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Dental Gingival Retraction Cord: What It Is and Why We Use It(8)

2 May 2011

An Oral Answers reader, Austin emailed me last week with the following question: “I had 3 temp crowns that were put in on my right side lower and 2 on my left side lower. Today when I was using my water pic I was cleaning my lower right and something started to feel like it [...]

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Why Dentists Need to Take Impressions of Your Teeth

As I’ve been assisting the third and fourth-year dental students in the clinic over the past couple of years, I’ve had the opportunity of taking quite a few impressions on many different patients. I think the whole impression and plaster pouring ordeal is kind of interesting.  However, many students and patients don’t seem to love [...]

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