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Right before we finished finals we were busy with many composite projects. I have been on a plane all day long so I will keep it short today with the writing and give everyone what they really want: visual stimulization. Here are some various cavity restorations including a HUGE class 4 (lesion involving the proximal AND incisal edge of anterior teeth) and a fun veneer project we did on number 8. Enjoy:

Here is the class 4 composite restoration. My row instructor told us to make it BIG, like the peron got hit with a softball. Is this big enough?

As you can tell, the mesial proximal contact point looks weird. The ivorine teeth sometimes do not make contact when placed in the typodont and this was a similar case. This was the only way we were allowed to make it look. So while not totally esthetically pleasing it was good enough to get checked off and I don’t think my model head cares.

Here is the veneer we did. In retrospect it looks like I could have prepped the tooth more gingivally, but overall it looks pretty sharp. It was also very fun to do.

Here is one of the class III we did on the mesial and distal aspect of the tooth.

We turned in the other projects before I could take pictures, but they are essentially the same as those pictured. Composite was difficult to work with at first but remember to place it down in layers and try to get the final cure to look as close to a normal tooth as possible. This will decrease the amount of finishing time and in the end save you time.