Modified Rubber Dam Technique

This paper describes additional modified utilizations of rubber dam.

Modified rubber dam technique.

Because young patients have smaller dental arches than adult patients holes should be punched in the dam accordingly for. Written and presented by richard elderton and ken marshall. Rubber dam clamp and frame dam clamp and frame carried to mouth as one unit and placed clamp in place with four point contact and rubber tucked under the wings 20. When multiple anterior restorations are being delivered a split dam technique may prove useful figure 22.

The rubber dam cannot be assembled since it is not known whether and how the tooth will be restored. In this technique perforations are made following the recommendations outlined in this article. Forgive the minor audio miscues and enjoy the learning experience. Equipment and basic techniques.

Variations with age 1. Technique for indirect restoration use of a modified rubber dam technique when bonding use of a modified rubber dam technique when bonding resin retained fixed partial dentures richard b. Simplified rubber dam techniques 3 4 though not new do not seem to be used widely to help reduce the problems asso ciated with preparing teeth for indirect restorations. A contraindication to the use of the rubber dam is a patient s allergy to the chemical constituents of rub ber 5 11 in this circumstance albeit rare the teeth may be isolated with polythene sheets 22 which impose li.

At least two teeth distal to the working area. The university of bristol dental school. The light cured resin cement color 0 variolink veneer. An easy way of placing the rubber dam in a neat and quick manner.

As shown by this technique the rubber dam retainer is modified and positioned on the tooth with subsequent placement of the dental dam material over the retainer and tooth. Camera courtesy dr shihi. The teeth were cleaned with pumice and water etched with 37 phosphoric acid condac 37 fgm for 30 s washed and dried. 10 the split rubber dam.

Split dam technique indication insufficient coronal structure single fix prosthesis abutment tooth for bridge partially erupted tooth steps two overlapping holes are punched. Rubber dam users opted to manage difficult cases by sealing leaking rubber dam and to use the split dam technique. This technique saves time and provides good retraction of the gingival tissue and isolation of the cavity preparation from contamination saliva hemorrhage that can.