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47 Building the Edentulous Impression:
A Layering Technique Using Multiple
Viscosities of Impression Material
Final impressions for removable prosthodontics are
a whole different world from final impressions for
fixed prosthodontics—they have nearly nothing in
common. If you are like me, you take hundreds of
fixed final impressions for every removable final impression
you take. I was doing some personal review
of current techniques for my own benefit when I
found this article from Dr. Joseph Massad, which I
knew could help all of us achieve better removable
results.
54 Practice Management: The Dangers of
Denial
I was reading the AGD Impact magazine last month
when I stumbled upon this article. It is the first time
I ever remember reading a firsthand account of a
dentist with oral cancer. Our family had an aunt with
oral cancer and we witnessed her slow painful demise,
including the removal of most of her tongue.
It’s a 30 second exam that can mean so much to
someone’s life, and I thought you would find this
story to be a real eye-opener.
59 Clinical Technique:
Impression Taking—Is it a Lost Art?
Hopefully I will never let an issue of Chairside
go by without reminding dentists that we
could all be taking better crown and
bridge impressions. Dr. Michael Miller
has been featured in these pages before
and, as one of my mentors, will
be in future issues as well. If you have
never seen the Techniques portion of his
REALITY book, you are missing one of
the great accomplishments in dentistry.
Michael is what I strive to be, a qualityconscious
realist when it comes to techniques,
and in this article he discusses the fixed
impression technique.
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