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On The Forefront                                                    Prestige Dental Art, LLC provides great communications between      “Dr. Engle is proud to be on the forefront of the
                                                                                                                                          their dentists, their patients and the Prestige lab technicians for
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Digital Lab Technology movement,” said Nancy
                                                                                  of The Digital                                          each and every case. Modifications in crown colors, shades, shapes   Nycum, Engle Dentistry’s Executive Director.
                                                                                                                                          and contours can more accurately be corrected oftentimes in less
                                                                             Lab Technology                                               than 24 hours (Marco Island and Downtown offices) and while         3D printed models can help verify the fit of crowns
                                                                                                                                          their patients are still in the dental chair (Naples Blvd office).
                                                                                                                                                                                                              and bridges prior to the delivery appointment with
                                                                                             Movement                                                                                                         one of the dentists. Those models can also provide
                                                                                                                                                                                                              more realistic pre-wax-up diagnostic models as
                                                                                                                                                                                                              well as a variety of other dental and orthodontic
                                                                                                                                                                                                              applications. “Our goal is quality with high aesthetics
                                                                                                                                                                                                              to meet everybody’s discerning demands,” said Jay
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Bietila, Prestige Dental Art’s Lab Manager.


                                                                                                                                                                                                              For more information,
                                                                                                                                                                                                              visit www.PrestigeDentalArt.com.













                                                                                                                                          Jay Bietila, Lab Manager


                                                                                                                                          What makes the Prestige Difference? Dr. Engle invested wisely in
                                                                                                                                          the Objet260 Dental Selection 3D Printer. This is a full-scale 3D
                                                                                            restige Dental Art, LLC is a                  printer that can print digital models of your mouth with 28 microns
                                                                                            full-service ceramic dental lab               of accuracy and with the use of multiple materials (pink gums,
                                                                                      Pthat works exclusively with                        white teeth and stone colored bases, if applicable). The printer can
                                                                                      Engle Dentistry. Dr. Bradley J. Engle’s             also print a standard digital model with as little as 16 microns of
                                                                                      patients have always been assured that              accuracy. There are only two of these units being used in the state of
                                                                                      any dental work completed at Engle                  Florida in a dental application (as of June 1, 2017).               Jeremiah Holder, Lead Technician
                                                                                      Dentistry would be fabricated only  by
                                                                                      the best laboratories and with the best
                                                                                      workmanship. However, working with
                                                                                      third-party laboratories always had its
                                                                                      limitations. In April 2017, Dr. Engle
                                                                                      converted one of his office condos into a
                                                                                      full-scale ceramic laboratory, purchasing
                                                                                      only the most advanced equipment with
                                                                                      proven technology. Having the laboratory
                                                                                      on-site allows for more quality control,
                                                                                      the ability for custom chairside shading
                                                                                      and quicker turnaround time. “Let’s face
                                                                                      it, two to three-week turnaround time
                                                                                      for a crown to be fabricated just cannot
                                                                                      be justified anymore,” Dr. Engle said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Objet260 Dental Selection 3D Printer
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