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CAD/CAM technology
For more than 30 years, CAD/CAM has been synonymous with the creation of restorations
in a single visit. Practices that use this technology often can reduce costs significantly, compared
with exclusively using a lab, by reducing the lab fee per unit. To further assess the profit potential of
single-visit dentistry, a patient survey conducted by Exevia GmbH in November 2015 determined
that 85% of patients would prefer single-visit dentistry compared with traditional treatment.
"The technology that brought us CEREC and CAD/CAM has turned our entire clinical
world upside down, in a good way. It just blows everything else away," Hunter says. "I'm a Cerec
user, and in our office 10 years ago, we went from an $8,000-a-month lab bill to one that was
less than $1,000 a month.
"And to the practices that contend that bringing a patient back a second time is no big deal?
Yes, it is, because that's chair time that you get zero dollars for. So when your chair is producing
zero dollars for that hour or half-hour, how many times a day are you doing that? And let's talk
about how many patients never come back for their crowns. How many are walking around
with temporaries they've had for years?"

Omnichroma composite from Tokuyama
While most dental material improvements have helped dentists improve profit margins here
and there, universal composites specifically have had slower advancements and only a minor
impact on saving money ... until now, with the introduction of Omnichroma, a single-shade,
universal composite. Simplifying the practice workday with its capabilities, it features dentistry's
first formula designed to match almost any smile with a single shade of composite. Its spherical
fi llers generate red-to-yellow structural color as ambient light passes through the material,
producing the effects of structural color to combine with the reflected color of the patient's
surrounding dentition. It's capable of matching any shade, from A1 to D4 and beyond.
"I think Omnichroma is an amazing material, and I don't know why anybody would not be
using it," Hunter says. "Talk about game changers! CAD/CAM was a game changer for sure,
and so is Omnichroma. It's a beautiful composite and it can totally relieve you of stress, give
you that one-and-done feeling, and help you move your patients along faster. It will alleviate
what I consider to be a dentist's two most pressing concerns: time and worry.
"We use composites in our office every day, much more than we do crowns, so Omnichroma
will be a true time-saver-no shade guide to constantly reference, and no dealing with the
dilemma of you thinking of one shade and your doctor thinking of another. And let's talk
about having all those shades of composite lying around because you may have a patient come
in with a shade D2 or C3. If you do have those shades in inventory, will they be expired? For
me, not having to carry a costly and extensive shade inventory that's taking up space in our
operatories is truly precious." ■

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