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• Mark Jackson, RDT

  Mark co-founded the laboratory in 1981. A member of the ICOI and Cal-Lab, he serves on the Board of directors of the National Association of Dental Laboratories, writes a monthly column for the Journal of Dental Technology and has been on the faculty of NADLU since 2004. He has lectured throughout the US, as well as in Europe and Africa. Mark is active in the community, and in humanitarian and conservation affairs as a board member of Safari Club International. He lives in Rancho Cucamonga with his wife and children.

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Surgical Guides without CT Scans?

I attend a lot of dental meetings, and read the internet dental forums, so I get lots of opportunities to hear people’s opinions on dentistry and the changing face of dental technology. Maybe it has to do with the way I view the importance of what we do, or maybe it’s the amount of money we have invested in technology here, but I see a trend Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on August 2nd 2010f 2010 at 08:59am in Industry Commentary by mark

Black Swan Occurrence

I was speaking with my friend Larry Zenk at Keller Dental Laboratory about the unprecedented popularity of BruxZir Total Zirconia crowns. Larry called it Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on June 24th 2010f 2010 at 08:55am in Industry Commentary by mark

Unguided Territory?

I think that with today’s computer guided surgeries, we are seeing some amazing results. In fact, with the high success rates of these cases, and the ability to anticipate and pre-plan bone augmentation, sinus grafting, tissue modeling and even the simplified incorporation of zygomatic implants, computer guided implantology is rapidly becoming the standard of care. Practitioners can even download free planning and surgical guide software off the internet, so cost is no excuse.

The thing I find frightening is Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on April 30th 2010f 2010 at 03:34pm in Industry Commentary by mark

Zero tolerance for experimenting on patients

I was reading an article this morning, and again, I’m astounded we still let this kind of thing get published: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on March 29th 2010f 2010 at 08:26am in Industry Commentary by mark

Dangerous Dental Products

One of the most troubling trends is the free substitution of products by laboratories, foreign and domestic, though in the case of pirated name brand products, China seems to be the most common offender. I have been talking to dentists who tell me they have tried BruxZir crowns and were not impressed by what they saw. This I find not just surprising, Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on March 25th 2010f 2010 at 01:59pm in Industry Commentary by mark

FDA To Inspect Dental Laboratories?

You may not have heard that in the FDA Appropriations document that was released recently, they have budgeted $32 million dollars for the regulation, enforcement and follow up of dental laboratories. I was very pleased to hear this, not that I think we need more government intrusion in our lives, but I’m afraid that the wild-wild-west attitude Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on February 16th 2010f 2010 at 05:35pm in Industry Commentary by mark

iConfident brings it all together

Perhaps the most frustrating part of working with implants in an interdisciplinary environment is the communication problems that occur when everything you hear is second hand information…. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on December 30th 2009f 2009 at 12:10pm in Industry Commentary by mark

DLOAC 6th annual CAD/CAM symposium, Pasadena CA, November 20-21, 2009

The Dental Lab Owners Association of California will be hosting the 6th annual CAD/CAM symposium this weekend at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena. This is a popular program where many of the established suppliers show their wares, and a few new manufacturers exhibit, often for the very first time.

Frankly, in this current economy, I don’t anticipate Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on November 19th 2009f 2009 at 10:01am in Industry Commentary by enthusiast

California jury awards a patient $1.7 million after they determine that 3D imaging could have avoided a misplaced dental implant and permanent facial pain.

As the cost of 3D imaging comes down, and as surgical planning and guides get less expensive, it’s becoming harder to justify NOT using one. Cases like this one are pointing in that direction.

In this case, the verdict hinged on Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on November 19th 2009f 2009 at 09:59am in Industry Commentary by mark

IPS e.max “most robust to date” – NYU

I was skeptical when IPS e.max was first introduced. Primarily because we had had some bad experiences with the old Empress2 when we first launched it. It was so bad in fact, Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on November 19th 2009f 2009 at 09:54am in Industry Commentary by mark