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Living with a temporary

Our Dental Laboratory for Templeton-Sinclair Residents

Your tooth has been prepared and the final piece isn’t ready yet. Templeton-Sinclair residents wearing a temporary can read what it’s for and when to phone us.

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What Your Temporary Is Doing While the Final Restoration Is Made

It can feel strange to leave an appointment with something that isn’t the finished result. A temporary has a practical purpose: it can shield a prepared tooth and help maintain how the tooth looks or works, while your records are being turned into the permanent restoration.

How long that stretch lasts varies with the type of work, the materials and the steps involved, and your dentist will outline the expected order of events. For Templeton-Sinclair residents, treatment and any concerns about a temporary are handled at Winnipeg North Dental on McPhillips Street.

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A placeholder with a purpose

It helps protect the prepared tooth during the time your restoration is being produced.

Care instructions to follow

What you’re told to do with your temporary applies until your next appointment.

A phone number to use

If it feels wrong or comes loose, calling the clinic is the right next step.

Two pieces, two jobs

How a temporary differs from the final work.

The two aren’t meant to be the same thing. One bridges a gap in time, and the other is made from your detailed records to be checked and accepted as the finished result.

The short-term cover

Placed after your tooth has been prepared, this piece simply gets you from one stage of treatment to the next.

  • It can protect the tooth your dentist has prepared.
  • It can help keep up appearance while you wait.
  • It may help the area keep working in the meantime.
  • It comes with its own instructions for looking after it.

The finished restoration

Fabrication draws on the clinical information your dentist gathered, so this is where shape, bite and colour are addressed in detail.

  • Scans or impressions set out the shape it has to fit.
  • Bite records describe how opposing teeth meet.
  • Shade notes guide how it blends with adjacent teeth.
  • A fitting visit decides whether it’s ready to be accepted.

Not every lab-made treatment involves a temporary. Whether you need one is decided as part of your own treatment plan.

Where the temporary fits in

Follow the sequence, stage by stage.

Seeing where you are in the sequence can make the waiting feel more manageable. Complex cases can involve extra planning or fitting appointments.

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  1. 01

    Tooth is prepared

    After assessing your needs and explaining the options, your dentist gets the tooth or area ready for its restoration.

  2. 02

    Details are recorded

    Your dentist takes a scan or impression, together with bite and shade information, for the fabrication stage.

  3. 03

    You wear the temporary

    Where one is used, it stays on duty while the prescribed restoration is produced from your records.

  4. 04

    The final piece is tried

    Contact, bite, comfort, appearance and function get checked in your mouth, and the work can be adjusted or returned if necessary.

While you wait

Keep a few things in mind until you’re back.

There isn’t much for you to do during this stage, apart from following your instructions and paying attention to anything that feels different from when you left.

Unsure what your instructions said about eating or cleaning? It’s perfectly reasonable to phone and ask again.

Keep track of

  • The care instructions you were given for the temporary.
  • The date of your next appointment, once it’s confirmed.
  • Any spot that rubs, catches or feels too high.
  • Questions about the colour or shape of the final piece.
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If the temporary bothers you

A temporary shouldn’t be a silent worry.

A temporary isn’t your finished restoration, but that doesn’t mean a problem with it should be ignored. Describing what you’re noticing lets the clinic tell you whether it needs to be looked at.

It feels high

Tell us if your teeth seem to touch on the temporary before anywhere else.

It has come loose

Call the clinic and explain what happened, keeping hold of the temporary if you can.

It looks unfinished

Appearance is assessed properly on the final work, so bring up any worries about it.

When the final piece arrives

The temporary stage ends with a proper check.

Your dentist assesses the finished restoration in your mouth before it’s accepted. After that, adjustments may still be part of the picture, and it helps to speak up about what you notice.

01

Compare the colour

Shade is judged with the restoration in place under suitable lighting, so you’re able to give your view at the fitting itself.

02

Feel how your teeth close

A restoration has to work with the opposing bite, and your own sense of how your teeth come together is useful information.

03

Watch for later damage

A chip in finished work should be assessed before it’s repaired. Save any fragment, keep it protected and avoid adhesive.

Questions after your final fitting are still worth raising with the clinic.

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Winnipeg North Dental

Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6
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Templeton-Sinclair residents

Who to Contact About Your Temporary

For residents of Templeton-Sinclair, an area in Winnipeg, both the temporary stage and the final fitting take place at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street.

Please phone rather than filling in the form if a temporary is causing an urgent problem. Form requests still await confirmation from the clinic.

Questions about coverage?

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My temporary came off and I live in Templeton-Sinclair. Who do I call?

Phone Winnipeg North Dental at (204) 338-3003 and explain what happened. Care takes place at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6, and the clinic can advise you on what to do next.

How long will I be wearing a temporary?

No single answer applies. The type of restoration, its complexity, the materials, the laboratory steps and any need for a trial or extra record all play a part, so ask your dentist what to expect in your case.

Can I eat and brush as usual with one in place?

Rely on the care instructions you received, because they’re specific to your treatment. If you’ve misplaced them or aren’t sure, the clinic can go over them with you.

Does the temporary show what the final crown will look like?

Treat it as a stopgap rather than a preview. Your final restoration is made from separate shape, bite and shade records, and its appearance is reviewed at the fitting.

What if the final restoration doesn’t feel like the temporary did?

It may feel different, as it’s a separate piece. Point out anywhere that feels high, catches or rubs, so your dentist can evaluate it.

Waiting on a restoration?

Start a conversation about your crown or bridge.

People living in Templeton-Sinclair can send a request for a visit to our Winnipeg clinic on McPhillips Street. Staff will respond to set a time, so call instead if the matter can’t wait.

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