One of the new tools in the 4.2 software is the new Incisal Variation tool. Not only can we get great looking anterior proposals with the 4.2 software, we also have the ability to enhance the facials of the software. I was playing around with the model below when evaluating the new 4.2 software and received some amazing initial proposals. Granted that these still need a bit of tweaking but not bad for an initial proposal at all.
In the past, if we wanted to enhance the surface, we would have to mill out the restorations and then do the modifications by hand. While this still is a necessity to get the final surface texture and final contours, the new Incisal Variation tool allows us to enhance the surface digitally prior to milling. Granted I went a little crazy in the photos below, but it shows what is possible to do while using the tool.
You can not only adjust the intensity of the variation, from very subtle to very detailed (which is what you see below), but you also have the ability to adjust the position of the variation. If you want it more toward the incisal edge, that is possible; if you want it more toward the cervical, that is also possible.
Sameer Puri, D.D.S. runs a successful private practice focusing on esthetic and reconstructive dentistry. His professional affiliations include the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and the California Dental Association.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, School of Dentistry and the Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency from the University of Tennessee, Dr. Puri serves as the Director of CAD CAM at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry.
He is also the founder of www.cerecdoctors.com a website dedicated to CEREC online education where clinicians can learn the ins and outs of CEREC dentistry from basic training to more advanced techniques such as anterior esthetics. The website has become the standard of CEREC training and is the largest online CEREC resource in the world. Patterson Dental found the content so valuable to the CEREC user, that they approved the website to be used with the CEREC Advanced Training Vouchers, the first time any educational medium outside of a standard training was approved to do so.
Dr. Puri has been published in numerous professsional journals and magazines. His aesthetic techniques and results have been used in manufacturer brochures and advertisements. Dr. Puri is also a consultant to various manufacturers to help them improve their products and help develop new products for the dental industry.
He is married to his wife of 14 years and is the father to two beautiful girls.
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