This is how I bend my Wraparound Hawley's, this is a special case with labial acrylic on the labial bow, with no keeper (Labial support wires) Join me as we bend this and join in on the discussion! Things I…
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Today I have a couple of Phase I hawleys to bend. I will show how I bend mine and a couple of alternatives. Things I order for my lab from amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/retainerdesigner
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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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 thought this was a great question that I got in my inbox today. Since I havent really covered this question to much detail in my videos I thought Id share my answer here and other people can join the discusson fi they have any more questions. Here is the […]
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I have been asked how to tighten the retainers after you are done making them. This is a very important Quality Control (QC) step! Be sure and check with your doctor how tight he/she wants the retainer on the model. I shot this video real quick using my new, […]
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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. […]
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
In case you guys behind the bench haven’t heard, twitter has a new app, called Vine. (for those of you that don’t know what twitter is, then…you need to get out from behind the bench more;) What Vine is, is a way to take and share 6-second videos, sounds weird, […]
I thought this was an interesting appliance. I talked to the doctor about this case and she originally wanted a wrap, but asked me to caller her about the case. The UR7 (Upper Right Second Molar) wasn’t in all the way and didn’t get all the way in the impression. […]
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