Q&A with a Dental Technician - Shade Matching to Contact Points - PDP137

A legendary Dentist once told me that an average dentist working with a good technician will do well in their career. This advice has always stuck with me ever since. I recorded this episode with one of my technicians Graham Entwistle of Trueform Dental Laboratory who has been a pleasure to work with.

Highlights of this episode:
0:00 Introduction
2:32 Finding a Dental Technician
7:55 Graham Entwistle’s Introduction
13:41 Q1: Analogue vs Digital?
17:11 Q2: Impressions vs Scans for Veneers?
18:32 Q3: Is Digital good enough for high-end work and multiple crowns?
21:12 Q4: Average Quality of Impressions/Scans?
26:15 Q5: To break contacts or not to break contacts for veneers?
29:09 Q6: How does Graham create digital models with unbroken contacts of veneer preps?
30:35 Q7: What is the best material for masking discolored anterior teeth?
36:16 Q8: Shade matching for a Single Incisor Crown - the hardest thing in Dentistry?
42:06 Q9: Contact Point Issues with Digital workflow
48:55 Q10: Digital Triple Tray or Full Arch Scans?
52:32 Q11: Getting the occlusion right for indirect work
55:26 Tips for dentists to help the technician to get the bite right

Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim and I are currently working on a huge project called OBAB, Occlusion Basics and Beyond – it will be the best occlusion resource in the Milky Way…and that’s our mission! We want to finally demystify Occlusion and make it Tangible!

Register your Interest now: https://occlusion.wtf/

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like another episode with Graham Entwistle: 5 Things your Technician Wished You Knew: protrusive.co.uk/dental-technician

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