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WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST challenges dental assistants face? I would say it’s pouring bubble-free impressions. How many times have your staff poured models full of voids? Patients must then return for another impression, and there goes your chair time and product. Pouring accurate models is extremely important because inaccurate ones affect subsequent phases of …
Bubbles are the bane of every model maker’s existence, and it was no different for Jerri James, CDT, a dental technician at CenTex Dental Lab in Waco, Texas. She was frustrated by the complications bubbles caused and was finding that traditional surfactants were not doing the job properly. She needed a true bubble buster. Enter …
Jerri James, CDT, a dentaltechnician at CenTex Dental Lab in Waco, Texas, can hardly remember a time before Wonderfill. Hard-pressed to say exactly how long she’s been using it in her lab, she can’t imagine going back to how things were before. “We’ve been using it for at least 10 years,” she says. “I’m not …
Vacuum forming and microave-cured resins allowed one lab to refine the denture fabrication process without additional chair time. WHAT IF A denture fabrication product could offer many clinical benefits without any change in clinical time or technique? (Figure 1) Duplicates and maintains border roll clinically established by either functional or compound bordering of the impression. …
Wonderfill was developed primarily to fill in the tongue area for mandibular alginate impressions, but clinicians continue to find innovative ways of using this simple and inexpensive material, e.g., blocking out lingual appliances that would interfere with alginate impressions. In the following situation, a RPE would interfere with an impression for indirect bonding of the …
As a tool in existence since the 19th century, the dental articulator continually improves. In the simulation of mandibular movements, many iterations deliver benefits, but none quite like the Wondertech articulator. “I’m old school, but I love these articulators. When I use Wondertech, I have a lot more control. It’s much more predictable and compact …
Pouring accurate models is crucial to the outcome of dental treatment and to the health and satisfaction of patients. Models are the foundation to the dental project. Inaccurate models affect all subsequent phases of the case which results in compromised restorative work. Pouring meticulous models is your insurance policy to achieving well-fitting dental appliances. Impressions …
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POURING ACCURATE MODELS Accurate models are essential to the success of any dental laboratory or dental office because an inaccurate model will guarantee that all other phases of the restorative process cannot be done properly. There are different techniques for each type of laboratory or dental office with some similarities. Some techniques are time consuming, …
Simple and Effective This time-saving model technique is an example of the way profound results can be realized with seemingly simple products. Don’t let its lack of sophistication fool you into believing this product has no value. That should be the “tag line” for a pair of products I stumbled across last year and started …