Plane in Medit iScan Imaging Software- Why You Should Use It!
Setting the occlusal plane in the native medit software will allow for much nicer initial proposals in the CAD software
Using the CT as a Remount Jig If You Have Lost The Vertical Dimension For Some Reason or Another
At CAD-Ray, we have now designed over 20,000 implant cases since 2013. One of the most common requests we get is from doctors doing full arches…
A Mix of All of the Medit Features Include Compare, Smile Design, Model Imports, CT scans, Image, Videos, etc…
in this case we import multiple models, videos, CT scans, and Face Scans so that our users can utilize all of these features. Click here to…
How Medit’s AI Killed The Tibase Scanbody Star!
here is a list of why the Medit Artificial Intelligent Implant Suprastructure Identification System is significantly more advantageous over all other cadcam systems. It s technically…
No Adjustment Oral Appliances
One of the greatest advantages of digital impressions and oral appliances is how there is very little post op adjustments to be made when you capture…
Chairside Milling of Lithium Disilicate with Meditlink 2.3 and Medit Scan
This article features the new Meditlink 2.3 software which has some advanced functionality. One of the greatest achievements is he ability to tell the scanner to…
Prep Sequence for Easy Access
The following pictures depict the sequence of burs we recommend that you use to finish a preparation quickly. While patient is getting numb, take a quick…
Ed McLaren Performing Gingivectomy and SmileDesign from Medit Intra-Oral Scan
A Medit i500 scan was taken and merged with a CT scan and the distance to bone was measured (5.5 mm's) giving enough space for…
Full Arch Prosthesis – Current “Real World” Information
I am not one to place much faith in published articles from academicians. I usually draw my information from trusted colleagues and also a very reliable…
Single Click Launches Shining3D CAD Program
Shining3d has a projector and a single camera that takes photos of the surfaces it is scanning. at first, you may think this is a shortcoming,…
ICam4D and DESS Multi Unit Abutments
it's here! well technically it is crossing the atlantic. the icam4d's are on their way. separate from that, after i think a year long search, we…
CAD-Ray Bridging Software Allows you to Export and Autolaunch CAD Programs
Thanks to Justin Shafer who created a script for us that allows you to export an stl file to a specific directory, where you create a…
Coritec One Mill Times with Icam (Millbox) Update Spring 2020
This molar's suggested mill times with the MCXL are for either Size 12 or 14 blocks: Sprue on distal in normal speed mode is 14:05 minutes,…
Two distal extension molar crowns and one milling machine for single visit dentistry
For our advanced users who mill in house or what to speed up their digital impressions we advocate taking advantage of digital dentistry's unique features that…
Milling Tibase Crowns to CEREC MCXL with a Medit Scan and exocad design software
One of the big limitations of CEREC (a registered trademark of denstply sirona) with tibases and implant crowns is that it is limited to very few…
Adding Materials to Millbox Milling Options
For our coritec users: new users often mislabel restorations in the Rx form that leads to a lot of trouble. like calling a crown and onlay…
SprintRay Software Announcement Webinar Recap
SprintRay 1.31K subscribers Last Thursday, we announced RayWare 2.5 - the software update that makes your SprintRay 3D printer new again. Watch the announcement here to…
Multi Unit Abutment on ANY Fixture
If you place enough implants, you may find yourself in need of a prosthetic part that just isn't manufactured by anyone. For example, you may have…
Image in Medit and Mill with CEREC
A dentist from Australia named demonstrates in this video how you can scan with the Medit i500 and import the stl file into CEREC Inlab18, design…
Short Summary of Advantages of in Digital Dentistry
DISTINCT ADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS Here are two very simple examples of clinical advantages of digital impressions over analog ones. You can edit or add to…
Virtual Extractions for Overdenture with Shining 3D
upper denture duplicated with shining 3d. only needed the occlusal and buccal surfaces as the case is for a lower overdenture over immediate extractions, on healed…
How To Offer Digital Clear Aligner Therapy
Do you want to straighten your teeth but don't want to pay $5000? This is how most patients think today. "I want straighter teeth but I…
How To Mark Margins in CAD
Marking margins on your model can occur in the native imaging software or the CAD software. Visualizing your margin accomplishes 2 things. magnify 3D image 50x…
Intraoral Scanning: The Basics & How It Works
Demonstrating the clinic to lab connection using technology. So much faster, so much easier. You can replicate this workflow in your practice for anything from basic…
Intra-Oral Scan and Face Scan for Smile Analysis
You will need 3 models to utilize all the features of the Medit Face Scan Medit intra oral scan of upper and lower arches 3D Face…
Open System Technology: What Is It And Why Is It Important?
If you're experienced with CAD/CAM technologies in dentistry, you probably already know how important file types and system integrations can be for the outcome of a…
How To Keep Production Lean With Digital Workflows
Today, clinicians and lab technicians are leveraging technologies to produce better results and run a better business now more than ever. So how does this work?…
The Purpose of Technology For Dentists
Technology is the equalizer and the differentiator. Once you establish your foundation, what other assets do you focus on to skill up your business…
Dental Labs to the Rescue with 3D printed parts for first responders
During these uncertain times with the COVID-19 virus, CAD-Ray has been on the front lines in the 3D printing and 3D design movement trying to help…
The Top 12 Things To Consider When Purchasing Dental Intraoral Scanners
For the last decade the rate of adoption and development in 3D scanning technologies has led to a tremendous amount of change in today's dental workflows.…
DESS 52.044 Straumann Bone Level® Compatible Intraoral Scan Body – 4.1/4.8 (RC)
"Hi doc, I was not able to find this scan body in the automated system match. I tried to scan conventional but lab said it was…
Full Arch Scan by The Shining 3D Aoralscan
In this video we demonstrate how the Aoralscan can complete a full arch scan utilizing the basic principles of digital impressioning. Proper retraction, isolation, and scanning…
Milling a Bridge with Cerec mcxl (and imes icore coritec and z4 by VHF) from same scan and design
In Digital Dentistry, once you acquire your models accurately, the CAD software doesn't care where and how you capture them. Once you are done with the…
Imaging a deep margin with the Medit i500
In this clinical video we demonstrate how to scan a molar preparation for the replacement of a crown with recurrent decay and open margins. The molar…
Lower First Molar Deep Margins Scanned by Shining AoralScan
In this video we demonstrate how the Aoralscan from Shinning 3D captures deep margins. An old PFM crown warranted replacement due to open margins and recurrent…
Shining 3D Aoralscan Sample Meshwork
This case was scanned by two different scanners. Once by the Medit i500 and another time with the Aoralscan. Both the meshes are included so you…
Copy a Partial Denture Onto an Edentulous Arch
As a new user, full arches can be intimidating. In this video, we show how to use the medit i500 to scan the pre-existing partial denture…
Where not to start with imaging with an intra-oral scanner
Most manufacturers recommend that you start your imaging at the second molar area, which is the least practical area to start with. The tongue and the…
Mounting Upper and Lower Jaws for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Devices- Panthera
When scanning for an oral appliance with an intra-oral scanner, you can capture the upper jaw and the lower jaw and the Verical Dimension in protrusive,…
Digital Denture Duplication
Medit i500 was used to scan and duplicated a fractured denture. It was originally scanned in the patient's mouth to capture the opposing and the bite…
Upper Right First Molar Scanned with the Shining 3D Intra-Oral Scanner for Beginners
In this case presentation, we introduce the Shining Aoralscan for beginner doctors who want to get into digital impressions. Proper isolation and retraction is a key…
Upper Left Premolar with Shining 3D
Proper isolation and retraction is key for all intra-oral scanners. In this video, you can appreciate how the upper and lower arches were isolated, the margins…
Mixing Photogrammetry and Intra-Orals Scanner by Medit i500
To date, the literature and research clearly points out that full arch scans with edentulous arches are prone to inaccuracies. That's because we have never had…
Single Implant Scanbody Digital Impression with the Medit i500 Intra-Oral Scanner
This is a preview of a single unit case that was scanned using the Artificial Implant Suprastructure Identification System of the Medit Software. To see the…
Hydroflouric Acid Etch Surface Treated Scanbody for Intra-Oral Scanning
Hydroflouric Acid Etched Treated Scanbody Surface makes Intra-Oral Scanning much easier for all dental scanners. Apply a coat of HF for a mere 10 seconds and…
Premolar Crown with Medit i500, Meditlink, exocad, Amber Mill Block, Coritec One by Imes Icore, and Millbox CAM Software
In this clinical case a patient lost a pre-existing crown. The remaining tooth structure had recurrent decay and a new crown was warranted. After anesthesia was…
Using Photogrammetry to Validate the Accuracy of the Medit i500
Photogammetry has set the highest standard for full arch accuracy in digital dentistry for edentulous patients with multiple implant fixtures. An easy scan in under 15…
Proper Retraction and Isolation Leads to Great Marginal Fit
In this clinical presentation, we demonstrate the removal of a crown that has recurrent decay. The bleeding tissue was managed with a double cord technique and…
A Simple Crown Copy Case With Medit i500
Replacing a crown with open margins and recurrent decay Setting up the case with medit i500's meditlink software Imaging the preparation with Medit i500 and…
Comparing Milled and Designed Crown Margins
Have you ever compared the milled product with the designed restoration? We scanned with the medit i500, designed with exocad and milled with coritec. after try-in,…
The Digital Pour Up- Creating a Base Model From a Digital Denture Duplication Scan
In this video we show how to you can digitally pour up the intaglio of a denture scan with the medit software where you scan in…
Full Arch Scans With Multiple Variables
We scanned patient 4 different ways. HD and regular D and different filters and focal lengths. HD leaves the glitter free floating that scares new comers…
Exposing and Correcting the Distal Margin Scan
In this video we demonstrate some of the most common problems associated with second molar impressions. Usually the distal margins can be blurred by the presence…
A Premolar Crown With the Medit i500, exocad, and Coritec ONE
In this video we demonstrate a simple premolar case that is prepared and imaged with the Medit i500, designed in the cad software named exocad and…
Implant Margins Impressions Performed Extra-Orally With The Medit i500
Taking impressions, digital or analog way, was one of the greatest hassles in implant dentistry. we can now image the margins of the implant suprastrucure OUTSIDE…
Proper Implant Placement and Digital Impressions with Scanbodies and Medit i500 Lead to Predictable Results
In this video, we show a recall of an implant restored with a scanbody. When the implant was initially placed, a scanbody was seated and an…
Flash and Flush For Digital Impressions
With digital dentistry and designing cases in color, you do not need flash like you do for analog impressions. The purpose of flash is so that…
Distal Extension Second Molar Crown Replacement in Copy Mode and With Two Bites
Every distal extension case I have to accomplish the following: take two bites to make sure my vertical dimension does not change with pre-op and prep…
Tissue Displacement Flash for Analog Impressions vs FLUSH for Digital Impression
With analog dental impressions, it is imparative to separate the gum tissue from tooth structure and to create a trough for flash for dye work. This…
Implants and Digital Impressions
“Yes it can I would however do separate abutments and crowns just in case you bind somewhere you can adjust crowns separate from abutments You would…
Live Intra-Oral Scan Verification Jigs for Full Arch Scans and Global Accuracy
This is a detailed video demonstration that shows you how to capture full arch scans for multi unit implant cases in edentulous jaws and, more importantly,…
World’s First Verfication Jig For Cross Arch Accuracy
Medit i500 Artificial Intelligent Implant Suprastructure Identfication System not only simplifies advanced implant prosthetics but can be used for immediate assessment of cross arch accuracy. Posted…
What Is An Implant Scanbody, Why Should You Use it, And Why You Need The Medit i500’s AI !
Dental implant surgery and restorations were the most risky procedures just 10 years ago. They were also the most profitable, but also carried the largest liability…
Using Medit’s Artificial Intelligent Implant Suprastructure Identification System to assess the accuracy of a cross arch digital impression!
Medit i500 Intra-Oral Scanner Artficial Intelligence Implant Suprastructure Identification System places the dental scanner into a league of its own
Artifical Intelligence by Medit i500 Allows Automatic Implant Suprastructure Identfication
Just like that, the world of implants changed overnight! Medit i500's artificial intelligence implant identification... Posted by Armen Mirzayan on Monday, September 23, 2019
How To Transfer The Margin Line To The Lab From Your Medit i500
This first video details how you can mark your margins in meditlink with your medit iscan software. The very first step that you must do is…
You Need Enough Redundant Data Between The Pre-op and Prep Models To Activate Image Aquisition
When you have preops that you are trying to stitch to preps in medit, and this could also include relating scanbodies to arches as well, you…
Missing Order Form in Meditlink
A common question we get at cad-ray.com is how a case cannot be submitted to a lab. Most of the time, it is because the job…
One Mill Does It All
We are very pleased with millbox and the imes icore coritec one for a chairside milling solution. We've been testing it for a long time and…
Medit i500’s Artificial Intelligence Custom Implant Identification Using The Analog Impression Abutment As A Scanbody
Medit has launched a software that is the greatest advancements in digital dentistry in more than a decade! With artificial intelligence, you can identify the scanbody…
Upper Tibase and Lower Custom Abutment Scanbody Optical Impressions Made with Medit i500 Artificial Intelligence
In this article we demonstrate how two separate implants are placed with guided surgery and then scanbodies are used immediately after placement to capture the location…
Premolar Crown Replacement with Medit i500 and CORiTEC ONE
In this case presentation, we utilize the medit i500 to image the pre-existing crown and to fabricate a restoration that is a replica of the pre-existing…
Our First Shining 3D Aoralscan Case- A Preview
At CAD-Ray, we are big proponents of open architecture and the doctors control the flow of their patients' digital data, whether it is a CT scan…
Second Molar Crown Replacement in Copy Mode
In this case presentation, we feature a crown that needs to be replaced due to open margins and recurrent decay. With the Medit i500, after the…
Placing Margin In Medit’s Native Software and Directly Importing The Coordinates Into exocad
On September 5, 2019 Medit will officially launch the 2.1 software that will allow dentists to mark their own margins before sending to the lab. Since…
Premolar Anatomic Copy Case with Medit i500, exocad, and imes icore eMax Milled Restoration
In this article, we demonstrate how to manage a crown replacement on a second upper premolar with the Medit i500, exocad, and the imes icore CORiTEC…
How to Cut Off a Bonded Ivoclar eMax Restoration
One of the most dreaded procedures in dentistry is to cut off a bonded lithium disilicate material. With zirconia, since the bond strength is weak, just…
Keep The CORiTEC ONE Spray Channels Clean
All milling machines have guidelines for proper cleaning and maintanance. The imes icore CORITEC ONE’s spray channels must be kept clean, otherwise they will spray off…
Instant Designs In Copy Mode and Cement Spacer Settings
In this particular case, we are restoring a lower left molar with a full coverage crown. The pre-existing condition has multiple fracture lines and the patient…
Automatic Scanbody Detection and Auto-Import Into Exocad and Immediate Fixture Identification
A new feature coming to Medit i500 is the automatic detection of scanbodies while you are imaging. In this clinical case, two implants are placed in…
Three Unit Bridge and A Single Unit Veneer Milled with 40 mm Emax Block
This 4 unit case was imaged in Medit i500 and designed in exocad. The final restoration was taken to CEREC inlab cam. When the construction file…
Full Coverage Crown on a Fractured Second Molar and Two Bites
Same visit crowns can be a practice builder. We had a patient referred for in house fabrication of a restoration because she did not want to…
Conelog (CAMLOG) Hybrid / Tibase Abutment Testing
At CAD-Ray we are constantly testing milling machines that can render ceramic or metal abutment restorations. In this particular case, we are testing the conelog line…
Digital Copy Milling (Anatomic Wax Up) Vs. Scan Pre-Op Model
In CAD-Ray's version of exocad, we have dramatically reduced the steps necessary to get a final proposal with copying a pre-op, mock up, or wax-up. We've…
Anterior Copy Crown With Medit i500 Direct Import Into CAD for Design and Mill with CEREC MCXL and CORiTEC ONE
In this article, we feature an upper left lateral crown that needed to be replaced due to recurrent decay. While the patient was getting numb, we…
Artificial Intelligence in Medit i500 Automatically Identifies Implant Location into Imports into CAD Software
Please, take a seat, you should not be standing while you watch this. Artificial intelligence by Medit i500 now identifies the location of your scanbody but…
Tired of Nuclear or Atomic Mushroom Bomb Cloud Shaped Abutment Crowns?
A very common source of frustration for most dentists or those who are new to designing implant crowns is the emergence profile of the abutment or…
Managing Second Molars And Clearance
Few things in dentistry that can be as frustrating as seating a second molar restoration, whether you are doing same day dentistry or having a lab…
How To Create A Flat Base That Is Parallel To The Occlusal Plane With The Medit i500
A common request when processing models is to create a plan that matches the occlusal plane of the arches. To keep it simple the algorithms of…
Problems Milling to a Tibase From a Scanbody Digital Impression ?
We got a bat signal from a group of doctors who were having trouble with ill fitting restorations to tibases. This can suck up a lot…
One Line of Code… (Line 3327 out 3620 lines)
Making sure that CAD software talks to the CAM software is critical for certain types of restorations. Simple crowns are fairly easy, but for crowns to…
Simulation of Custom Abutment Milling
A custom titanium metal abutment is milled in such a manner where the drills DO NOT touch the connection. The type of connection is predetermined by…
Custom Abutment And Crown Designs Milled With Multiple Milling Machines
With the Meditlink software you can design a case and then export the designs and take them to any milling machine of your choice. In this…
A Pair Of Molar Crowns With Medit i500, exocad Designs, And Milled With CEREC MCXL And CORiTEC ONE
For our advanced users, we demonstrate how to plan and manage a two unit molar case so they can deliver multiple chairside restorations in a single…
Milling Simulation With Millbox And The CORiTEC ONE
At CAD-Ray, we are constantly looking for solutions that will satisfy a clinician's needs in a dental practice. For the better part of a full year,…
Image With Medit, Design in exocad, Mill to CEREC MCXL
When imaging and designing a restoration in exocad, with models captured by the Medit i500 intra-oral scanner, you will produce an stl file of the restoration…
The Significance of A.I.S.C. (Artificial Intelligence Scanbody Completion) For The Layperson
When we 3D scan the surface of an object, we plot geometric figures (usually triangles) on the surface of that object which is usually round or…
Digital Scanbody Drop By Medit i500
In the following three videos we walk you through the steps of how the digital "scanbody drop" works to identify the location of an implant fixture.…
EZ Medit Scan to CAD Design to 3 Different Milling Machines
In this case demonstration, we show how you can image in the Medit i500 and follow the most logical steps and sequences to produce a restoration. …
Dr Alan Mead From Dental Hacks Podcast Shares His Experience On The Medit i500
We’re so stoked to hear this podcast from Dr Alan Mead of Dental Hacks fame on CAD-Ray.com and the Medit i500 Here’s the link
What are the Dental Project Files in exocad and Medit i500 Lab Software?
When you start a case in exocad or in Meditlink, you have to define a project or define the job by entering a prescription. A dentalproject…
Delivery Of Occlusal Guard Without Any Adjsutments
This is the occlusal appliance that was milled and delivered from this patient's scan approximately 7 days ago. The appliance did not need a single adjustment…
First Molar Crown With Medit i500 Version 2.1 Beta, Design In exocad, And Milled With Imes Icore Cortitec One
Case Set Up In this video we showcase the set up page of the Medit i500 Lab Version for software version 2.1, where you define the…
Gauging the Accuracy of the Vertical Dimension Across Full Arch Impression
One of the biggest challenges of capturing a bite for an occlusal appliance is to properly tripod the upper arch to the lower arch. With PVS…
Marking Margins in Medit i500 Before Sending a Case to a Lab or CAD Software Like exocad
The new Medit i500 software will feature the ability to mark margins in the imaging step before you import the case into a CAD software or…
Capturing Multiple Occlusal Relationships for the Maxilla and the Mandible with the Medit i500
There are multiple ways one can capture the bite for a patient. In this clinical case, we focus on the easiest way to capture two bites…
Launch exocad Direct from Medit i500 for Custom Abutment Design from an NT-Trading And Mill With The CORiTEC ONE
The Medit i500 intra-oral scanner has two different software programs to operate, one is of which is geared towards clinical dentistry and the other is geared…
Adding A Base To Your Models to Help You or Your Lab to Insta-Print Models With Closing Holes Automatically
An exciting new feature in the Medit i500 v 2.1 is the ability to close holes in the model AND to create a base. For advanced…
Two Buccal Bites for Occlusal Guard Fabrication
One of our favorite procedures to perform with digital dentistry are occlusal appliances where you open the vertical (for an occlusal guard for bruxism) or when…
Deleting The Raw Files in Medit v 2.1
A lot of our users are migrating to SSD Drives which greatly speeds up processing and graphics rendering in intense software applications. When you are capturing…
Titanium Abutment Screw Access Channel Design For Easy Sprue Removal
Titanium blanks are the hottest topic in digital dentistry in 2019. A lot of new milling machines can mill emax, zirconia, and custom metal abutments. One…
Combine Individual Meshworks for Scanbodies in Medit Version 2.1
Most scanners will export the jaw model and the scanbody model separately but a new feature on the Medit upcoming software will let you export them…
Medit i500 Used For Implant Planning in BlueSkyBio Software
In this case presentation, we scan a patient with the medit i500 for implant planning and restorations in the upper left quadrant. At first, you will…
Digital Implant Scanbody Finding Tool by Medit i500 Paves The Way For Accurate Implant Impressions
The Medit i500 software can now identify a scanbody and digitally place a virtual one in its location. This has a lot of ramifications. For starters,…
CORiTEC ONE For The Win! Under 15 Minutes to Mill an EMAX Molar Crown in a Size 14 Block (In Non-Detail Mode)
Here is the same crown milled in detail in 30 minutes with the additional 0.6 mm drill finishing the intaglio and the occlusal anatomy
Occlusal Splint – Imaging With Medit i500 and Designed in exocad and Milled in Doowon Milling Machine
In this particular case, we designed an occlusal splint for a patient that is a heavy bruxer. We captured the bite by having the patient gently…
Control Over The Finest Detail With exocad And The 0.6 mm Drill of the CORiTEC One
This case shows the amount of control one can have over the fit of a restoration. The upper right first molar was imaged with the Medit…
How To Scan An Edentulous Lower Arch in 90 Seconds With Great Accuracy
Imaging the edentulous arch is one of the hardest procedures to capture in digital dentistry. In this first video of the Medit i500 we replay the…
Digital Impressions for Immediate Dentures
Intra-oral scanning for immediate extractions and immediate denture fabrication. Upper and Lower dentition were digitally extracted. The Vertical Dimension and tooth position was preserved for the…
Fixing A Left Central Incisor On A Fixed Hybrid Bridge
Repairing hybrids can be a nightmare. At CAD-Ray, we recommend that you fabricate two sets of the prosthesis so you can swap them out at recall…
Reliability Map of Medit i500 Helps You Capture Full Arch Scans in Under a Minute
In our 2 day hands-on course, we make sure our doctors get comfortable with full arch scans in speedy and accurate fashion. One of the greatest…
Smile Makeover For Advanced Users
This is an advanced case and won't make any sense unless you have taken our course on digital dentistry. If you are an advanced user, watch…
Why Do You Need To Scan A Scanbody in a Separate Catalog Box?
There are numerous reasons for this. Clinically, you want to scan the jaw with the implant without the scanbody in place so that you can have…
Reliability Map Scanning for Advanced Users and Chairside Restorations
This article is for advanced users, where we detail a quick and easy scan, design, and mill. While the patient is anesthetized, the preop images are…
Imaging Inside the Canal of a Lower First Molar with the Medit i500
Imaging depth and red tissue or blue can be complicated for all intra-oral scanners. In this demonstration case, we show how the Medit i500 performs scanning…
Support Pins for your Models for Oral Appliance Fabrication
A friendly reminder- this case was table top scanned with a desktop scanner so don't get distracted, but be aware that for oral appliances, particularly for…
Important Factor To Keep In Mind With Custom Titanium Abutment Milling
Digital impressions have turned one of the most complicated and error prone procedures in dentistry into one of the most predictable treatments we can provide. When…
The Single Greatest Advantage of Digital Dentistry Over Analog Impressions
In all of our courses, once every user gets comfortable with the software and the camera, we quickly ramp up to reveal the greatest advantage of…
Instant Proposal in Copy Case of CAD-Ray Software
In this simple first molar case, we scan the pre-op condition as there is no room to add any contours to the pre-existing crown. In the…
Why Restoring Implants Are The Most Predictable Restorative Procedures Dentists Can Perform, Thanks To Digital Dentistry
In just under a decade, we have turned dental implants from the most risky and stress inducing procedures we can perform both surgically and restoratively into…
Meditlink Direct Link into CAD-Ray Software (powered by exocad) With Opportunity to Edit Job Definition And a Two Unit Copy Case Like You Have Never Seen Before!
This case demonstrate some advanced features our CAD-Ray software provides for CAD/CAM users. We first launch meditlink and define the prescription. You can take your time…
Milling a 4 Unit eMax Bridge With The Imes Icore CORiTEC ONE
The CORiTEC one can handle multiple types of blocks. It is also upgradable to pucks to mill round house prosthetics. In this video, we demonstrate the…
How We Milled With a MCXL After Designing in exocad
At any given time, we are milling restorations with 3 or 4 milling machines. Recently, we designed a restoration with the Medit i500 scanner, designed in…
Digital Tissue Contouring in CAD-Ray Software Powered by exocad
In this video we demonstrate how to capture implant impressions of scan bodies intra-orally with the medit i500 scanner and then design a screw retained crown…
An Introductory Lesson on Accurately Relating Digital Dental Models to Each Other
If you are new to digital dentistry, this introductory video will show you how to judge if digital models are related to each other. As a…
Advantage of Imaging the Buccal Bite before the Preparation
Same visit restorations are a great way to measure accuracy of an iOS and cad software and milling machines One thing that I highly recommend is…
Managing a Second Molar with Medit i500 and exocad design software
Second molar can often be a difficult clinical case to manage. In this case, we diagnose a cracked tooth. Even though the patient is not symptomatic,…
Introducing CAD-Ray Software Version 7.0
Posted by Armen Mirzayan on Sunday, May 5, 2019 Some of the features: Custom abutment and tibase design / fabrication Temporary Shell / Provisional fabrication Fast…
Hand Articulate Upper and Lower Jaw Models in Digital Manner with CAD-Ray Software Powered by exocad
There are may advanced ways that you can articulate the maxilla with the mandible if you happen to have models that are not accompanied by a…
Bite Alignment Scan to the Rescue in exocad
Once in a while, our users get themselves in a bind and you have to rely on manual alignment of jaws to each other. Sometimes, it…
How to Scan an Edentulous Arch in 90 Seconds with the Medit i500 Intra-Oral Scanner
Don't be mislead; it is much easier to scan the upper edentulous jaw than the lower, as you don't have to deal with the tongue or…
Upper First Molar Restored with Medit i500, exocad, emax, and VHF Z4 Milling Machine
In this particular case, we demonstrate an emax restoration fabricated with the Z4 milling machine by VHF. In the first video, you can see how the…
Milling Screw Access Hole and emax Abutment with Z4
The Z4 Milling Machine can drill emax, zirconia and metal abutments. You can use a scanbody, identify the location of the fixture, design the abutment and…
Cracked Tooth Treated with Medit i500 and emax Milled With Z4 by VHF
The following case demonstrates how a symptomatic cracked tooth was treated with an emax restoration that was fabricated / seated during the same appointment as it…
Sleep Apnea Device Fabrication from Conventional Impressions to Digitization with the Medit i500
There are many ways to capture the upper and lower jaw digitally and mount them correctly in a protrusive and open bite for obstructive sleep apnea…
How Would You Like No Adjustment Appointments to With Your Oral Apnea Appliance Deliveries?
One of the greatest challenges in oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea therapy is to capture the bite in the protrusive and open position in such…
Print Quality is Very Important for Fabrication of Oral Appliances or Restorations
A very important principle to keep in mind with intra-oral scanners is how that data is printed. There are too many reasons to list what can…
Four Unit Anterior eMax Bridge with Medit i500, exocad, and Z4 Milling Machine
The following case is a 4 unit splinted bridge where the upper central incisors where root canal treated. The laterals remained vital after trauma to the…
An Important Lesson About Contact Area Design With Digital Impressions
Look at that contact area! A dentist's and lab tech's dream, but you still get some crowns that are way too tight and you adjust like…
Molar Copy Case with eMax, Medit i500, and Z4 VHF Milling Machine
This a case that was done in a single appointment, where the second molar was restored with a class 2 composite restoration and the first molar…
Crown Bottoms: Cement Gap and Zones by Distance; Every Dentist’s Dream
Since July, we have imaged and milled many restorations with at least 4 different milling machines, including lab fabricated restorations. The margins and fit have been…
Lower Left First Molar Crown with Medit / exocad / VHF Z 4
The following case is a lower first molar with the distobuccal cusp fractured and recurrent decay underneath the pre-existing composite restoration, warranting full cuspal coverage. The…
Milling A Lower Central Incisor in an eMax Size 12 Block on the VHF Z4 Milling Machine
Time Stamps: This video is sped up at some points, but from the time the design was finished and it was sent to production, it tool…
Workflow From Medit to exocad to VHF Z4 Mill
The Meditlink software allows you to log in as a clinician or a laboratory. There are quite a few benefits to logging in as a lab,…
Imaging a Mouth Full of Gold and PFM Crowns
Imaging highly reflective surfaces can be challenging. In this particular situation, every tooth had either a pfm or a gold crown restoration. The video playback feature…
Video Replay of a First Time Medit User
We had the pleasure of demonstrating the Medit i500 to a doctor today who happened to have a crown prep on the schedule. He had used…
How to Scan Metal
Scanning highly reflective surfaces can be a challenge with every intra-oral scanner. Here's a pointer that can help: don't start by trying to scan the metal…
Next Stop for CAD-Ray is IDS in Cologne Germany
We just wrapped up with the Chicago Midwinter Meeting and are now preparing for the IDS meeting in Germany. This is the world's largest dental convention…
Quickest Way to Design and Mill a Case
One of the most popular design techniques in digital dentistry is copying the pre-existing morphology of a restoration. When it is in occlusion and has desirable…
Implant Planning with Any CT Machine and Any Intra-Oral Scanner with CAD-Ray Software
Our CAD-Ray software, powered by exocad and exoplan (pending 510k clearance) allows you to import your intra-oral scans and merge them with dcm files from ANY…
The Flexibility of Meditlink
The Medit I500 is powered by a software called Meditlink. Within the program, you have workboxes where you can scan, design, nest, and mill a restoration,…
New Features in Medit i500 Version 2.0
The following pdf files document all the changes and updates to the Medit i500 intra-oral scanner. Some of the new features include taking pre-operative images, localized…
Perfectly Fits From Your Surgical Stents
A well fitting surgical stent makes guided surgery very easy. You can CT scan a stone model or an impression to get a digital model to…
Bridge Replacement with the Medit i500 Using Copy Mode of the Pre-op, White Light for Red Tissue, Blue Light for Tooth Structure, and Segmented Model Building
This failing three unit fixed partial denture was replaced with the Medit i500 and the CAD-Ray Design Software. While the patient was getting numb, a physical…
Verifying the Accuracy of the Medit i500 for Full Arch Scanning
A common question we get about the Medit i500 is about its cross arch accuracy. There are dozens of ways one can introduce errors with digital…
DentalShare: The Perfect Hand-Off from Dentist to Labs
At CAD-Ray, we have a tough job balancing the interests of patients, dentists, and labs. The hand-off or delegation from dentist to the lab in a…
Dess Library for Exocad and Installation guide
Click here to download the DESS library for exocad. It gets tricky making sure you have the right parts for both the scanbody identification and the…
Mixing the Pre-Operative Condition, Mirroring the Neighboring Tooth, and Using a Scan-Body to Restore a Left Central Incisor with Medit i500 V2.0
There are some great new features coming to Version 2.0 by the Medit i500. We now have the option to image the pre-operative condition, the upper…
How Deep is Your Scan?
A cool new feature in the upcoming Medit i500 is the opportunity to capture deep areas that are out of the camera's focal length (-1.5 to…
Local HD Scanning with Medit i500 Version 2.0
A new feature coming soon to Medit I500 is localized High Definition Scanning. There are two modes you can scan and save the models in; Normal…
A Common Issue with Buccal Bite Imaging
A very common issue for a new user of Intra-Oral Scanners is to appreciate that, generally, the cameras nor the software, can tell the difference between…
Transferring Buccal Bite Records in Medit i500
In the original version 1.0 of Medit Software, you would capture the upper jaw and lower jaw, then the buccal bite on either one side or…
Local HD Scanning and Copy Case Coming Soon to the Medit Clinical Theater Near You
A couple of great new features are coming to Medit V2.0 really soon. One is the ability to capture the pre-existing situation in one catalog box…
Three Ways to Tackle Adjacent Crowns
With digital dentistry, you can approach complex cases with ease. For example, when you look at these two crowns that need to be replaced, your inclination…
Want to Mill From Your Trios Imaging System?
We have the milling solution for you! Whether you only image with your 3Shape scanner or design within Design Studio, you can export the stl file…
Sleep Apnea, Heart Disease, and Oral Appliances in the Journal of the American Heart Association Journal
This recent publication in the Journal or the American Heart Association details the relationship between sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease. It is a comprehensive study evaluating…
Good Initial Proposals in exocad Design Software
When imaging a preparation, all you really need for a restoration to "fit' is the contact area of the adjacent teeth (above the height of contour)…
The Medit Desktop Scanner is the Industry Standard for Highest Accuracy
A recent study published in the Journal of Advanced Prosthodotics compared many Intra-oral scanners and used the Medit desktop scanner as the reference frame and benchmark…
3D Viewer for Smart Phones
Here are a pair of apps that are super helpful and very powerful. Most of the cases you see on CAD-Ray have the case files attached…
Smile Design and Makeover with Medit i500 and exocad
Download the OBJ files and import them into smile design software and do a virtual wax up for a real case This patient has had crown…
Fundamentals of Intra-Oral Scanners
Here are fundamental principles every dentist should understand about intra-oral scanners, how we can introduce errors, how to manage them, follow proper scan strategies, maintain accuracy…
DESS Pre-Milled Abutment and VHF N4 / Z4 Holder
Retail Cost$450 - holder with 10 premills$1200 - holder with 50 premills All abutments include one final screw. Additional screws sold separately.
Automation vs Flexibility and Control with the VHF Software- Your Choice!
The following two videos showcase a demonstration by VHF at the Greater New York Meeting in 2018. The software from VHF comes with a DentalCAM part…
Metal Abutment Scan + Full Arch Scan + PFM Metal Margins Handled Like a Champ
Full arch scan, metal abutment, ceramics, lots of reflective surfaces all captured in under 90 seconds with no powder. just have to hit the metal at…
Inadvertent Data Capture of The Tongue and The Lip
A repetitive theme that is a common issue with all intra-oral scanners is the inadvertant capture of data that does not belong to the model you…
First Molar Crown Margins by Medit i500 and exocad
This is a first molar crown that was replaced with an in-office milled eMax restoration. The adjacent second molar had recurrent decay under the existing class…
First Week of December On-Boarding Schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time Monday 7 Am, 9:15AM, 11:30 AM Tuesday 1 PM and 2PM Weds 10 AM Thursday 11 AM, 2:30 PM …
CAD-Ray Design Software powered by exocad
There are so many incredible and robust features to exocad and it is precisely why there are over 35,000 users around the world. There are many…
Margins by Medit and exocad by a CAD-Ray user
It i sometimes confusing to some doctors when looking at bitewings shot at specific angles that make the margin look like it has filled in with…
Denture Duplication with the Medit T500 Scanner by Dr. Christian Brenes
This is a great tutorial by Dr. Christian Brenes, demonstrating denture duplication with the Medit T500 desktop scanner
Two Crowns One Milling Machine
This is a lesson in chairside efficiency for all CAD/CAM users. Traditionally, you would be forced to prep two teeth and impress them both at same…
Korolation with Medit i500
One of the greatest advantages of digital impressions is the ability to copy a pre-existing condition. This has a lot of benefits, one of which is…
From Hawaii ADA meeting to Greater New York Meeting (Booth 3307)
We had a great booth and lots of activity at the ADA meeting and will be in New York for the Greater New York convention
Agents Carrie Johnson and Carol BarberLamb (C2 Carrie Times Carol)
Happy Hump Day! We might be in your area! It's going to be a crazy month! Here's the 411! WE ARE SHOWING THE WORLD HOW…
Clinical Reasons to use Digital Impressions
There are many clinical advantages to taking digital impressions over traditional ones. Some of these concepts you may not appreciate until you are a user. We…
What Milling Machine Works with the Medit i500?
This a very common question we get at CAD-Ray.com and it reflects on how little dentists understand about digital impressions and CAD/CAM in general. “Digital Ready”…
Not Enough Clearance? No Problem!
Upon preparing the second molar for full cuspal coverage, the lack of clearance necessitated a refining the preparation. The great part of digital dentistry is that…
Crisp Margins that Pop Out!
It was a long struggle to find margins with the Omnicam and after 4 years it was sold. The margin definition and resolution never reached an…
Premolar Onlay Captured in High Resolution Mode
This article demonstrate how a case be set up while the patient is being anesthetized. While waiting for it to take effect, your team can scan…
exocad DentalCAD and exocad Chairside (CS)
What is Exocad? Exocad is a powerful software that can import any STL, OBJ, or PLY file from any digital impression system, design a restoration, and…
Full Mouth Reconstruction with Medit i500
To see this case presented in webinar fashion click on the image and enter the members area for much greater detail and information Pre-existing restorations that…
Settings for Meditlink Scanning
Video 1- Show Unreliable Data and Automatic Noise filtering (High Resolution Scan off) Video 2- Use Automatic Noise filtering / Do Not Show…
Denture Duplication with the Medit i500 for Guided Implant Planning and Surgery
When planning for guided surgery in edentulous patients, it is important to have the final vertical dimension and tooth position determined. Ideally, a denture duplicate should…
Virtual Extraction for Implant Planning
One of the biggest hassles in most software is to plan a guided surgery case when the tooth is still present in the arch. Some software…
Digital Impressions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Appliance
This article documents how to capture upper and lower scans for an oral appliance to treat obstructive sleep apnea. The patient was recently diagnosed with mild…
Occlusal Guard with Digital Impressions by Medit i500
This is a case imaged for an occlusal guard, wehre the upper arch took only 43 seconds to capture. Afterwads, the lower arch is captured, and…
Checking Occlusion with Digital and Clinical Landmarks for a Clear Aligner Case
Here's a clear aligner case where the upper and lower arches were scanned and the buccal bite was taken with the Medit i500 IOS system. Prior…
Recommended Laptop / Desktop for your Medit i500
or you can get this mobile cart with a powerful desktop that you wheel from room to room, instead of carrying around the laptop.
Errors Introduced with Long Span Imaging and how to Correct Them
This case shows a full arch imaging where the model starts to go "off track". To keep the explanation simple, the further away you get from…
Duplicating an Existing Denture with Medit i500 Intra-Oral Scanner
A common question we get at CAD-Ray is if we can duplicate a denture with the Medit i500. It works, and takes about 5 minutes. You…
Cloning a Intra-Oral Scan with the Medit i500
Once an case is captured and processed, it is stored in the MeditLink Box of the software. You can open the same case file and apply…
Second Molar Emax with Medit i500
This simple second molar restoration was imaged with the Medit i500. There was no retraction used and the lab worked with the OBJ file to render…
Yes, It Can Scan Edentulous Arches
A frequent question we receive at CAD-Ray is if the Medit i500 can scan edentulous arches. You can certainly introduce errors in the process, but if…
Setting Up a Case for a Digital Impression
Most Intra-Oral Scanners take time to process the models after you capture them. We highly recommend that you take advantage of the time it takes the…
The Deepest Scan – The Medit i500 Outperforms all other IOS Systems in the Market
Another example of how well the i500 from Medit can scan with a deep focal length. This is impossible to do with any other IOS system…
Medit Version 1.1.1. build 23
Medit Link v1.1.1 Fixed crashing problem which has occurred when clicking 'Save' or 'Scan' button multiple times in Work Box. Medit iScan v1.1.1.1 Enhanced scanning algorithm…
Full Arch Scan and Clear Orthodontic Retainer for Minor Tooth Movement
This is a case that demonstrates how a full arch scan is taken with the Medit i500. We generally recommend that you establish a good "purchase…
Full Arch Scans and Clear Aligners from Medit i500 Scans
In this particular clinical case, the patient has opted to utilize clear aligners to straighten some anterior crowding. The Medit i500 was used to capture both…
Onlay Restoration Imaged with the Medit i500 Intra-Oral Scanner
This is a case presentation of a onlay preparation on an upper first molar. The area was isolated with the optragate and the isolite after anesthesia.…
Premolar Crown Restoration from a Triple Tray and a Desktop Scanner
Another case delivered with the triple tray technique and the MeditT500 desktop scanner. The H&H technique was used to capture the margins and bite and there…
Articulated Models with STL Export / Import into BlueSkyBio Software
When you scan an upper arch and a lower arch with an intra-oral scanner and then export that case, usually the software places coordinates on the…
Different Model Trimming Methods with the Medit i500
There are multiple ways to adjust a model with refined tools like the Polyline Trimming, the Brush Trimming, and the Quick Trim feature. You can see…
Full Arch Scan Strategy for Medit i500
If you are new to Medit i500, or any introral scanner, and you are trying to scan full arches, there are some important concepts to keep…
Powderless, Full Color Intraoral Scanning (IOS) Price and Specs Comparison Chart
The prices and specifications cited in these charts are best estimates from published data readily available on the internet. We suggest you verify the numbers for…
24 Karat Magic in the Scan
Imaging reflective surfaces like gold is often difficult with intra-oral scanners. In this video, you can see how the whole occlusal surface of the gold crown…
Desktop Scanner and Triple Tray
This is the triple tray technique used to image the prep, the opposing, and the bite with the Medit Desktop Scanner by Burbank Dental Lab. Not…
First Molar Crown Scan with Medit i500 with Opposing and Buccal Bite
Here's a straight forward scan of a molar crown prep. You can see how angling the camera helps you capture the contact areas of adjacent teeth.…
Medit i500 testing all the hurdles in a full arch scan
Many intra-oral scanners struggle with "black triangles" where there is tissue recession. Another area that is difficult to capture is the distal of second molars. Here…
Upper and Lower First Molar Case Digitally Scanned with Medit i500
In this video, you can see how easy it is to image both arches and capture all the margins and contacts. There are certain areas that…
Full Arch Scan and Some Editing Tools in the Medit i500 Intraoral Scanner
Scanning with the Medit i500 for full arches is relatively easy, as long as you keep a few important items in mind. Unlike most iOS (Intra-Oral…
Scanning soft tissue, the palate, and emax with the Medit i500
Every intra-oral scanner struggles to some degree with imaging certain materials and has a focal length that makes it difficult to image deep margins. The difficult…
Unpacking the Medit i500 and installing the IOS
It's always a good idea to take photos of everything you unpack whenever you purchase any equipment or technology. It helps you keep track of all…
Dental Practice Turned Showcase Facility
CAD-Ray Distribution LLC has a training facility located in downtown Los Angeles that also operates as a full service dental practice. We house and operate imaging…
CAD-Ray Obstructive Sleep Apnea Device- Exclusively Printed by Burbank Dental Labs (Coming July 2018)
Introducing the CAD-Ray Obstructive Sleep Apnea Device, manufactured by Burbank Dental Lab. This appliance is printed with an FDA approved material by an FDA certified lab. …
As the Pulp Dies
If you have had a CT in your practice long enough, you can start appreciating changes that happen on patients that you have scanned more than…
The most cost-effective way to get into digital dentistry!
If you are risk averse and want to take your first step into digital dentistry without altering a single thing you do in your practice, consider…
Digital Implant Course July 27-28 2018
Join us for this very informative seminar that will you shape your future, as we teach you how to implement the top platforms that will help…
Check your surgical stent for accuracy before you do the surgery
Larger cases, particularly edentulous cases, can inherently introduce errors and decrease accuracy. There are many reasons why this can happen, but generally, it revolves around human…
The path of least resistance in the maxilla is the floor of the sinus
This is probably the single most important thing to learn as a practicing clinician, who does not utilize a CT scanner. Posterior maxillary peri-apicals are generally…
Introduction to Guided Surgery
Synopsis: The concept of guided surgery and implant placement is often ignored for multiple reasons. Generally, the cost of the surgical stents and the arduous process…
Common Clinical Issues with Guided Surgery
Important facts about (Guided) Surgery, in no particular order: 1. The only way to replicate the 3D design during surgery is to use a fully guided…
Apple Heart Study Announcement with new Apple Watch Feature
My daughter has been on my case about getting her the new iphone. Apparently, she's in grave danger because she has no more storage left because…
Measuring airway with a CT before and after appliance therapy is very misleading and dangerous
Another appliance company for apnea. I believe its over 150 of them now. This one promoted at invisalign summit. I have no issues with the appliances.…
Enlarged Turbinates- easy to pick up on a large field CT
Watch this video that walks you through the tip of the nose and then through the nasal passages. Although never diagnostic, we can become suspicious that…
Breathe, breathe in the air….
It is incredible what you will learn as a clinician once you get involved with sleep apnea. I just met a woman with co-morbidities of diabetes…
Cone Beam Buyer’s Guide
There are multiple reasons to invest in CBCT technology for dentistry. The current top 3 reasons are for diagnosis, implantology, and sleep apnea. This article will…
Emergence Profile for Implant Restorations
One of the greatest a clinician can learn is to master implant restorations by being involved in the planning and treatment of the case. Very quickly,…
Pediatric Airway Development
DR TRACEY NGUYEN "There are only 2 ways we can breathe. Through our nose or through our mouth. Dentists are the most qualified and have the…
Indications of risk for Obstructive Sleep-disordered breathing seen on Cone Beam Computed Tomography
Patient information regarding the presence of sleep disordered breathing (apnea), begins with thorough clinical evaluation. The patient/parent should be interviewed regarding snoring, mouth breathing, medications, and…
Happy Patient that is Finally Getting Some Sleep
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/bMXysRpG/patienttestimonial_hd.mp4 This patient was finally relieved to find out what the source of his exhaustion was. Years of struggling with sleep, being tired and frustrated all…
We can do so much better than this….
Patients usually drive all doctors to find solutions and therapies to address their problems. As dentists, we have the unique ability to offer a solution that…
Maxillary Sinusitis of Dental Origin
One of the hottest topics in dentistry is the perforation of the sinus floor that we find in posterior maxillary teeth. The path of least resistance…
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