Restorations Du Jour

[timbangley]

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I haven't posted in quite a while. Been so busy.

I thought Id start a thread like Rick did on DT where if anybody had a case they wanted to post they could do it without having to make a new thread for it.
That can be a pain and intimidating to some people to start a thread in the case presentation section.

Anyting dental related, in the lab or clinical, removable or fixed, wax ups, abutments, castings, model work, provisionals, whatever. Any old cases you have that disappeared into the archives, Move or repost them here.

Here's a tough implant case in the esthetic zone on a female.





I made a little wax up for the Dr to slip on to see if I was in the ball park.



Final seated. Didnt take pics of the case in the lab. Not enough time.
Sure I see some changes Id like to make, but they were happy and it went in the first try. Patient cried, thats always a good sign.
FYI I charged the equivalent of 1 extra unit for the tissue porc.




Anyway feel free to post up anything here, dosent have to be a museum peice, just your everyday production stuff.

Nice pics, can you please email me your settings [email protected] Thanks Al.

 

[araucaria]

just had a thought, is there any reason why a veneer couldn't be supplied for the marginal area in cases like this (#9) using pink colour porcelain?
Was just thinking of the high smile line.

 

[Al.]

GREAT work Al.!!!
What lens do You use?

A sigma 105 mm.

 

[Al.]

Hey Al.,

What are you glazing e.max with?

I use glaze paste. But for anteriors make sure I wipe off the excess then lightly rubber wheel the surface with a pink brassler rubber wheel.

 

[Al.]

Al,

I've seen a few of your case presentations now, and I've gotta say...your work is stunning. Your lower anteriors are hands down the nicest I've ever seen. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of training have you had?

I take ce courses every year to keep my cdt but mostly trial and error.

 

[Al.]

Nice pics, can you please email me your settings [email protected] Thanks Al.

Those are the drs pics. I dont know what his settings are, or what cam he uses, but his pics are always so nice.

 

[Al.]

This is the frame from one of the acrlyic tryins on the other page.
I cut back the acrlyic and used it for the casting.





Desired shade 1m1 1m2
I opaqued B1 and D2 interprox.



Denten only B1 with B3 interproximal.
Small and fast build for a good bond and stress relief.
Big builds = voids or porc pulling away from frame and warped frames.



1st Dentin and incisal build. B1,B3,TI1



2nd tooth form bake.




Cut back facial 1/2 of front 4 and M of cuspids to stain some effects,and with a disk round the edges of the proximals to prepare for tissue porc.



Stain and fire at a low temp to set.
1st tissue build and incisal to cover stain and dentin touch ups.




2nd and hopefully final tissue build.



Ok its ready to grind or slick up.
For me building big and contouring with stones is way too much work, it is so much easier and predictable to contour the wet porc.
To this point it has only been ground to cut back for a bit of internal stain and to round the proximal edges with a disk to prepare for tissue porc.

 

[GAP]

Pure Oral Sex.

I think I just found a new name for my lab, lol.

Al, good idea for the thread. Your work is inspiring--keep it coming.

 

[rkm rdt]

I think I just found a new name for my lab, lol.

Al, good idea for the thread. Your work is inspiring--keep it coming.

That's funny, some have said my work is a "pos"

 

[Al.]

Ok case went for a bisque try in.

It needs some work. Some undercontour issues, HOC etc, tissue isnt snug enough to rounded on the edges for the esthetic zone. 7,8 and 9 look flat especially at the cervical.
Dr thinned the heck out of #3 and its close to the opaque. I need to try to tone that down also. A skim coat of straight trans blue.



Here is the correction bake.I added a lighter gin shade over the tissue to break it up and try to make the tissue porc look alive.




I think its going to look real nice now. I will post pics of it glazed. Probably wont get to it till the end of the week.

 

[Al.]

Ok Done and out the door.

Some different angles and flash exposures.
This is usually the series of pics I always take plus some of the occlusal and underneith side.

 

[paulg100]

another lurvely result.

I used to use a tooth brush to stipple the tissue build before firing to give the surface a fine stipple effect. got that little trick from the Rutten brothers.

dont know if you ever tried that Al.

 

[Badgerdental]

restorations du awesome

 

[wilkscm]

BEAUTIFUL FROM ALL!!!

 

[DeVreugd]

Nice result Al !

 

[Tom Moore]

Marvel,

I've read most of your posts here and you don't seem to be a technician or person working in the field of dentistry. Don't get me wrong I certainly have no problem with you being here or posting. Are you a dental technician groupie? If so then maybe there is hope for our little corner of the world after all.

 

[Al.]

another lurvely result.

I used to use a tooth brush to stipple the tissue build before firing to give the surface a fine stipple effect. got that little trick from the Rutten brothers.

dont know if you ever tried that Al.

Paul thanks for the tip!

I tried it on the patients left side on this case mainly on the tissue area of 9 and 10. But I can see the stippling.
I struggled with the tissue on this though esp because it is seperated between 8 and 9 and they are both cement retained also I think now after looking at the pics I left some sharp ridges.
May look funky in the mouth?

 

[wilkscm]

Really nice
Chris

 

[JohnWilson]

Beautiful glass Al,

Why did he want it in two pieces?

 

[paulg100]

you see how the stipple refracts the light.

Some may think its being anal but i love the tiny little details, looks great :top:

Just wish i got cases asking for gum porcelain these days to practice more.