By Dr Jennifer Bell One of the biggest challenges with completing clear aligner tooth movement predictably is accomplishing enough interproximal reduction (IPR) on schedule to allow for ideal tooth movement. Many clear aligner cases call for IPR to be accomplished to best level and align teeth. I tend to prefer buccal expansion wherever possible to […]

How long have you been using Sagemax? I started using Sagemax about three years ago, for as long as Ivodent has been distributor for it here in South Africa.  With regards to colour how true do you find Sagemax? I would say it’s one of the nearest matching to shade guide colours - about 90-95% […]

We believe this is your first milling unit for Inline Dental? Yes this is the first milling unit we've purchased for Inline Dental. It's been on the cards for a while and we were comparing different systems for quite some time but eventually settled for the 3 Shape E2 scanner and Ivoclar PrograMill Dry milling machine. […]

Are you enjoying the workflow with PM7? It’s absolutely fantastic, I am enjoying it very much and everything is working really well! So I am a happy chappy! We hear you are working with implant bars with an overdenture – tell us about that and your experience with it – was the dentist and patient […]

Tell us about your favourite case using e.max?   It's difficult to speak about one, I am working on so many at the moment and each one of them has such different indicators. Some are tabletop, some simple single inlays, some onlays and single crowns, and a full case of veneers. Actually that pretty much […]

Dr David Malan of Hout Bay Dental Studio emailed IVOblog with this to say about his experience using Intensiv diamond burs: “Working with the Intensiv diamond burs has been an absolute pleasure! They offer a superior cutting edge when compared to other market leading brands. This allows easy cavity preparation without the use of excessive […]