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Us Be Your Digital Dental Lab
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Dentistry has become digital
in so many ways so Ragle Dental
Lab has become digital too. It
began with digital photos as the
tool to map a perfect shade, then
came e-mailing 3D files created
with the Cerec 3D system for producing
RCAD restorations
(Ragle Computer Aided Design)
on the Cerec InLab milling system
and now the NEWEST and GREATEST
is the digital impression taking
system from Cadent called iTero™.
What is Cadent iTero™?
Finally,
a Digital Impression System That
Fits Your Practice … and
Your Budget.
Designed
to replace the uncomfortable and
imprecise method of conventional
impression taking, the Cadent
iTero™ digital impression
system is an exciting new technology
that is light years ahead of cumbersome
and expensive digital impression
systems available today.
iTero™—powered by
proprietary imaging technology—enables
the dentist to take a digital
scan of the patient’s teeth
and bite, make any necessary adjustments
in real-time, and then transmit
the file via a wireless Internet
connection to Ragle Dental Laboratory
for further processing. From there
the digital file is transmitted
to Cadent where a model is milled.
The physical model is then sent
to Ragle Dental Laboratory where
a highly precise physical restoration
is created. With significant benefits
such as increased patient satisfaction,
improved clinical outcomes, and
enhanced office efficiencies,
iTero™ will change your
impression of digital impressions.
Visit
their Web site to view more
information including a video
demonstration.
What
is RCAD?
RCAD is a line
of All-Ceramic and Zirconia products
Ragle Dental Laboratory offers.
This product line is computer
designed and milled from conventional
impression techniques or virtually
received Cerec 3D files. The four
products offered are RCAD Basic,
RCAD Esthetic, RCAD Custom and
RCAD ZIrconia. RCAD products offered
are full crown, inlay, onlay or
3/4 coverage.
RCAD Basic turnaround
is 4 days, same day if received
virtual at rcad@raglelab.com.
RCAD Esthetic
is a 5 day process, 2 days if
received virtual.
RCAD Blue is
a 4 day process, same day if received
virtual.

How Do We Use Digital
Photos?
We use quality digital photos
to produce our custom shade product
requests.
A custom shade is defined as
a shade request outside of the
normal “shade guide”
specifications. Custom Shades
require quality photos. If you
can provide quality Clear Match™
photos please send them in with
the case. To view information
on Clear Match™ please view
our website presentation.
If you do not have a digital
camera we can provide the quality
photos through our Custom Shade
Service. For the Custom Shade
Service we require the patient
to make an appointment to come
to the lab for this photo session.
The case invoice will reflect
the fee for this service
Process for taking quality “Clear
Match” digital photos:
- Take an open mouth photo
- Take a close-up of adjacent
teeth for detail
- Take a photo using the Black/White
tab holder with a Lumin A2 shade
tab in holder with gingival
down. Keep facial of tab facing
camera.
- Match a commercial tab as
closely to desired shade and
photograph showing stem # for
reference
- Include any desired photos
for particular reference to
esthetic needs or concerns
- Email photos to photo@raglelab.com
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