19 November 2021
Taking an impression from an adult is normally a routine procedure for an experienced dentist. In the vast majority of cases it is stressful neither for the dentist nor the patient unless the latter has a particularly strong pharyngeal reflex. In the worst hypothesis, a second impression may have to be taken if the first […]
18 November 2021
Impression trays are devices used to carry, contain and control impression material during the taking of an impression. They also serve as containers for holding impression material during the production of a negative copy. (1) In short, impression trays permit the application of impression material whenever needed, along with the production of negative copies. All […]
17 November 2021
Polyvinylsiloxanes (PVSs), or addition silicones, are elastomers that are widely used as impression materials in dentistry. (1) Thanks to their advanced characteristics, PVSs are currently considered the gold standard for accurate impressions. They offer excellent levels of precision, accuracy and elasticity, and boast high dimensional stability too. For these reasons, they are also ideal for […]
10 November 2021
“The gallery of smiles” is the fifth and last episode of our webseries “Get ready to impress with Zhermack!” With it we are going to discover the very ultimate goal of our daily job: make people smile, every day.Making people confident in their day-to-day life by delivering healthy smiles is not a simple mission, it’s […]
21 October 2021
The “Glossary of Prosthodontics terms” defines bite registration as the recording of the positional relationship of the teeth or antagonist arches or as the positional recording of the teeth or jaws in relation to one another. (1) Stable and accurate bite registration is fundamental for facilitating the examination of the patient’s occlusal relationships for both […]
21 October 2021
What to choose and what to do? Prostheses components and orthodontic appliances are vehicles of contamination, starting from the initial impression-taking stage, as they are potentially infected by the patient’s saliva and/or blood. It is therefore essential to adopt strict protocols in order to mitigate the biological risk. Below, we will focus on the criteria […]
21 October 2021
An article published in the New York Times [1] on 15 March 2020, analysing the risk of COVID-19 infection according to occupation, revealed that the workers at greatest risk are dental hygienists (100% risk), dental assistants (96% risks) and dentists (95% risk), followed by healthcare professionals. But what are the main sources of infection, how […]
21 October 2021
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry recently published an interesting study evaluating the accuracy and precision of different elastomer materials for impression-taking on implants (1). More specifically, using a master model simulating an edentulous patient requiring All-on-four rehabilitation, the authors evaluated the extent to which certain impression materials were accurate and precise in recording the three-dimensional […]
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