Everyone in the field of dentistry comes across Alginate. Whether you're a dental student, a practitioner or even an assistant; Alginate is something you can not avoid. So, the more you learn about handling it and making the best use of it, the better.
Alginate is a widely used impression material in dentistry due to its favorable characteristics and ease of use. Its key uses in dentistry include
1. Primary impressions,
2. Diagnostic casts,
3. Orthodontic models,
4. Provisional restorations,
5. Appliances and
6. Patient records
You all already know the basics of using alginate for taking an impression. Here, Dr. Haris Ghole would like to share a secret tip for when you want to take an excellent impression of the tooth preparation you have done to get a crown restoration made. As you know, margins of the crown preparation is a very important success determinant of the restoration. Therefore, recording it is highly important aswell. Doing that with putty and a gun is easy but how to do that with alginate?
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