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Creating crown counters between adjacent implant crowns can be tricky to get just right. If too broad, it can interfere with seating... if not broad enough can promote food impaction between the embrasure spaces. This post was inspired by Dr. Mark Kwon's post in BITES Facebook group because he …
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There's a lot of excitement out there about direct imaging of edentulous patients using intraoral scanning, much of the excitement is for good reasons! Intraoral scanning of edentuous ridges is the closest we can get to for truly mucostatic impressions and is really cool for both patient and …
PVS impressions and RPD cases have long been a terrifying combination for me. If it's not getting PVS stuck in deep undercuts, it's pouring the models and hearing the dreaded "pop" as one of my abutment teeth fractures off the model!! Thankfully digital technology comes to the rescue [again] for …
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Guided surgery for dental implantology is something that I am a big fan of, especially when using it in places where there's challenging existing structures, immediate placement, creative bone positions, or one needs to be creative with prosthetics. The last one is key for me, as guided surgery has …
While I don't do a ton of cast post and core restorations, there is a need for them in my practice as they are extremely predictable in those challenging case when situations demand it. Typically those situations include many but the most poignant are those patients with little remaining ferrule of …
[Read more...] about Digital Cast Post & Core – Hybrid Intraoral Scan and PVS Technique
