Technique Tips

Technique tips: microabrasion

Clinical photographs and sensibility testing are recommended prior to commencing microabrasion to form baseline records. This should be repeated after the procedure..

Technique Tips: The Use of a Novel Primary Impression Technique in a Patient with Microstomia

A 75-year-old female attended as a new patient requesting upper and lower complete dentures. Her expectations of treatment were the restoration of function and aesthetics and reduction of saliva...

Technique tips — patient information for implant maintenance

On completion of active treatment, written information regarding the technical specification of the implant and implant prosthesis should be shared with the patient. Sharing this information will...

Iatrogenesis and how to prevent it

It is well documented that the prevalence of iatrogenic damage is extremely high. Tooth preparation of Class II cavities almost always results in some level of unnecessary damage to adjacent hard...

Traumatized fractured incisors: re-attachment of the fragment

The following case presented 5 days after a sports injury (Figure 1). The patient had attended hospital where two tooth fragments were recovered from his lower lip; they were stored dry. Clinical and...

A simplified technique of fabricating foldable mandibular complete denture using a custom-made hinge assembly

The mandibular primary cast was prepared using putty elastomeric impression material (Aquasil, Dentsply, India) directly adapted over the ridge, as it was impossible to insert a standard impression...