Why all the scans, moulds and photos? If you live in Rivergrove and like to understand what’s being done and why, this is a plain guide to the records behind custom dental work.
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The technician shaping your restoration isn’t looking in your mouth, so clinical records have to carry that information. Each type answers a different question: what shape things are, how the teeth meet, what colour would blend in, and what the finished piece has to do.
If you’re a Rivergrove resident facing several restorations or a complicated case, you may want to follow this more closely than most. Your dentist at Winnipeg North Dental on McPhillips Street can tell you which records apply to your treatment and why each one is being taken.
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An impression or digital scan documents your teeth along with the tissues around them.
These records describe how upper and lower teeth come together and travel against each other.
Colour details and treatment goals show how the work needs to look and perform.
Not every case uses every record. The list depends on the restoration or appliance your dentist is prescribing, and a complicated case may call for repeat or additional information.
These records describe the geometry of your mouth, which the finished piece must match closely.
Fit alone doesn’t make a successful restoration, so your dentist also passes along how the work should look and behave.
Ask which records your case needs, and whether scans or impressions will be used. The answer depends on the work being done.
With larger treatment, planning and fitting may stretch across more than one visit. Here’s the logic behind that progression, so each appointment makes sense as you get to it.
Request your visitYour dentist evaluates your needs, sets out your options and defines what the eventual work should accomplish, preparing teeth or tissues as appropriate.
The needed scans or impressions, bite data, shade and other details get gathered, turning the plan into information that can be acted on.
What’s been prescribed is produced using those records. More information or a trial might be requested along the way.
Your dentist compares the result against the plan for contact, bite, comfort, looks and function, and adjusts or returns it if that’s what’s needed.
If understanding each step helps you feel more settled, say so at the start. Keeping a short list of questions on hand means you won’t lose track of them once the appointment is under way.
Larger treatment can be harder to budget for, so request estimated costs ahead of time, and talk with the clinic about any insurance or CDCP details.
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Holding still for a scan or impression is easier when you know why it’s being done. If you find any part of it uncomfortable or would like it explained first, please tell the person working with you.
Before a record is taken, feel free to have someone describe what they’re about to do.
Tell us ahead of time if you’ve had a hard time with impressions or scans before.
Your feedback at the fitting adds to what the records alone can show.
After the records have done their job
Records are detailed, but they can’t anticipate everything about daily use. What you experience at home is further information, and your dentist would want to know about it.
A denture rests on tissue that alters shape with time, which can affect the fit even when the original records were accurate.
Fixing a damaged piece might mean taking fresh information. Bring in all the fragments stored safely, and don’t use glue, which can distort the fit.
Point out where the piece rubs, catches or feels high, or whether it’s affecting your speech, and your dentist can evaluate that detail.
Want to know more about what was recorded for your treatment? Please ask.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Rivergrove is an area in the north part of Winnipeg, and if you live there your records and fittings would be done at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. The page’s directions link shows you where that is.
We’ll need to confirm any time you ask for on the form, so nothing is set until you hear from the clinic. Urgent concerns are better handled by phone.
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Ask our teamThey’d be taken at our clinic, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6, as part of a treatment appointment. You can start by calling (204) 338-3003 or using the form, then wait for the clinic to confirm your visit.
Both are ways to capture your teeth and surrounding tissues. An impression is a physical mould, and a scan records the same area digitally. Your dentist can explain what will be used for your case.
Sometimes additional information is required, for example when work is complex or a trial has shown that something needs changing. Getting that detail right can help guide the refinement.
They can help convey shade and surface characteristics, so the restoration has a better chance of blending in. Photographs aren’t needed for every piece, and your dentist decides when they’re useful.
No. Adjustments are a normal part of many custom treatments, because contact points can appear once you’re chewing and talking. Records guide the work, and the fitting and follow-up refine it.
It may. Treatment with several components can involve more than one planning or fitting visit, and timing depends on the complexity, materials and laboratory steps. Ask your dentist to describe the sequence.
Bigger restorative plans lean heavily on good information. These pages introduce some of that care, and your dentist can tell you whether any of it applies to you.
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