Maybe a crown or denture was started at another clinic, and now you’re looking at care in Winnipeg from Lockport. Before you change anything, here’s what to ask our McPhillips Street clinic.
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Treatment that’s unfinished is a tricky thing to carry from one clinic to another. A restoration or appliance is built from records gathered for that specific case, so a new dentist would need to look at where things stand before saying how, or whether, the work could carry on.
A description over the phone can’t settle that question. If you’re in Lockport and weighing a move, it’s reasonable to phone the clinic on McPhillips Street, explain which stage you’ve reached, and ask what an assessment in Winnipeg would involve.
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Prepared, recorded, in fabrication or fitted: each one raises different questions.
If you’re wearing one, keep following the care instructions you were given.
Find out what would need to be requested, and how that’s normally done.
A change of clinic looks different depending on how far along things are. These are prompts for a conversation, not a forecast of what your dentist will recommend.
If you’ve had a recommendation but no preparation yet, there’s generally less to untangle.
A prepared tooth, a temporary or a piece in fabrication makes the timing more important to raise.
Be cautious about simply letting treatment lapse. A temporary does a job for a prepared tooth, so if plans are in flux, call a clinic and say so rather than leaving things unattended.
There’s no standard path for work that started elsewhere. In broad terms, though, your dentist needs to understand the current situation and then decide what makes clinical sense.
Request your visitWhen you call, describe what was started and what remains. That helps the clinic work out how to set up a first appointment with you.
Your dentist evaluates the tooth or tissues directly, along with any temporary or finished piece you’re wearing.
New scans or impressions, bite records and shade details might be needed, depending on what’s there and what’s being proposed.
If custom work goes ahead, it follows the usual route of making, trying and refining. Ask what you can expect for your own sequence.
You don’t need to arrive with a complete history. Whatever you can recall about what was done, and when, will give your new dentist somewhere to start.
Ask how records from your other clinic would be requested, and allow for that when you’re deciding when to make the trip.
A desk under a framed seascape, and a treatment chair with a monitor beside it.
It can feel uncomfortable to admit you’re leaving a clinic part-way through, whatever the reason. All your dentist really needs are the clinical details, and you can leave the rest out.
What was done and how it feels now will matter more than the backstory.
If something about the work bothered you, describing that plainly is useful.
You aren’t expected to know the technical terms for what was done.
If the work carries on
Whichever way your case goes, the longer-term picture remains much the same. Custom pieces can require refinement, and it helps to keep the lines of communication open.
Tell your dentist if something catches or feels high. Reporting it is simply part of how a piece gets evaluated.
Your new clinic will want to hear if your health or medications have changed since the treatment began.
Should an older or newer piece break, set aside all of it and steer clear of glue, then ask how it can be assessed.
Unsure about your temporary while all this is being sorted out? Call and describe what you’re seeing.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)If you’re moving your care from Lockport, assessments and any later stages take place in Winnipeg at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. The directions link can help you plan.
Your request isn’t a booked time until you’ve heard back from the clinic. Please phone rather than using the form if a problem can’t wait.
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Ask our teamPhone (204) 338-3003 and describe the stage you’ve reached, or use the form if nothing is urgent. Assessments happen at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6, once the clinic confirms a time.
That’s a question to raise with the dentist who’d be taking over. The records needed depend on what’s being made and what’s found at the assessment, so new ones may or may not be required.
Ask about this directly when you call, because it can’t be answered in general terms. Your dentist would have to assess the tooth and the piece before saying what’s appropriate for you.
Phone a dental clinic and say so, and don’t assume it can wait until you’ve made up your mind. A temporary is there to protect a prepared tooth and maintain function until the final piece is ready.
That’s your decision, although a transfer of records would likely bring it up. Ask the clinic how a records request would normally be handled.
Having some general information can make it easier to follow what your dentist tells you. These pages aren’t a substitute for looking at your actual case.
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Questions about switching?
Lockport residents can call or send a request about unfinished custom work. You’ll hear from the clinic about arranging an assessment in Winnipeg.
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