well today i took a leaf out of ray bertolotti's book and repaired a chipped porcelain bridge with a sectional veneer, bonding porcelain onto porcelain. it actually didn't look as good as i thought it might but the patient didn't mind so that's most important. they were just happy, and i quote, 'not to speak like ita buttrose anymore'. my new theory is that even ray bertolotti can't make them look seamless in real life but relies on fantastic photos to wow during his lectures, because my one looked pretty damn amazing with my macro lens under flash. i also did a composite repair on the pontic, with a better cosmetic outcome but not sure about strength and/or flexure.
before:
after:
after (without flash):
so yeah we shall see how it goes, i have multiple digits crossed because my first composite repair on the 22 flicked off really quickly, way to build confidence, but then i didn't triple check the occlusion, which i did today. my boss was/is skeptical so i double triple really really want to prove him wrong.
really i am procrastinating but this might count as work. i pretended to be an orthodontist (via actions, not in name or actual fraud) for like 20 minutes last week and it was not stressful which i enjoy and am starting to appreciate more and more.
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