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Flexible Clearance Guide by bella de st. claire

December 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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’ [...]

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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 [...]

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Tags: General Info · Restorative Dentistry · Sophomore Year · Tricks of the Trade