Baluke Dental Studios of Toronto has joined the SensAble Authorized Production Center (SAPC) Program. SAPCs create fixed and removable dental restorations for their own dentists using the SensAble Dental Lab System.
As a lab using the SensAble system for its own production, Baluke can purchase the scan-only or the scan/design configuration of the SensAble Dental Lab System, then send the files electronically to Baluke for designing and/or 3D printing of resin patterns, according to SensAble. If Baluke prints the pattern, it can then be returned to the lab for fabricating in the materials of their choice -- investing and casting in metal, pressing in ceramic, or injecting a flexible material.
Baluke can also provide its clients with the SensAble digital design file, which can be used for milling at a SensAble authorized milling center. Alternatively, Baluke can finish the job by providing the final removable partials and also fixed restorations, such as copings, crowns, and bridges.
"Designing and casting partial denture frameworks is a demanding task, and it's difficult for many labs to afford to buy and maintain manufacturing equipment for partials if they are only a fraction of the lab's caseload," said Duane Baluke, president of Baluke Dental Studios, in a press release. "We've produced cast partials for dentists throughout Canada for years, so becoming a SensAble Authorized Production Center was a natural for us."
Baluke Dental has used the SensAble system to design and produce crown and bridge restorations and partials for nearly nine months now, he added.
"It's highly accurate and provides a consistency that just isn't possible with traditional lost wax techniques, and with a fit that my dentists say is spot-on," Baluke said.
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