Tooth carving, also known as wax carving or wax-up, is a technique used in dentistry to create a model of a patient's te.
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Katherine Menghetti. , Doctor of Dental Surgery at Dentistry (1983-present)Author has 1.
The discoid-cleoid (see Fig. 6-9, D and E) instrument is used principally for carving occlusal anatomy in unset amalgam restorations.
It also may be used to trim or burnish inlay–onlay margins.
The working ends of this instrument are larger than the discoid or cleoid end of an excavator..
Tooth carving helps to gain knowledge regarding major morphologic characteristics of individual teeth, basic concepts of dental occlusion, and common variations in tooth morphology.
It is taught by manual demonstration of carving in wax blocks..
Tooth carving helps to gain knowledge regarding major morphologic characteristics of individual teeth, basic concepts of dental occlusion, and common variations in tooth morphology.
It is taught by manual demonstration of carving in wax blocks..
Restoring the tooth with silver amalgam or contouring the composite restoration may warrant knowledge of carving
But it is the neighboring teeth, which guide and dictate the carving rather than the knowledge acquired in tooth morphology practical classes
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Dental anatomy is one of the first courses taught in dental school, and is a component of the basic core sciences program in the faculties of dentistry around the world
In contrast, the practical component, is designed to develop students’ psychomotor skills and uses two-dimensional drawings of teeth, identification of anatomical features in samples of preserved teeth, and carving of teeth
Usually the carving exercises are completed in oversized wax and/or soap blocks [ 5, 6 ]
Former dental museum in Boston, Massachusetts
