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Women's Performance jacket

Field Bag

iPhone 4 case

iPhone 3G case (if anyone still rocks this)

Wall clock

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Fixed Prosthodonics: Crown Preps

Now that Operative Dentistry is over, It's time to start Fixed Prosthodontics. We started with crown preps and here is my first:

Proximal & Height of Contour Reduction

Buccal & Lingual Reduction - 0.8-1.5mm

- In the first plane I made the axial walls parallel

 then tapered in the second plane - approx. 3-6 degrees

-Ensured maxillary lingual cusps were tapered towards 

the central fossae of the opposing mandibular tooth

- Kept original form, outline and orientation of the tooth

Occlusal reduction- 1.5 - 2mm

- Reduced occlusal surface following the outline 

of the cusps and keeping the central groove

In Occlusion

In Occlusion: closer view

Occlusal View

Definitely not perfect but it is my first and will have to practice practice practice!

Setting Maxillary and Mandibular Posterior Teeth

Here goes the setting of the posterior teeth:

Maxillary Left Posteriors Set

Lateral View of Maxillary Left Posteriors

Ignore those gaping holes, I made them for adjusting the 2nd premolar and 1st molar.

Lateral View of Maxillary Right Posteriors

Mandibular Left Posteriors Set

Not complete because of constant adjustment

Mandibular Right Posteriors Set

Again, not complete because of constant adjustment

Complete Maxillary Teeth Set

Complete Mandibular Teeth Set

All done!!

except I have to reinforce and fix the wax around the teeth

Adjusting...

More Adjusting...

Stay tuned for the FINAL set up after all adjustments and reinforcements are made.

Oral Myiasis

Warning: Graphic Content

Oral myiasis is a rare disease in humans associated with poor oral hygiene, suppurative oral lesions, alcoholism and senility, etc. It's caused by fly larvae! Though sterilized fly larvae is sometimes used to treat stubborn non-healing ulcers (by eating the necrotizing tissue while leaving viable tissue behind), this is not the case here:

A psychiatric (schizophrenic) patient presented to The University of The West Indies Dental School with this problem:

Yes! those are maggots in his palate

Other cases:

Treatment includes surgical exposure of the affected area, physical removal of the maggots and cleansing with either topical or systemic medications and, wound debridement. 

Suture him up, give him some antibiotics and he's as good as new! or close.

See related article here

I had to share this. Unbelievable!

Setting Mandibular Anterior Teeth

Now that midterm exams are over I can resume the posting of my complete denture fabrication.

This is where we left off:

Maxillary Anterior teeth set

First Mandibular Central Incisor Set

All Mandibular Incisors Set

Lateral View

Maxillary and Mandibular Anterior Teeth Set

Front View: Might need to adjust the mandibular canines just a bit

Stay tuned for setting of maxillary Posterior teeth!

Midterm Diet

This should get me through this grueling week of midterm exams

Similar to 5-hour energy. Got this for free around campus

*PS - I have not started the "diet." It will only be used as a last resort.

Setting Maxillary Anterior Teeth

I don't like to stay in school longer that I need to. I'm there from 8am to 5pm everyday, after which I've had enough! This is how the "Home Lab" was invented: 

Of course, I need all the tools of the trade:

I need the teeth for setting

Here we go! After midline has been established, start setting teeth on one side first

All maxillary anterior teeth Set:

PS: This is wrong on so many levels. I should have been setting teeth

in the articulator, NOT while it's in the dentoform.

This was before I knew better ;)

Something tells me I need to correct the position of the left canine 

lateral: Left View

Lateral: Right View

Finished Maxillary Anteriors (or so I thought...)

Front View

Turns out the above teeth were a bit lingually placed. After making the adjustments,

Finished Maxillary Anteriors:

Front View

Stay tuned for the setting of the Mandibular Anterior teeth!