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  1. budgenator

    Bite

    Oh Man I hate those, no matter what you do you'll be wrong, Edentulous People tend to go protrusive as they relax, if you try to take them back there's a 50/50 chance they won't tolerate the change. A lot of times they're using too much adhesive or wearing there dentures all night and have...
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    Flippers and Repairs

    I'm an In-house technician, I always duplicate models on flippers. I know what a PITA trying to adjust a flipper's path of insertion at delivery is, because Dr says "Here adjust this". A lot of times the flipper is Gratuitous to an implant case, so if the flipper doesn't drop in, it both costs...
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    Does monomer attack Polypropylene? I know Nalgene is impervious but wondering about Polypropylene...

    IMHO, monomer does not attack polypropylene under conditions normally encountered in the dental laboratory. Your experience may vary, and a chat with the manufacturer's technical support is never a bad idea.
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    Unhappy Patient

    I like them, they look good, the centrals being so flat on the insicals give an impression of gentle wear, the laterals have enough bilateral asymmetry to look real not mechanical, the cuspids are fine. This stuff would be easy if it weren't for Doctors and Patients.
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    Lingual contact peeves

    We should charge extra for setting up a case with DDS supplied teeth. I've rejected tooth brands that were hard to set, my "House Brand" teeth are included in the setup fee because they usually fall in for me.
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    In appreciation of separating fluid

    That's about the only thing I haven't done ,,,, yet.
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    When the bite's too tight..

    If you can't get a wire in there, the Fixed lab is going to have clearance problems too. Even Bruxzirs need a 0.8 -1.25 mm on the anterior's lingual.
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    Polyvinyl Model Pouring help

    Ah immediate, I apologize to the Dr. for breaking #8 off the model and He replies "Don't worry, #8 fell out at the front counter while the patient was making his next appointment." Had another that had a "Nanny McFee" central, no bone just soft tissue holding it between the upper and lower lip.
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    Un-Superglue charge?

    If it's patient mutilated, the fee is more, but it's not an additional line item fee. How much depends on how unnecessarily difficult the repair is
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    Articulator Paper Marks on Models

    Leave them on for theatrically effect.
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    Inventory Management Software

    Take a look at <a href="http://www.proxissoftware.com/storemanager.asp"> Store Manager Classic</a>, it'll track part numbers, quantities, and lot numbers, you can assign inventory to locations to help keep inventory where it belongs, both in the multiple store-rooms, and in bench stock as well...
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    Replacing old denture teeth

    The patient said "I don't mean to be a pain in the ass." and my brain filled in "but your going to anyway aren't you." The case presented interesting challenges, several resets, adjustments and when everything finally dropped into place it was very satisfying.
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    Music in the Lab

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    How to clean wax from floors.

    Drywall tape knife; http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-1-gal-Green-Safer-Paint-Thinner-GKGP75011/100677236 Klean-Strip Green Safer Paint Thinner, it's water soluble and only $10.00 a gallon; Shark steam mop
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    Heat cured mouth guard problems

    Do you pour the models? The number one all-time best way to get a warped appliance is for the impression material to be not seated into the impression trays. If the impression material completely seated in the tray before the impression is made the chances it will warp on removal sky-rocket...
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    How do you get your wax rims very shiny ?

    As long as your room is between 67.41 and 68.57 you should be good.
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    Dreve Polymax Pressure Vessel

    Props for even knowing what a beowolf cluster is, I was dual-booting Linux and Windows 3.10 on a machine with a free upgrade certificate for Win95! Not being able to copy and paste w/o Cnrtl C and Cnrtl V on windows machine still makes me insane.
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    Do you offer Cleaning Only?

    There's code for that now CDT 2016; D9932 cleaning and inspection of removable Complete denture, maxillary, D9933 " ", mandibular, D9934 cleaning and inspection of removable partial denture, maxillary, D9935 "", mandibular No idea what the Usual and Customary fees would be nor if they are...
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    Fixing Imperfections

    Palabond seems to help when using Permasoft as a chairside. Nothing seems to either help or hinder that demon spawn Hydrocast; it's a shame it works so well considering how much of a pain in the ass it is to work with.
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    Essix blockout

    Oatey Plumber's Putty, spray the model with WD40, apply the putty to the model, flame to smooth. Doc's little Brother is 3D CGI artist, (he did the blood and the wristwatch in the "Enforcer") so he had to take clay animation in college so he taught me the flaming trick. I make a lot of...
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