Seating the Crown and Placing the RPD
In a previous article, 'Preparing and Impressing a Terminal Abutment for a Removable Partial Denture', I described a technique to allow the lab to...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
Make Sure to Have Clean Preps Before Impressing
Many of us have a routine of making the provisional prior to taking the final impression. It's a sequencing zone of comfort for some, while...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
Preparing and Impressing a Terminal Abutment for a Removable Partial Denture
I was recently faced with a prosthetic challenge of preparing and impressing a tooth that is a terminal abutment for a removable partial denture (RPD)...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
A Technique for Restoring Abfraction Lesions
I recently attended the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry meeting and listened to Dr. Newton Fahl speak about a new composite technique for restoring...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
Using the Open Tray Technique When Impressing Implant Sites
Sometimes it's the little things that save time and aggravation and you wonder what took you so long to think of it. I always use the open tray...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
Many patients who have changed their smiles by restoring their teeth are quick to notice a discrepancy in the tooth length/gingival margin on even a...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
We all occasionally have had resin cemented or bonded crowns come off the prepared tooth. It's easy to prepare the tooth for rebonding or cementation...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
Placing Composite in Large Non-carious Cervical Class V Lesions
We all have had large non-carious cervical lesions to restore on the facial or buccal surfaces of teeth. The challenge in finishing them is usually...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 11 years ago ›
Tinted Bis-Acryl Yields Amazing Results
We have all enjoyed using bis-acryl material to fabricate our provisionals. I did however continue to use conventional denture repair acrylic to cure...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 12 years ago ›
I'm always interested in what's new and pragmatic in our clinical and laboratory world. I have never been satisfied with the use of rubber bands to...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 12 years ago ›
Create a Great Impression and Reduce Stress
I was treating a patient recently and came across a common problem. Fortunately, I already had a solution based on trial and error. When...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 12 years ago ›
We have provisional materials available like Fermit or EasyTemp or even bisacryl materials to plug the inlay/onlay preps. The down side of Fermit-like materials...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 12 years ago ›