Yeah, I laughed too when I realized how simple it was. She was sure floored and excited someone figured it out though! When she told me they had a possible date of manufacture on the dentures my brain instantly saw 66 as the year they were made since that was also close to the year of...
Found it...New Hue used that numbering system back then. Thank you @TheLabGuy for the awesome tip. The investigator is really happy actually. And just FYI, you are the only person that has been involved in this particular unsolved case since 1972 to crack those numbers on the dentures. Most...
Do you happen to know the brand that would have used this numbering system back then? I'd like to be 100% before I break the bad news to them. Thank you!
Got a call from a cold case detective attempting to ID a John Doe case from 1972 on the Oregon Coast. Full set of dentures with ID in them that was typed with a type writer. ID has 51214/66 or S1214/66. Date of death could have been anywhere between 1966 to 1972. They are attempting to figure...
It's a mylohyoid/muscular thing. I used to extend my custom trays to grab as much of the lingual wall as possible during the impression, thinking it would create more lateral stability and retention. I always adjusted the natural undercut out of it for insertion but when my patients kept...
I'm wondering if anyone uses or knows of an online practice management program that allows you to do chart notes and has a calendar/scheduling part? It also needs to have an app for android and be reasonably priced (15-35 per month.) I tried out Simple Practice but their scheduling part does...
Hi guys, so I'm gonna be out for a couple weeks after a surgery so I'm thinking about sending some cases to a removeable lab ( I'm a denturist in Oregon) My wife can do the custom trays and wax bites, I'm wondering how much I should expect to pay for a complete denture (per plate) if I sent a...
Me too! Lol. I've been wanting to move there for a while but from what I've seen of your dental association, they have a very strong grip on the legislature. I cannot even own my own removable lab there because I have a LD credential instead of a CDT and they apparently don't recognize...
Yep. Useless - in most cases. Just as there are ****ty dentists, I'm sure there are ****ty denturists. But that is why we have state boards to investigate complaints and weed out those who really don't know what they are doing. Arizona's supervision laws are the result of some very powerful...
Arizona. There is at least one other but I don't remember...think it is Maine. Most patients where I'm from use a denturist because they get a more custom denture by cutting out the middle man who doesn't do the lab work and or know how to make simple quick adjustments without grinding out the...
I've been an denturist in Oregon for 6 years...from what I have seen there are a lot of "keep it in the family" operations going on around in the state. Parents training their kids and passing the torch. There are 2 pathways - Pathway 1) the official denture school route which is 60K+ or...
I wish it was as simple as wax causing it, but unfortunately it is not...all anteriors are snug against each other. Some reason the max bicuspid has to be moved posteriorly to come into occlusion with the lower canine and bucuspid, which causes the diastema between the max canine and bicuspid -...
Have a very frustrating issue going on....I have been setting teeth for almost 7 years now. Except for training, I have never had a problem. For some reason within the last couple months, I keep coming up with diastema's between the max canine and bicuspids. Sometimes on one side, sometimes on...
Just curious what kind of wax you are using? I use Hygienic extra tough pink and absolutely love it so I'm definitely not changing wax for a wax pen lol. Can you elaborate what you mean by controlling the temp?