Diagnostic wax-up is an architectural model for any smile makeover, which gives the patient an accurate preview of how his finished case will look and allows dentist and technician to discuss potential problem areas.
The lab will remove a desired tooth structure from a white stone pre-operative model and the restoration is waxed in white on the patient’s actual prepped teeth, to produce the most life-like result possible.
Another important role of a diagnostic wax-up is in the fabrication of provisional restorations or temporaries.
An impression of a wax up is taken with a putty material. In the mouth the temporaries can be contoured and customized to the patients’ facial features occlusion and phonetics can also be evaluated and when these along with aesthetics are deemed satisfactory an impression can be taken to communicate the proper size, shape, length to the lab.
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