Offering advancement in copings and abutments
Posted: October 23, 2007
Whip Mix announces new division offering
advancement in copings and abutments
Louisville, Ky. (Oct. 16, 2007) --- Whip Mix Corporation announced today a new company division that will offer the Verus System – technology that produces high quality, high value copings and abutments in Metoxit zirconia and glass-fiber-reinforced plastics.
With a name that is Latin for “true,” the Verus System uses proprietary milling technology to produce a true featheredge margin that does not require additional finishing. Seven color shades ensure a natural look.
The new company division, called Whip Mix Laboratory Services, provides a significant advancement in outsourced milling. Its new CAD/CAM milling facility in Louisville, Ky., will produce Verus products for dental labs in the United States and Canada.
Verus products are created with milling technology licensed exclusively to Whip Mix Laboratory Services by StoneGlass Ltd. of Sydney, Australia. Industrial-sized milling machines deliver the most precise tolerances possible because they are not subject to vibrations like typical lab-based systems.
Verus software allows users to design the zirconia framework for each situation and automates many of the steps, including margin lines, the optimal path of insertion for bridges and tightness of fit. The system detects and virtually blocks out undercuts and estimates the orientation and scaling of crowns and pontics. The software can custom design abutments for 28 major implant interfaces. The result is an extremely precise internal and external hex connection.
Whip Mix Laboratory Services President Stuart Steinbock said the Verus System allows dental labs to use the latest technology and highly trained personnel – for roughly the same cost as lab-based systems. “We can provide this technology at a cost that is affordable and profitable to dental labs regardless of their size,” he said.
There are two methods for using the Verus System:
· Lab personnel scan a model in the 3D scanner and design the coping. The scan is transmitted to the Whip Mix Laboratory Services CAD/CAM milling facility via the internet. Whip Mix returns completed lab work in just four working days.
· Alternatively, lab personnel send the model directly to the Whip Mix Laboratory Services CAD/CAM milling facility. Whip Mix scans and designs the work. Computer screen shots of the coping are sent electronically to the lab for review. Whip Mix returns completed work in just four working days.
As an added benefit, Whip Mix will apply a percentage of each Verus coping and abutment over a six-month period to the cost of a lab’s 3D scanner.
In 1919, Whip Mix created the first complete dental inlay investment casting system with the industry’s first mechanical mixer. This machine whipped and mixed the investment, creating a casting smoother than any other system. The invention was so dramatic, it changed the industry – and inspired the company name. Whip Mix continues to offer only the best of pioneering new products, technologies and services – including the Verus System.
For more information call Stuart Steinbock, President of Whip Mix Laboratory Services at:
502-634-5352 or e-mail ssteinbock@whipmix.com
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