Every lab technician will tell you that the biggest struggle of most dentists is tissue management and impressioning. Recent studies have shown that the majority of impressions received by large laboratories have critical defects that will seriously hamper the fate of the restoration.


This stuff isn’t easy, and I don’t know about you, but I didn’t learn it in dental school. And that’s just with teeth. If you add implants and even a slightly unusual situation, predictability can go down in a hurry. Learn how to pick the low-hanging fruit and maximize your chances for success in even the hardest situations.