If taking dental impressions is the part of dentistry you dread most, this session is for you.
Mike will reveal why standard plastic stock trays are often the root of frustrating, inaccurate impressions and demonstrate a few simple, practical modifications that can dramatically improve your results. Using inexpensive, everyday materials, you’ll learn how to make impression taking quicker, more predictable, and far less stressful – for both you and your patients.
Learning outcomes
- Eliminate the common problems caused by standard stock trays and understand why simple modifications lead to more predictable impressions
- Confidently adapt almost any stock tray to achieve a better fit and improved impression accuracy for virtually every patient
- Choose and use the right materials to produce consistently better primary impressions—with fewer retakes and less stress
- Understand exactly what your dental technician needs from your impressions to create restorations that fit first time
- Master every stage of the primary impression process, giving you a simple, repeatable workflow you can use confidently in everyday practice.
Dentistry Webinar - Live Webinar
08 September 7:00pm, London UK
Learn to love taking denture impressions with Mike Gregory
Speaker: Dr Mike Gregory
The speaker
Mike graduated from Bristol University in 1992, having previously trained as a dental technician from The Royal London Hospital. He then spent eight years teaching dental undergraduates at University College Hospital, London and continues to teach at Bristol University.
Mike has a special interest in dentures, crafting them himself to ensure that he achieves the exact requirements of the patient.
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