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by Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman, Director of The Center for Special Dentistry.

burs, dental drill, high speed handpiece
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armamentarium, cosmetic bonding technique, dental burs drills, dental drilling How to technique for esthetic bonding with a 171 bur. Note the groove and matrix piece. Some aspects of cosmetic dentistry require very small, sharp burs. A 33&1/2 inverted cone also gives a nice edge if it is new and sharp.
dentistry burs, dental drills, drilling armamentarium, instruments How to make 700 xl steel burs last longer. Break the tip off with the back of a college pliers. This is worth considering when having to remove a large span fixed porcelain metal bridge. Cutting through the metal dulls a steel bur very quickly. This saves some time of bur replacement.
burs, dental drill drilling sectioning metal framework, porcelain-metal bridge, solder transfer Sectioning the metal framework of a five unit fixed porcelain-metal bridge. 1) 7/8" "Veri-thin discs" from Keystone used to section framework which exhibited rocking upon seating. When sectioning, close one eye to clearly see where you are cutting (also wear goggles) and have the disc make exactly a 90 degree contact with the metal to prevent the disc from breaking. 2) The framework is now in two sections and each individual section no longer rocks. 3) and 4) Retention grooves are cut into the proximal sections of the framework to add mechanical retention to Duralay used during the solder transfer step.
Intramucosal Implants instruments, burs, dental drill drilling, Implant tools, Armamentarium Intramucosal Insert Dental Implant Armamentarium - dental drills. 1) and 2) Top and Side views. From left to right: latch-type initial tissue preparation bur, latch-type tissue undercut bur, two intramucosal insert implants, long-shank initial denture preparation bur, and long-shank denture excess acrylic removal bur. A purple vibrating line pencil is on top. The technique is described in the Dental Textbook section located above. Photo #2 of 2.

 

 Information about these dental photos

     In medicine and dentistry "left" and "right" are based upon the orientation of the patient's body and not how they appear in a photograph of a smile.  For example, a reference to the upper left teeth will actually appear to be on the right side when viewing a picture of the face and similarly an upper right tooth will appear to be on the left side.

     Many words in dentistry like oral and mouth have a similar meaning and are frequently used together to help our readers find specific words they best understand.  This is particularly important because a majority of our visitors are from countries where English is not their primary language.  Maxilla or maxillary refer to the upper jaw.  Mandible or mandibular refer to the lower jaw.

     There are many other similar word combinations used throughout this website because our pages are read by patients and dentists.  A few of the most common are discussed here.  Tooth decay, tooth cavity and dental caries all mean the same thing.  Tooth, teeth and dental are also frequently interchanged as in teeth veneers or dental veneer laminate.  Oral rehabilitation and dental reconstruction mean smile makeover.  The word for x-ray may be used with or without a hyphen (this is true for other words too) and can also be called a radiograph.




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