Have you ever wondered what happens between the impression and the day a crown or denture arrives? This page, written for North Kildonan residents, explains the making of custom work and how it’s checked at our clinic on McPhillips Street.
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Once your appointment ends, your dental work is really just getting started. A technician working to a prescription doesn’t have you in the room, only the information your dentist has sent. So the accuracy of those details strongly influences what comes back.
If you live in North Kildonan, in Winnipeg, this care takes place at the clinic on McPhillips Street. The making happens out of sight, but it isn’t a mystery, and you’re welcome to ask how your own piece is coming along.
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Each piece is made for a particular patient and clinical purpose.
Records tell the maker what can’t be seen without you in the room.
It’s checked in your mouth before the work is accepted.
Depending on what’s being made, the set of records may be more or less extensive. Between them, these details describe your mouth in a way that lets a piece be designed for you.
Physical form comes first, because the piece has to sit properly and work with what’s around it.
Beyond the basic shape, the design also has to reflect your appearance and your daily use.
Because these records guide the making, your dentist may occasionally ask for new ones. That’s a normal part of getting complex work right, and it doesn’t mean a mistake was made.
Here’s how the steps connect, seen from your side and from the piece’s side. Complicated cases may loop through records or fittings more than once.
Request your visitYour dentist assesses your needs, goes through your options and readies the tooth or treatment area where that’s called for.
Information about shape, bite, shade and function is collected, and it’s this package that directs how the piece gets made.
Fabrication follows the prescription and your records. If you’ve got a temporary, it’s doing its job during this time.
Your dentist reviews it in your mouth, and adjusts it, or returns it to be refined, whenever something isn’t quite right.
It’s perfectly fine to take an interest in how your restoration is put together. Your dentist can tell you what applies to your case, and what’s just general background.
Answers will depend on what’s being made and who’s involved in making it, so raise these questions once you’ve had your assessment.
A treatment room with a blue chair, and a clinical work area with built-in cabinets.
The wait for a custom piece can feel odd when you don’t know what’s going on during it. Knowing there’s a real sequence of work behind it can make that time a little easier to accept.
You needn’t have a medical reason for wanting to understand how something’s being made.
Ask for the short version if the technical details are getting a bit much.
Lab steps, materials and complexity can all affect how long something takes.
After the piece is in use
Records can capture a great deal, though not how a piece feels through a full day of use. What you report afterward gives your dentist information that no scan could have provided.
Catching, rubbing or a change in speech are the things only you can notice, and they help guide any adjustment.
The shape of the tissues under a denture changes over time, which could affect how it fits long after it was made.
Your dentist will want the piece and all its fragments, untouched by adhesive, because they help determine what can be done.
If you’ve got a thought about how your piece has been wearing, give the clinic a call.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)For North Kildonan residents, appointments for records and fittings are at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, in Winnipeg. A directions link is here if you need it.
Once you’ve submitted the form, please wait to hear from the clinic, since no time is set until then. For an urgent concern, call instead.
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Helpful details about our dental laboratory in North Kildonan.
Ask our teamRing the clinic at (204) 338-3003, or send your question through the form. Appointments are at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6, and the time is confirmed by the clinic.
They both capture your teeth and the surrounding tissues, and one is digital while the other is a physical mould. Your dentist decides which records your particular work calls for.
No. Every restoration or appliance is prescribed for a specific patient and purpose, so its records, materials and laboratory steps can differ. Ask your dentist what’s being planned for yours.
Your dentist is the one who assesses your mouth and prepares the prescription, so requests go through them. Tell your dentist what you’d like, and it can then be considered as part of the plan.
A piece may return if your dentist finds contact, bite, appearance or function that needs refining. That’s part of how custom work gets evaluated, and it’s one reason timelines can shift.
If you’d like more detail about specific pieces, these pages go further. They’re for general understanding, and your dentist can tell you what suits your mouth.
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Still curious?
If you live in North Kildonan and want to ask about lab-made work, please call or send a request. A reply from the clinic will follow, with a time on McPhillips Street to consider.
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