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when you take an alginate impression with custom tray, do you use alginate adhesive? Why or why not? If yes, is it spray on or paint on?
I think you will find the real world a bit different than the ivory towers...............
You can read more about the Accu-Dent systems HERE
The key to stable mandibular dentures is in the myostatic outline.........
I think you will find the real world a bit different than the ivory towers...............
You can read more about the Accu-Dent systems HERE
The key to stable mandibular dentures is in the myostatic outline.........
Well now with a bit more experience now that school is over and so is practicum. Learned a lot....made a few mistakes and learned from them too....I purchased a complete set of accudent trays and intend on using them for preliminary impressions. Also bought a nice set of ASA composite trays for edentulous patients. I tried the Dr. Massad trays on my practicum and really liked them but they are disposable so I bought a closely matching set of composite autoclavable trays. Still really like the custom trays for finals though. I am doing my custom trays with Light cure and they are turning out quite well. Either silicone for finals or Hydrogum 5 or Tropicalgin for finals as alginate is good for me. Are you talking about a wash impression with light body? Usually I will do three layers. One in a heavier set, one in medium or light set and a final one in ultralight under lots of pressure. I guess whatever works hey? Anyways I appreciate all the comments and postings int the meantime take care and keep well.You might get surprised at how often and how fast patients demand the retromylohyoid and retro molar pad areas removed from a lower denture.
Accudent is a very proven way of taking impressions, and rarely has pressure spots. Following the myostatic outline gives stability on the worst mandibles.
Mucostatic vs mucocompressive is debatable, I have always tried to think of what the tissue is doing under load. Have you ever taken an impression with a light bodied material and found all sorts of folded tissue? Then with a heavy body they are all gone? How do you think that same tissue is going to sit under that denture when the denture is mashing down on a double whopper with cheese?
I'm not saying change what you are doing, but keep an open mind because there are always going to be more effective ways to get results and some patients will require you to think outside the box (those are your practice builders)
Having finished practicum and graduated you are quite right.....But I guess that is to be expected....I remember training several electronics techs from Tech school...I basically told them the same thing...Funny how history has a tendency of repeating itself....Take care and keep well....Now that you are out of the sacred hall's you will find your education has just begun...........
Wondering if I should change my profile name to denturist grad....ha ha ha.....mind you we never stop learning so will just as well keep it.Having finished practicum and graduated you are quite right.....But I guess that is to be expected....I remember training several electronics techs from Tech school...I basically told them the same thing...Funny how history has a tendency of repeating itself....Take care and keep well....
Do you think it may be possible to use neocolloid as an injected layer with something like hydrogum 5 over top using the accugel trays? I have also used blue print because I get a nice lingual roll on the primary impressions....blue print was introduced by my preceptor and I had really good luck with it for prelims.....but definitely want something better for an alginate final impression for rpds......also bought a neat little thing called an algisyr which is a nice cleanable alginate syringe...Great Lakes Ortho has them if you are interested. take care and keep well.....no longer student but never stop learning.You might get surprised at how often and how fast patients demand the retromylohyoid and retro molar pad areas removed from a lower denture.
Accudent is a very proven way of taking impressions, and rarely has pressure spots. Following the myostatic outline gives stability on the worst mandibles.
Mucostatic vs mucocompressive is debatable, I have always tried to think of what the tissue is doing under load. Have you ever taken an impression with a light bodied material and found all sorts of folded tissue? Then with a heavy body they are all gone? How do you think that same tissue is going to sit under that denture when the denture is mashing down on a double whopper with cheese?
I'm not saying change what you are doing, but keep an open mind because there are always going to be more effective ways to get results and some patients will require you to think outside the box (those are your practice builders)