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Do you blow off all the excess water prior to duplicating? It's really important for reducing blibs of stone and bubbles on duplicate models.

You could be pouring your duplicate models in about 15 min. You could use regular alginate in stock trays if you soak the casts first in Saturated Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate Solution. Get them nice and saturated and blow off the excess water before taking the impression. You have to pour them...

I know that it has been discussed before. Some people use diluted soap. But one thing you should really try to keep from doing is rinsing/soaking with water. Water erodes the cast and will compromise fit; leading to sore spots in the mouth. I would like to share a little section of what I have...

Does everyone's doctors utilize the muscle trimming technique for better establishing the borders of a denture? To clarify, My dentist has all the assistants taking impressions pretty much except for washes and relines. They just put the alginate loaded trays in the mouth and let the borders go...

So you can open/close the bite on a hinge articulator if needed and it works just fine in the mouth? I think my problem is that they are taking too much wax off of the biteblocks, and pt's vdo is overclosed. Every one that comes into the lab hardly ever has a vdo of 38-40mm vestibule to...

Thanks for the advice.

So I just started working as an in-house technician again because I got kind of drained in the production setting. In the clinic, they take alginate impressions with stock trays lined with ropes of utility wax. I've been making dentures for 20 years, but have not experienced all these...

So I just started working as an in-house technician again because I got kind of drained in the production setting. In the clinic, they take alginate impressions with stock trays lined with ropes of utility wax. I've been making dentures for 20 years, but have not experienced all these...

I like to wax them in place on the impression before pouring if the doctor takes a wash for processing. As someone who processes using the above method, my jaw dropped when I read this in the the Air Force Manual, where everytime I peruse, I learn something new! 7.101.1.2. Create a...

Thank you all very much for your help!

I bought it off of Ebay. Fully aware of no bolts, but it was a great deal at $120 and couldn't pass it up! Thank you Doris!

I'll have to check them out! That other case you posted about titled Best way to process Locator Bar Denture from a year ago, turned out beautiful! I just watched a Youtube video today by Jim Ellison, CDT about how to fabricate a new overdenture on an old worn bar using Hader/ERA attachments...

I think locator bars are pretty great actually, mainly because of the splinting of the implants. But what it really comes down to is interocclusal space, and it should be properly planned for with the oral surgeon for most success. Should plan for crestal bone augmentation and have it flattened...

Recently bought a muffle for the Tecnoflask microwave system that came with the protective trial-packing plate but no bolts! I know they are hex bolts that have little numbers on the top of them, but I just can't make it out in any of the photos or videos I found. Does anybody have one that...

Pumicing hack here! I learned this trick from another tech where I work. We use resilience pumice substitute but he pumped a squirt or two of liquid handsoap in with his water/pumice mix and it seemed to increase the surface tension of the mix and it clings to the acrylic more and doesn't slide...

Yes, I love this forum and all of its members. I can't tell you how many people I have told to visit when they have an issue with something, or just to ask questions if I got a real stumper of a case.

I know, it makes much more sense to watch a video! Listening to VFTB really heightened my visualizing skills and thought it would be interesting to listen to technicians maybe offer their opinions on interesting processing techniques, or out of the box type of stuff that can make things easier...

Hey there everybody! I listen to Voices From the Bench every M-F on my drive to work, but I am nearing being current. Does anyone know of a technical podcast where either prosthodontists or technicians talk about techniques for removable and implant-supported prosthetics? What are your favorite...

I think you have every denture tooth shade known to man in that floor! Lol

My name is Charles Meister and I'm a certified dental technician specializing in complete dentures, working on certification in partial dentures. I have about 15 years clinical experience working with numerous dentists and their patients. The following is a combination of my education, clinical...