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StovePipe - 28 Feb 2005 16:47 GMT
Greetings all...

If you will look at the before and after here, you'll see that I'm
having real problems with this lady (an old patient from the DownTown
Kombat Zone).

before:
http://tinypic.com/1ymph4

after:
http://tinypic.com/1ympp0

The old composites that I placed about 5 years ago (I think) are
breaking down, and I attribute this to parafunction, material strength
limitations, and the most important: my use of SingleBond (3M)
one-bottle system, which gave a too wide film thickness of bonding
material. This means that residual caries in the boxes could ensue,
seeing that a layer of SingleBond on the gingival floor is too weak to
resist carious onslaught.

I put on AutoMatrix bands, a piece of Tofflemyer band vertically to
complete the insulation, shoved in some wedges, used a football diamond
to modify them to get the best lock in, and evaluated the situation.

There was no way I could keep a dry field enough to use standard
composite with etch and bonding.

So I Fuji 9'd it. As you can see, there is still a gap on one side, and
the fill is thin on the other.

Does anybody have any ideas, short of doing the same thing again with a
flap procedure?

I seem to be getting a lot of these cases lately.

Thanks
SP

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W_B - 28 Feb 2005 17:11 GMT
>Greetings all...
>
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
>Thanks
>SP

Nice endo.
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W_B - 28 Feb 2005 19:26 GMT
>>Greetings all...
>>
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
>
>Nice endo.

What's in the pulp chamber of the first molar ?
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StovePipe - 01 Mar 2005 04:57 GMT
... after SP blathered:

> >>I seem to be getting a lot of these cases lately.
> >>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> What's in the pulp chamber of the first molar ?
> --

IIRC, it was a cotton pellet soaked in adhesive. I wanted to make sure
we could re-access the canals in a hurry when it came time to do the
crown (I REALLY insisted on that, as the lower molar hitting it was
constantly breaking the filling on the first molar, at the distal
marginal ridge). In the meantime, I wanted to be able to pack the
composite against something; ergo, the pellet. As you see, she never got
it done. They'll spend 2000$ CDN on clothes and cigarettes, but won't
invest a dime more that the minimum for their teeth. I should-a said EXO
5 years ago.

I firmly believe that had I known about the NTI five years ago, there
wouldn't be this breakdown, nor many of the pulpal insults, today, as we
speak.
SP
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W_B - 01 Mar 2005 14:56 GMT
>... after SP blathered:
>> >>
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>invest a dime more that the minimum for their teeth. I should-a said EXO
>5 years ago.

We see the same thing here.

>I firmly believe that had I known about the NTI five years ago, there
>wouldn't be this breakdown, nor many of the pulpal insults, today, as we
>speak.
>SP

Agreed.
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StovePipe - 01 Mar 2005 04:57 GMT
> Nice endo.
> --
>
> W_B
> Take out the G'RBAGE
> wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com

10-Q ... Took forever... all done with hand files... no coffee
warmer.... but still working out ok.... for the moment. We'll see if the
carious exposures of the gp's have resulted in contamination of those
canals.
SP
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Dr Steve - 01 Mar 2005 18:35 GMT
My dear Friend Stovamatic,

You need to be doing an indirect restoration here.  That way you only need
to isolate long enough to put it on and hit it with the light for a few
seconds.

The distal box looks very deep on the PAx.  It may be just the angle, but
the restoration at the distal box appears to be sub-osseous.

This is a case of simply educating the patient and then doing what-ever they
want.  Tell them that they need the crown and possibly crown lengthening
surgery.  If they allow you to do dentistry in the fashion you have been
trained by school and experience, you will stand behind the work and take
care of any failures for a reasonable amount of time (insert what-ever time
frame you are comfortable with -- usually 5 years is good).  If they insist
on tying one of your hands behind your back, you will go ahead and do the
treatment, but you will be charging them full price for every failure of the
material.  Make it plain and simple.  If they refuse proper therapy, fine,
but they will need to back it up with their own money, not yours.

I do lots of sub-gingival CEREC's which do very well.  I draw the line at
sub-osseous.  You have seen the case in person, not me, so you are the
better judge in this case.

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your health.
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>
>> Nice endo.
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> canals.
> SP
StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> usually 5 years is good).  If they insist
> on tying one of your hands behind your back, you will go ahead and do the
> treatment, but you will be charging them full price for every failure of the
> material.  Make it plain and simple.  If they refuse proper therapy, fine,
> but they will need to back it up with their own money, not yours.

Yes.... this DOES sound reasonable, yes. In fact, much of my dentistry
smacks of the same error. The compromise is THEIR decision, not mine.
Of course, this is not the first time I'm hearing this kind of
advice.... But it IS perhaps time to let it SINK IN...
Thanks DrS
SP
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Joel M. Eichen - 28 Feb 2005 20:47 GMT
Good job Dude!

Joel

>I put on AutoMatrix bands, a piece of Tofflemyer band vertically to
>complete the insulation, shoved in some wedges, used a football diamond
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>Thanks
>SP
StovePipe - 01 Mar 2005 04:57 GMT
> Good job Dude!
>
> Joel

What good job???? They are both under filled or with open gingival
margins....
SP
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Joel M. Eichen - 01 Mar 2005 14:18 GMT
>> Good job Dude!
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>margins....
>SP

Still a good job.
Steven Fawks - 01 Mar 2005 16:25 GMT
They have gotten about to the 'herodontics' phase.  Getting a good
crown prep is going to be tough (and maybe impossible considering
your description of how likely the patient is to comply <G>).

Next time they fail, hasta lavista.

JMO,
Fawks

>>What good job???? They are both under filled or with open gingival
>>margins....
>>SP
>
> Still a good job.
Dr Steve - 01 Mar 2005 18:37 GMT
--

> They have gotten about to the 'herodontics' phase.  Getting a good
> crown prep is going to be tough (and maybe impossible considering
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> JMO,
> Fawks

I disagree.  Keep the patient, but charge them for every re-make.  Also, the
price should be 10-20% higher than normal due to increased liklihood of
folow-up visits.  What I will sometimes do is offer to reduce the crown fee
by what they spent on the filling, providing they come in and get the crown
within the next two months.

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This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only.
Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on
the advice or opinion expressed here.  Only a dentist who has examined you
in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect
your health.
......................

>>>What good job???? They are both under filled or with open gingival
>>>margins....
>>>SP
>>
>> Still a good job.
StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> What I will sometimes do is offer to reduce the crown fee
> by what they spent on the filling, providing they come in and get the crown
> within the next two months.

Again, this also makes sense. Good incentive. Also, FWIW, I'm pretty
sure SF was talking about these two teeth (salvage/EXO), and not the
patient per se.

By the way: Congratulations on being the 'Dentist to be Called on the
Telephone'
SP

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Steven Fawks - 02 Mar 2005 14:34 GMT
Yep.  Sorry if I wasn't clear.  I can't see where 2mm of tooth structure
is going to come from on the interproximals for a crown, and I think
even a die hard Cerec user might have a little trouble with
contamination trying to cement a restoration there too.  (especially
the first molar)

Poor indirect restorations also fail and then you do look like a
bad guy.

If I kicked every patient out of the practice that didn't listen
and obey 100%, I'd get pretty lonely.

Fawks

>>What I will sometimes do is offer to reduce the crown fee
>>by what they spent on the filling, providing they come in and get the crown
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> SP
Dr Steve - 03 Mar 2005 13:46 GMT
Use a dead soft matrix band as part of your isolation.  You can keep it dry
so long as you can get the matrix band past the preparation.  It will deform
as you press the restoration into place and move out of the way.

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>
> Yep.  Sorry if I wasn't clear.  I can't see where 2mm of tooth structure
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
>>
>> SP
StovePipe - 04 Mar 2005 00:18 GMT
> Use a dead soft matrix band as part of your isolation.  You can keep it dry
> so long as you can get the matrix band past the preparation.  It will deform
> as you press the restoration into place and move out of the way.

Getting a dead soft to tuck itself in under the prep, especially in this
case with knife edge sub-gingival margins, is the whole problem, IME.
They will fold or crease or tear as you try to go in axially or rake the
hell out of the already inflammed gum gissue ( and crease ) if you try
to slide them in buccolingually like if they were dental floss. You seem
to have good experience with them. If you have any pointers, I'd be
interested.

Also: what technique would you use to get your impression in the first
place (assuming you didn't have a CEREC machine)?

Thanks
SP
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DrSteve - 04 Mar 2005 01:26 GMT
I use the dead soft band in a toffelmyer retainer.  Place it slowly and
carefully, and I seldom have problems.  I can get one around 90% of the deep
boxes I come across.  I only give up on the band if I don't have a buccal or
lingual wall to brace the retainer against.

I have to be careful.  My polyvinylsiloxane tends to expire before I use it.
I only use it for bridgework.

With any impression material, if you can see all the margins in the mirror
without moving the mirror, and the tissues are not bleeding, the impression
is dead easy.  The trick is getting redundant tissue out of the way, and
stopping any bleeding.  I generally pack a "plain" cord or a cord with
"alum" in it.  If doing conventional CO&B, I pack a size #0 first, refine
the margins, then pack a #1.  If the cord disappears, I pack a #2.  I then
wet a cotton pellet in hemodent and rub the cord with the wet pellet.  If
the tissues don't dry up in 20 seconds of this, the electrosurg cords get
plugged in.  A couple of light touches with the coagulant ball usually does
the trick.  I don't do any indirect restorations on inflamed gingiva.  The
patient has to clean up firs.

>> Use a dead soft matrix band as part of your isolation.  You can keep it
>> dry
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> Thanks
> SP
StovePipe - 04 Mar 2005 04:24 GMT
>  A couple of light touches with the coagulant ball usually does
> the trick.  I don't do any indirect restorations on inflamed gingiva.  The
> patient has to clean up firs.

Excellent! 10-Q Berry Much....

Since I don't have an electrosurg, (and the next bix expense will be to
get the Stat-IM overhauled) I'll see about getting some silver nitrate
'matches', like the Mad Dogs use in the operating rooms. They would burn
a bit, but used sparingly, they could be OK for bleeding gums. I have
ViscoStat (UltraDent) as well, and that works well (Sometimes...) if you
have the time. The trick there is to RAKE the SH*T out of the tissue
going round and round the sulcus, with the infuser tip, PROMOTING
bleeding. The FeSO4 is supposed to plug those torn capilliaries up....
Sometimes.....
Thanks again
SP
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W_B - 05 Mar 2005 18:27 GMT
>>  A couple of light touches with the coagulant ball usually does
>> the trick.  I don't do any indirect restorations on inflamed gingiva.  The
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>Thanks again
>SP

Geez guyz, in the absence of cardiac probs, or other
contra-indications a drop of epi on a cotton pellet works like a
charm. None of that nasty hemodent coagulation product either.

You can get it in a multi-dose vial, don't forget some 1cc
syringes. Only a drop or two is required and it need not be injected.
The syringe is to just to get a bit out of the multi-dose vial.

You can also use the single dose vials but this
is an excessive quantity for C$B use.

Also cut your cord 2-3x as long and wrap around two to three times.

Another trick is a plain untreated cotton pellet of appropriate size
stuffed in the sulcus for mechanical displacement on top of the
cord.

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StovePipe - 06 Mar 2005 08:26 GMT
> Another trick is a plain untreated cotton pellet of appropriate size
> stuffed in the sulcus for mechanical displacement on top of the
> cord.
>
> --
> W_B

thanks again for all this
SP
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Dr Steve - 03 Mar 2005 13:45 GMT
> By the way: Congratulations on being the 'Dentist to be Called on the
> Telephone'
> SP
>
> SP

I am still waiting for the certificate
StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> They have gotten about to the 'herodontics' phase.  Getting a good
> crown prep is going to be tough (and maybe impossible considering
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> JMO,
> Fawks

Yes.... I hope to save them, but who knows.... I will insist she get an
NTI.... even if she has to pay it over 12 months.

By the way: Congratulations on being the 'Also Good Dentist'
Thanks
SP

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Steven Fawks - 02 Mar 2005 14:44 GMT
You got mentioned in the third round.  We're just not in the
'high rent' district <G>.

Other than maybe an endo film and a mediocre picture of some of my
20 year-old composites, I don't think anyone has actually
seen any of my work.  Dan knows I did OK in school, but that's
about it.

I need a new camera and scanner.  Maybe someday I'll get time.

Fawks

> By the way: Congratulations on being the 'Also Good Dentist'
> Thanks
> SP
StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 17:09 GMT
> I need a new camera and scanner.  Maybe someday I'll get time.
>
> Fawks
You'd have to have a reason to do that. Myself, as you know, need all
the help I can get, so I've learned to use a digital camera with a close
up lens to post stuff for input from y'all at the SMD. It seems to me
that Bill has taken better quality photos off his negatoscope (as I do)
using a digital WITHOUT a closeup using a camera that was a small
fraction of what I paid for the Fuji 6900S. If you want to make more
intra-oral movies, I'd suggest collaring the local whiz-kid working in
the photo store and having him/her do the technical stuff. Great thing
to have on their CV.

The point is, for the amount of presentations you're gonna do in yer
life, that little camera and a couple of orhto mirrors (with an
assistant who can blow air on them in the mouth) are about all I think
you need.

Cheers
SP

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StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> >> Good job Dude!
> >>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Still a good job.

Thanks... from someone with your years' experience, that is good to
hear.
Cheers
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Bill - 01 Mar 2005 18:20 GMT
Nice job on that distal of #14! I agree that this fine effort is
beginning to look like "herodontics." (Do many patients really
appreciate how darn hard we work for them in these situations?)

Those deep interproximals are such a bear to fill. I hope she gets the
crown done before she splits the tooth, after all the work you've put
in. Does she wear an NTI?

What's going on at that mesial margin on #15? I hope she's not packing
a lot of food interproximally. I've seen some patients who fail to
floss, fail to get crowns, and sometimes destroy their interproximal
bone faster than the caries can destroy the teeth.

Best regards,
- dentaldoc

> Greetings all...
>
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
> Thanks
> SP
Dr Steve - 01 Mar 2005 19:34 GMT
If at the very least, Stovarino manages to keep these teeth in this
patient's head for a few years longer, it will have been worthwhile.

The only crucial thing is that the patient understand how tough this
situation is.

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Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on
the advice or opinion expressed here.  Only a dentist who has examined you
in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect
your health.
......................

> Nice job on that distal of #14! I agree that this fine effort is
> beginning to look like "herodontics." (Do many patients really
[quoted text clipped - 54 lines]
>> Thanks
>> SP
Joel M. Eichen - 01 Mar 2005 22:48 GMT
>If at the very least, Stovarino manages to keep these teeth in this
>patient's head for a few years longer, it will have been worthwhile.

We agree.

Joel
StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> >If at the very least, Stovarino manages to keep these teeth in this
> >patient's head for a few years longer, it will have been worthwhile.
>
> We agree.
>
> Joel

Good... Thanks loads for all your input. I really appreciate it.
SP
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StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> If at the very least, Stovarino manages to keep these teeth in this
> patient's head for a few years longer, it will have been worthwhile.

I agree.

> The only crucial thing is that the patient understand how tough this
> situation is.

Believe me, I am sure she does. I am not a person who can hide what his
feelings are. I wouldn't say I was sweating on this one, but I was at
least smokin' under the collar. I even told her that were it not for the
existance of Fuji 9, we would be talking EXO already. She _does_ know
that we are at the 'limits' here.
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SP
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Steven Fawks - 02 Mar 2005 15:40 GMT
Cases like this point out some of the very difficult parts of
dentistry.  The patient brings you a bad situation.  You do a
good job of stemming the downward spiral.  The patient does not
follow through with further treatment.  Now the challenges are
even more difficult.

We all deal with it almost every day.

Fawks

> If at the very least, Stovarino manages to keep these teeth in this
> patient's head for a few years longer, it will have been worthwhile.
>
> The only crucial thing is that the patient understand how tough this
> situation is.
StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 17:09 GMT
> We all deal with it almost every day.
>
> Fawks

Yes.... there's certainly a reason why she decided to come uptown, out
of her stomping grounds, away from the DownTown Kombat Zone clinic...
two even:

1) The guy who finally bought it now has photos of himself in
mountainbiking competitions and boxing matches all over the clinic:
"Hey! Look at me!!! I'm great and I'm gonna CHARGE YA for it...". I
didn't last THREE MONTHS working under him... I picked up a couple of
his impressions one time to see  how 'the master' does it
.......!!!!....... And he actually sent them off to the lab...

At least MY lab gets a signature from me that reads: SVP: Do NOT
compromise. Look at it under your microscope, and if there is something
missing, send it back with a note. And they don't hesitate. This, of
course, is after I've inspected the impression myself with my 2.5X
loopes.

2) I've already developed a reputation as a guy who is gentle and
doesn't hurt when he injects (topical one minute, and GO SLOW...) This
is quite apart from the LASER, as I didn't have it back then, either.

3) I've never come across as one who proposes the highest $$$ options
right off. (Mostly because I know my limitations. One of the reasons I'm
here is to push those back as far as I can).

Cheers
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StovePipe - 02 Mar 2005 04:27 GMT
> Nice job on that distal of #14!

Thank You Bill; like JME's comments, that is much appreciated.

>I agree that this fine effort is
> beginning to look like "herodontics."

That is one of the reasons I decided to Fuji 9 it vs use a flap
procedure.

>(Do many patients really
> appreciate how darn hard we work for them in these situations?)

Sure... when they finally lose those teeth....

> Those deep interproximals are such a bear to fill. I hope she gets the
> crown done before she splits the tooth, after all the work you've put
> in.

So do I, but her personal values just aren't there. If I _do_ do the
crowns, the interproximal margins will be on Fuji 9 instead of sound
tooth structure, as there is none in those boxes, unless we DO do a
crown lengthening.... and even then....

> Does she wear an NTI?

No. When I was in the DownTown Kombat Zone, I didn't know about the NTI.
I didn't have an Internet connection. In fact, it has only been about a
year since I _have_ known about the  NTI, as it was _then_ when I
connected to the SMD. It is Due ENTIRELY to you folk.  ;-)

> What's going on at that mesial margin on #15?

That surprised me. Fuji 9 comes in a capsule with a spout on it. You
shake it up in your Amalgammator, put it in the pliers, and inject it
in. I was surprised that I missed the gingival floor of that mesial box.
It was not the deepest one. I think my technique was off: I might have
pulled the stuff back out as I withdrew the spout.

>I hope she's not packing a lot of food interproximally.

I'm sure she is at this point. I had planned to let the gum tissue calm
down and close the contact using composite and a Parkell ring and
matrix. When I can get the matrix piece well wedged and ringed, I can
get a very good contact, sometimes even too tight.

FYO: Parkell are now making sectional matrices (for their rings) that
have a gingival wing on them. This helps with those deep boxes somewhat.
They look a bit like boomarangs.

>I've seen some patients who fail to > floss, fail to get crowns, and
>sometimes destroy their interproximal > bone faster than the caries can
>destroy the teeth. >

Yes, I'm sure gonna try and not let that happen.

What I'm gonna do: Put an AutoMatrix band on the 2nd Molar with a piece
of Tofflemyer stuck down the mesial to the gingival limit again. This
time, it should be easier, as there is now filling material to push
against. Then, I'm gonna go down the box with a # 700 surgical length
bur on the high speed (for good visibility). I'll measure the depth to
the floor of the box on the B/W and mark the bur. I'll clean it out in
Buccal/Lingual direction with the bur, but leave the mesial portion
(against the matrix) intact.

Then (I should have thought of this before...) I'll take the Danville
MicroEtch II and blast away the remaining compomer (against the matrix).
I'll use the MicroEtcher so as not to tear/puncture/displace the matrix
combination and then fill the thing again. Then after some gum healing,
we'll talk crowns.

But first, we dance.... [I MEAN....] first, we talk NTI.

If it works out, I'll post the results.

Thanks
SP

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DrSteve - 03 Mar 2005 01:31 GMT
This a great argument for indirect restorations.

By the time you work of the tooth 3 times to get it within acceptable
boundaries, you could have placed a porcelain onlay.

Steve (what's an impression?) Mancuso

>> Nice job on that distal of #14!
>
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> Thanks
> SP
StovePipe - 03 Mar 2005 06:08 GMT
> This a great argument for indirect restorations.
>
> By the time you work of the tooth 3 times to get it within acceptable
> boundaries, you could have placed a porcelain onlay.
>
> Steve (what's an impression?) Mancuso

Yes, provided you can get good sound tooth structure under the
porcelain. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought you're
supposed to have your finish line on sound TOOTH structure, not
synthetic stuff). I don't believe you can here, especially on that first
molar. As SF said, fixed prostho has an aura about it... If the crown
and tooth fail, you end up looking like a sh.....t. Especially when the
work costs such a high percentage of her take-home pay. I'd rather do
acrobatics and tomfoolery like this and then prepare her for getting
implants when the time comes.
Thanks for the info
Stove (what's quality of life?) Pipe
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Dr Steve - 03 Mar 2005 13:43 GMT
Once you clean  out the old restoration and caries, and the excavation is
still above the osseous crest, you either pack cord and admire the nice view
of clean fresh margins, or you electrosurg the redundant and granulation
tissue before admiring the clean margins.  If the tissue is too "yucky" to
use elctrosurgery on, then,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, place an amalgam, wait 3
weeks, and replace with onlay.  You will be able to force good contours and
proximal contact with amalgam easier an better in a case like this than you
can with resin based stuff.  Let the soft tissues heal, and do it right.
Packing in an amalgam would only take a few minutes, and you can leave the
occlusion Hypo.  Don't put in any undercuts and the amalgam "pops" out
easily in 3 weeks once you slit the center with a bur.

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>> This a great argument for indirect restorations.
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> Thanks for the info
> Stove (what's quality of life?) Pipe
StovePipe - 04 Mar 2005 00:18 GMT
> Once you clean  out the old restoration and caries, and the excavation is
> still above the osseous crest, you either pack cord and admire the nice view
> of clean fresh margins,

BWAAAHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa. What a funny.... ;-(

>or you electrosurg the redundant and granulation
> tissue before admiring the clean margins.  

Don't have one... The ALMIGHTY AOIFWOIUEP(*&)(*?%&*?$%*?$ LASER was
supposed to come to my rescue here.

FYI, Parkell now makes a BIPOLAR elcetrosurg (radiosurg?) unit that is
supposed to do these kinds of things well. Since both electrodes are at
the same tip, you can use it on Cardiacally Challenged cases with no
risk. Or so said Ian Shumann in his lecture back in May...

>If the tissue is too "yucky" to
> use elctrosurgery on, then,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, place an amalgam, wait 3
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> Packing in an amalgam would only take a few minutes, and you can leave the
> occlusion Hypo.  

Now this:

>Don't put in any undercuts and the amalgam "pops" out
> easily in 3 weeks once you slit the center with a bur.

You just cleared up many hours of heartache for me with this last
statement. I've attempted to do just what you described above with Am,
but once you try to drill it back out, and the turbine skittles into the
SOFT TISSUE, I was back to square one...

But....

Leaving out the undercuts... Leaving out the undercuts... Leaving out
the undercuts... Leaving out the undercuts... Leaving out the
undercuts... Leaving out the undercuts...

Gads; why didn't _I_ think of that?!?!?!!? It certainly is true that it
would facilitate matters.
Thanks!!!!!!!
SP

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DrSteve - 04 Mar 2005 01:17 GMT
Electrosurgical units are cheap enough that I keep one in each treatment
room.  They don't get used too much, but when I need it, I just have to plug
in he cables and keep going.  No need to slow down if everything is already
at your finger-tips.

>> Once you clean  out the old restoration and caries, and the excavation is
>> still above the osseous crest, you either pack cord and admire the nice
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> Thanks!!!!!!!
> SP
StovePipe - 04 Mar 2005 02:47 GMT
> Electrosurgical units are cheap enough that I keep one in each treatment
> room.  They don't get used too much, but when I need it, I just have to plug
> in he cables and keep going.  No need to slow down if everything is already
> at your finger-tips.

Yep.... now that the LASER is dead, I'm gonna see about that Parkell
unit...
Thanks
SP
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W_B - 05 Mar 2005 18:19 GMT
>> Electrosurgical units are cheap enough that I keep one in each treatment
>> room.  They don't get used too much, but when I need it, I just have to plug
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>Thanks
>SP

I like some of Parkell's products.
Got a 'Le Clean Machine' back in '89...
Still going strong.

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StovePipe - 06 Mar 2005 08:26 GMT
> Le Clean Machine

Just what is the Le Clean Machine?
Thanks
SP
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W_B - 07 Mar 2005 16:37 GMT
>> Le Clean Machine
>
>Just what is the Le Clean Machine?
>Thanks
>SP

It is an ultrasonic scaler.

They have better models now.
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Joel M. Eichen - 07 Mar 2005 18:37 GMT
>>> Le Clean Machine
>>
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>
>They have better models now.

Thanks. I thought it was that new Japanese toilet that ends up
shooting water then air to avoid wasting paper .....
StovePipe - 08 Mar 2005 03:43 GMT
> It is an ultrasonic scaler.
>
> They have better models now.
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OK, thanks
SP
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