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 There are a few tips that I have learned over the years to reduce gagging during impressions but a common one that I use is to use a mandibular impression tray for the upper impression. This is useful when you just need an impression of the teeth and don't care about capturing the palate in your impression. The idea is that there is less impression material in the tray ...


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 When I was taught at uni by the clinical instructors in endodontics I was given a mix of advice on how to negotiate canals with hand files. One instructor said she never precurved hand files, another said to do it when there is a curve in the canal and push apically with the curve in different directions until you can bypass the curved area. Some provided no instruction...


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When making an occlusal splint, we need to provide the lab with an upper and lower impression (digital or analogue) and a bite registration. One arch record is used to make the appliance, the opposing is used to gain the correct occlusion and the bite record is used to mount the models so that the occlusion can be adjusted.

The most common bite record that I see taken b...


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 I'm continuing the theme of photography and records with this post with a few of the most common photography errors that I have made and learned from, but still make from time to time. These errors may harm the diagnostic quality of the photos. If we are going to the effort of capturing the photos in the first place it is important that we try our best to make them the ...


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 I have been doing more stainless steel crowns this year. In fact, prior to 3 months ago I hadn't done one at all. We learned about them briefly during the pediatric dentistry lectures at university and I attended a course on stainless steel crowns and pulpotomies at ADAQ as a new graduate. However I was always put off from doing them, partly because of my percieved comp...


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