Join me as I create a band and loop space maintainer start to finish. Steps: 1. Prep Model 2. Ditch Molar 3. Fit Band 4. Remove Brackets from bands 5. Bend loop 6. Solder Loop 7. Etch inside of band 8. Finish Solder Joint 9. Pumice and Polish 10. Clean […]
Wire Wednesday
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This wire Wednesday Steve Szara and I will be interviewing Elvis Dahl and Barbara Warner- Wojdan of “Voices From the Bench” Podcast. A Dental Laboratory Podcast https://www.voicesfromthebench.com/ Subscribe to their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiBEVmCwshPaDiiGFUHqYsQ
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 […]
On today's wire Wednesday (Live Streamed on a Thursday :) I bend a Lower / Mandibular Wraparound / circumferential Hawley retainer. I don't usually like bending these, I struggle a little with it but I will push through and show you how I bend mine. My List of great stuff […]
We go digital! Today I am putting a base on a .stl file I received from a doctor. I am by no means an expert at this but I have done a few of them. I thought some lab techs out there would be interested in seeing the web browser […]
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 […]
Today on the live stream, I am super swamped with Memorial day coming up so today's wire Wednesday will be just me bending wires and answering your questions. I will be concentrating on Wire bending high production , something im not great at but everyone needs to be able to […]
Stave Szara of Szara Dental Lab YouTube Channel has issued a wire bending challenge! https://youtu.be/6ru7hSBrvgI Jay Tyler (Ortho Lab Vidoes) and I are answering that challenge! How Many bends does it take to band a labial bow?
Today I will be answering questions about basic wire bending. I have on my site DesignerRetainer.com starter wire bending exercises. They are sheets you can download and practice your basic wirebending skills. You can download these sheets here: http://bit.ly/orthowire101 Today we will be doing the Beginner sheet this will be […]
Todays Wire Bending: Standard Wraparound Hawley Special Guest: Steve Szara of Szara Dental Lab youtube channel.
In #3 we will cover a modified spring aligner with a unique feature of vertical cuts! Join us as I bend one of these and explain the evolution of this appliance. We are starting earlier this time 10:45 am Special Guest: Szara Dental Lab
In today's live stream I have a Guest! Steve Szara of Szara Dental Lab You tube channel. Today I bend 2 Hawley retainers. But these have a slight difference. This doctor likes the loops going over distal to the 4's (1st Bi Cuspids) and Labial acrylic. This is for both […]
Join me as I live stream with my first ever Wire Wednesday! This will be just me doing some wire bending and answering your questions along the way. Looks like 12pm CST was the popular time with everyone! Be sure and subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get updates when […]
