Thats what is included in my kit we've been using and it works for sure. Whats the best way to cement cleanly? Im always left with cement filling the screw channel and i have to use 4-5 microbrushes to get rid of it. Then when i use compressed air or steam to clean up, I sometimes blow the abutment back out and gotta restart :/
Just run a bead around the top outside edge of the abutment like a doughnut, and push the crown down. It leaves the access hole pretty clean, only to have to do the normal margin cleanup. If the top of the abutment is bigger, maybe use a little sprue wax in the hole and paint a thin layer of cement on the top and do the doughnut thing? I don't do very many screw-retained, maybe about 1/2 dozen over the last 5 years. Others here will have some better ideas
When I started using ti-bases, I had a similar question and didn't find answers that I was looking for. I did the next best thing. I milled six different abutments and cemented them to ti-bases. Two by applying cement to both. Two applying cement to ti-base only. Two applying cement to crown only. the one with the cement applied to both had some small voids on in the cement when I recovered them with most voids appearing near the cervical area. The cement to the crown cemented fine but the excess cement was in the chimney only a small void on one of the two near the cervical. The one that I applied to ti-base had a small void near the occlusal end on both, but no cement in the access hole. Although this was a small sample size, I have confirmed this over the years with the ones I have had to recover to add or reglaze. I apply to ti-base exclusively. The extra cement is expressed out the cervical with little chance of voids and if the voids occur they are near the occlusal/incisal end.
? I don't see any rude replies, just people answering the question posed?
Maybe that applied to some other threads in the past, but it doesn't seem to apply here. Regards.
In general, I agree, especially for someone who's new to the forum and only has one post, where we need to get to know them more. Or, the Dr who is looking to phase the evil lab out of their expense $$ category, but this member has a bit of track history with us: https://dentallabnetwork.com/forums/threads/how-to-stay-busy-in-a-slow-lab.35036/post-364663
I thought of this from another forum, where the member mentioned he was 60+ years old and did not want to take that knowledge with him to the grave, but to pass it on, which he does. Maybe it has to do with age, and how long a person thinks they'll be in this business, and what they may lose out on if they give up the goods?
some people also feel that giving this information out makes them lose competitive edge; i however know exactly how hard it is to convey one tiny fact to a paying customer, let alone how well that fact gets absorbed by said customer.
