Check them out at the store: Flexible Clearance Guide
Flexible Clearance Guide by bella de st. claire
Did you ever want to know if you have enough clearance when doing a crown prep? How thick do you need your metal? What about porcelain? Do you have enough reduction? This handy guide can easily be inserted between your [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tricks of the Trade'
Flexible Clearance Guide by bella de st. claire
December 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Dental Store · Tricks of the Trade · clinic
Great Looking 3-Unit Provisional - Not Mine
November 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments
I almost put this under the title “Tricks of the Trade - Alginate Over Impression.” Every once in a while you see some work that brings a tear to your eye. A couple of weeks ago one such occasion occurred. My good friend from undergraduate and I are in the same class [...]
Tags: Restorative Dentistry · Sophomore Year · Tricks of the Trade
Tricks of the Trade: Removing Articulating Paper Stains from Ivorine Teeth
November 18th, 2007 · No Comments
We learned early in our first semester that turning in a dirty typodont after a practical might receive a check. The grading forms don’t have a section under cleanliness so no one really thought to clean the mouth. Some people got their grading form back, freshly revised & edited, with a ‘written in’ [...]
Tags: Restorative Dentistry · Sophomore Year · Tricks of the Trade
Tricks of the Trade: Pouring the Jade Stone Base - Avoid Boxing Out the Tongue
November 12th, 2007 · No Comments
This one comes to me from an upper classmen. We were chatting and I mentioned to him that I forgot to put vaseline on my Jade Stone and pin model before pouring up the buff stone base. (As seen in my gold crown write up, here is a pic:)
Normally you place vaseline all [...]
Tags: General Info · Restorative Dentistry · Sophomore Year · Tricks of the Trade
