Preliminary Treatment Planning is one of the most important aspects to a successful restorative case.
As with most things, the better planning work the better the finished product.
A doctor/ technician communication technique that has proven to be extremely useful in elevating the quality of laboratory-fabricated restoration reducing mutual stress and increasing mutual profits by reducing costly remakes is the Preliminary Treatment Planning. This can be defined as a sharing between the doctor and laboratory technician of all relevant case information that is vital to the functional and aesthetic success of a case.
It may involve single-unit or multiple-unit cases especially when new materials are being used or when complex aesthetic and/or functional challenges are present.
The Preliminary Treatment Planning implies two steps:
1. Examination records on mounted study models and on pre-op photographs
2. Diagnostic wax-up to predetermine the approach to the restoration. After wax-up is completed it will be duplicated and poured in stone to fabricate a stent which will be used to fabricate the provisional.
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