4 February 2022
When producing prostheses for natural teeth, an impression has to be taken that accurately reproduces the one or more abutments concerned along with the adjacent teeth in the same arch.
To do so, the dentist needs to achieve a number of important prerequisites:
25 January 2022
As a profession, dentistry can be extremely satisfying or an endless, stressful routine.
Photography is an excellent way not just to document clinical cases but to enhance one’s professionalism and derive greater satisfaction from work. It improves the satisfaction of patients…
11 January 2022
Bruxism is a parafunctional activity that has always been of great interest to dentists as many of its effects are intraoral though most of its causes are to be sought extraorally.
Bruxism can easily lead to the destruction of tooth tissue, the breakage of reconstructions or prosthetic rehabilitations,…
10 December 2021
Dual or double arch impression taking is a common technique in dentistry. It uses a special “dual arch” tray to produce an impression of both arches when the patient closes his mouth to maximum intercuspidation [1]. While dual arch impressions reproduce only the side on which the prosthesis is to be …
10 December 2021
When taking an impression of implants, it is essential to reproduce their position with the utmost precision in all three dimensions. Whenever an implant has an ankylotic connection to the bone, it is extremely important for the prosthesis to connect to it passively in order to avoid creating stresses…
10 December 2021
Alginates are the most frequently used of all impression materials in dental practices [1]. They are essential in daily clinical procedures in all branches of dentistry that require collaboration between dentist and dental technician.
Alginate impressions are extremely quick and easy to take…
10 December 2021
The worldwide diffusion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused a global scale public health emergency and, on 11 March 2020, forced the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare a pandemic [1].
Research into the COVID-19 pathogen has shown that person-to-person transmission of the virus occurs largely…
9 December 2021
Covid-19 hit Italy in 2020 with unexpected and unprecedented force and impact. As the pandemic spread, Italy was the first European country to be seriously affected; other European countries only experienced similar levels of infection much later.
As the number of cases, hospitalisations and deaths…
Zhermack SpA has been one of the most important producers and international distributors of alginates, gypsums and silicone compounds for the dental sector for over 40 years. It has also developed solutions for the industrial and wellbeing sectors.
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