Alginate - The Best Block Out Material
If you do removable prosthodontics there are many times that impressions of teeth and ridges need to be made with teeth that will ultimately be extracted.
Mary Anne Salcetti | 9 years ago ›
This article describes the benefit of using a triple tray for impressions, but also discusses the one instance when a triple tray can present a problem.
Mary Anne Salcetti | 9 years ago ›
Triad … A Dentist’s Best Friend
I recently agreed to see a new patient emergency during my lunch time to 're-cement his broken temp.' The patient was in town for a business meeting and...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 9 years ago ›
When your implant abutment or crown/bridge framework on an implant won't seat, chances are it's a tissue issue. When you seat your provisional abutments and...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 9 years ago ›
We have all been trained to seat restorations with a solid contact to adjacent teeth. We usually determine this with the 'snap' of the floss. It's a happy...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 9 years ago ›
Maintain Tissue Shape on Implant Site
The following technique is something I discovered that works very well for maintaining the tissue shape on an implant site when lab work is being done...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 9 years ago ›
Oops I Did it Again! Insufficient Reduction
It's regrettable to me that after preparing and impressing a tooth for a crown, the laboratory will notify me that the tooth had insufficient reduction....
Mary Anne Salcetti | 10 years ago ›
Fifty Shades of Gray: Matching Single Centrals
Not the book – and hopefully not that single central you are trying to match. However, we do occasionally have to shade a single central with a...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 10 years ago ›
Provisionals with Ease and Accuracy
At the 2014 Spear Summit, a dentist asked me what was the most predictable, easy and accurate way to make provisionals for single units or 3-4 unit...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 10 years ago ›
Teachable Moments in Dentistry
I recently restored a 17-year-old female with congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors that had recently completed her orthodontics. Her mother...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 10 years ago ›
One of my dental colleagues recently asked me about Teflon Tape and its use in adhesive dentistry. I've used it almost every day...
Mary Anne Salcetti | 10 years ago ›
Maintain Tissue Shape on Implant Site
The following technique is for maintaining the tissue shape on an implant site when lab work is being done to customize the impression abutment....
Mary Anne Salcetti | 10 years ago ›