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Today a have a hand full of retainers to go out today. They all have labial acrylic! I have a love/hate relationship with labial acrylic (mostly hate) They add an extra level of complexity and time to a retainer. Even…
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yes you heard that right I got a requests from a doctor to make a retainer with a labial bow 2-2 with NO adjustment loops. Why? well, we will get into what I think the doctor was thinking. I think…
When a doctor's office prints their own models how do you communicate with them on what to look for in a model used for an orthodontic retainer? I will give some tips and tricks that I use along with what…
Todays live stream is simple. Just sprinkling stacks of retainers. Yes, that simple. Join in the fun!
Patient wants to change the color on her retainers. Not sure if they ordered the wrong color in the first place or she didn't like it when she saw it? This video will show the simple steps to take to…
Today we follow up on something I mention in a earlier stream, "I have not done much acrylic application this year!" Today I attempt to change that. We will be adding acrylic to 4 3D printed models. 1. I show…
What happens when a doctor sends in a retainer to the lab to be repaired? We look over the problems and the different types of repair possibilities. Join me live and ask questions and make suggestions! Things I order for…
Hello! After over 1 and a half years gone, I'm back with a live stream! Today we will attempt to make a retainer with C Clasps welded to the labial bow. We will be using the PUK 5 by Lampert…
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Today I work on a Fixed Space Maintainer Called a Nance Button. This  appliance is used to hold the upper molars back from drifting forward, while the bicuspid  and cuspids erupt into position  maintaining the upper arch length. There are many other uses for this  appliance too! Things I order for […]
How to make a baseball themed retainer with white and red stitches. Acrylics used: JBC's White Polymer and Candy Apple Red Polymer http://bit.ly/2LgcPqB What Gadget do I Live Stream/Record with? https://amzn.to/2xNb2ml Interested in learning more? Would you like to support my future videos? Would you like to be a part […]
Today's Wire Wednesday lands on independence day here in the States. So we will be having fun with Red, White and Blue Acrylic designs. Now I have not done many designs with these colors in the past so we will see how they go. Either way, we will have some […]
This is the combined 2 parts of the live stream with Josh Dobson, we had some technical difficulties (me) that caused us to start a new live stream. I combined the 2 videos into one here Special Guest: Josh Dobson (Dobson Ortho Lab) http://www.dobsonortho.com/ Introductions Dobson Ortho  Lab History Current […]
As many of you know I have started a new adventure of opening (Re-opening) my own ortho lab. One of the things I have been most excited about was ordering JBC and company's " The Complete Acrylic Starter Kit" I have never had the opportunity until now to order it, […]
Today is a short review of the product I use to safely remove wires out of acrylic retainers for repair. You will need to use something like this if you have damaged acrylic but the wires are still in good condition where you can use them.What I used is 3/4 […]
I received an email with this picture asking how its made. I thought I would share my response with this person with everyone on this blog. First off this picture is from Maggie Harris of Harris Orthodontic lab, you you want to see some amazing retainer designs visit her site: http://www.harrisorthodonticlaboratory.com/Store/custom-retainer-designs-2/ She […]
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I was asked a while back if I could show how we make a camo retainer. One finally came a round and I remembered to film it. This is just one of many ways to make a camo retainer. I don’t call this actual “camouflage” because it doesn’t look 100% […]
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 In case you were not able to attend the meeting here in Dallas, here is what you missed out on: Orthodontic Panels Discussion Image 1 of 12 As Picture of me moderation the Panel Discussion with Don Inman and Priscilla Mier with a special webcast guest Michael Wright on this […]
A video taking the time to show the process of trimming a denture pontic tooth down to fit an edintulous space. This won’t take as long once you do a few of these I was just slowing down the process to explain a few things. I took my time and […]
Sometimes a doctor will ask you to add a spring to an existing retainer. Here is one way to do it. Note: This method depends on the fact that the retainer fits the model very well. If the patient did not wear his/her retainer then you might have a model […]
 ***This is the free edited version of the Retainer Repair Video to see the full unedited version you will need to be a paid subscriber 🙂 *** Here is a video of me repairing a retainer. This shows the simplest method. The other method involves stripping out all the wires out […]
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I call this a “bluegrass attachment.” Kinda like a bluegrass appliance but smaller form so it can fit in a removable retainer. Some of my doctors call it “spinners” I got this idea (and the beads) from one if my doctors and used to make it exclusively for him, until […]
Here is an interesting view I saw while trimming this retainer. You can see the line between the two colors I used for this retainer. One way I try to save money, use just enough colored acrylic to cover the wires then switch to the cheaper clear acrylic to fill […]
For those of you who have asked which company I get my acrylics from it is from JBC and Company. When I asked Pricilla if I could post her Catalog to my site so that others can download it an look up some of the things I use easier she […]
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I was looking back at my earlier videos I made and saw the zebra one. I noticed first it looked more Tiger than zebra, and it was all pictures, no videos (this was pre-iphone era!) plus, half the pics were out of focus! See old video here So I decided […]
Ive been wanting to update the zebra retainer Youtube video. So I tried to sneak some video footage of my acrylic pro Ivan while he was doing a black and red zebra retainer. I caught him kinda of late, he already started, but I think you will get the idea. […]
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Here is a video of the Pumicing and polishing techniques I use on the retainers I make. Pumice Substitute: http://www.garreco.com/abrasives.html#resilience High Shine: http://jbcandcompany.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=251&cat=Polishing+Compounds I also get my pumice wheels from JBC: http://jbcandcompany.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=613
A video I shot of the trimming process involved in the process of making a retainer. This is actually 2 videos of 2 different retainers, this first time I shot the video(with the blue retainer) I either lost some video or thought I pressed record when I didn’t. Either way, […]
Most Ortho labs are set up already to be able to provide this service to general dentist doctors. You may not know how to do this yet, but maybe after this video it will give you an idea how to do this. Â You will need is some cold-cure denture repair […]
I just had to post this retainer! Sometimes when u read the script I think ” this color combination is gonna look terrible, I should warn the kid!” And usually I’m right, but this time I was pleasantly wrong. They asked for Luminary Pink, Turquoise and Royal Blaze Yellow. I […]
Here is the same video about setting an expansion screw that is on YouTube but here in 720HD! Setting Expansion Screw 720p HD
I was asked through youtube if I had a better way of setting an expansion screw so that it stays in place while you pour acrylic. So, I shot a quick video of how I do it. Basically, I use the part of the plastic tab that protrudes from the […]
Here is a video I made of a pedo partial from some pictures and videos I took. This is kind of a lengthy process, and I don’t have enough room on my iPhone to take video the whole time and then just edit it down. So, instead I set my […]
I got an interesting request from a Dentist, she wanted a Pendulum with removable activation arms. On top of that, she wanted 4 of them! We discussed the case a bit over the phone and she said she will send along some information with the case. When I got the […]
I have been asked many times what I use for the names I put in the retainers. First, off the reason I do this is because it is state law here in Texas that some form of ID needs to poe placed in any removable device that has enough acrylic […]
Here is a quick video of me adding acrylic to a retainer using the salt and pepper technique. Or “shooting acrylic” which I have heard before and like better! If you call it something else let me know by leaving a comment below.
I was asked by a patient to put the letters “YOLO” in her retainer. Yes, I showed my age by having to look that up! If your like me and don’t know, it means “You Only Live Once”. I thought that was interesting so I decided to record it. I […]
Royal pink with midnight black zebra stripes. I need to update my zebra instructional video with this technique.
Here is a video I made showing how to make the tye dye design retainer. You will find this and other videos in the Ortho Wire Podcast section.
I had a dental lab technition from Iran email and ask me how I made my Tie Dye retainers. I wrote down some instructions on how we do that design here in our lab with a promise that I had some video of the procedure somewhere on my hard drive. […]
The patient wanted the dallas maverics Logo with the words “Champion” and “2011”. THis design was the only way I could get it all to fit. Looking back, I wish I would have put “NBA” instead of the second “2011”
Here is the third and final part the the Spring Retainer series. I never realized how much footage I took during the whole process. I had to edit out some of the more repetative steps just for times sake. Next time I think I will split up the acrylic videos […]
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I just wanted to get a video out real quick to test the feed. I grabbed this video from my youtube.com feed. It is a series of pictures taken while I was making a zebra retainer. This is a good video to start with because this is where I started […]
Here is how the whole designing your retainer online works on the back end. I am very proud if my acrylic guy I think he did a great job! Also the colors that the patient picked out were very complementary.
So here is a quick ( I DO Mean Quick!)of the construction of a polka dot retainer using the one-step method. Meaning you only have to cure this acrylic once. The results are not as crisp and pretty as the two step method, but this is quicker and there is […]
Here is a video I made of one of the methods some labs use to make the Polka Dot designs that you see on RetainerDesigner.com
