crowns under partials, without the partial

[Kimberly Aumen]

Hi, does anyone have a dentist sending you the blue moose impression/template of the clasp, instead of the actual partial? We are using a flowable composite to use as the clasp when making the crown. I wondered if anyone has found a better technique, the composite is fragile and does not flex.This dentist has made up his mind this is the best way to go, but I,m not so sure!! Thanks, Kimberly

[Travis]

I always require that I have the partial. I have had no luck with blue moose, or other methods that I have seen or tried. I would like to hear other peoples techniques for partial fitting on crowns.

When I did use the blue moose I used duralay for the clasp.

[toothacts]

Dito for me to, couldn't agree more. I require that the impression is taken with the partial
in place, and found no better way to get accurate results

[Craig]

Actually, we've had much better results using the blue moose method. But we use a light cured wax for the clasp and arm, then we cast that with an old NP button, then we super glue it to the adjacent tooth or gingival area. While I always like having the partial in hand so I can tweak the clasp in needed, I've found that even when the doctor does the pickup impression with the partial in place, there is always some form of variance, and the doctor usually has some adjustment to do intra orally.

Craig

[Jeff]

try pattern resin its strong and easy to work with we use a bendabrush to apply and trash it when done dont forget to vasaline model before you place resin . hope this is helpful it works great for us.