Clinic Memo

April 26, 2024  |  Clinical Operations

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UPDATE:  Student Access during Break (April 27 - May 5)

DDS Student access to the Sim Lab in Kipnes as well as the Student Lab in KEC will remain unchanged during the upcoming break.

REMINDER:  DDS/DH After-Hours Emergency Coverage (April 26 - May 6)

Please note that DDS 2025 students will have their after-hours extension numbers inactivated during the upcoming break, from 4:00 p.m. on April 26 until 9:00 a.m. on May 6.  

Many thanks to residents of the GPR program who will be managing after-hours emergency calls during this time.

UPDATE:  TheraCal PT® Replaced with Neo MTA®

The OHC has discontinued its use of TheraCal PT® and will resume the use of Neo MTA® as a direct pulp capping agent for pulpotomies starting May 6, 2024.  Please see the Dental Materials Clinical Reference Manual for details on how to use Neo MTA®.

Please direct any questions or concerns to Dr. Kornerup.

REMINDER:  Intraoral Scanning & Scanning of Diagnostic Casts

Patients requiring impressions for diagnostic purposes must first undergo intraoral scanning with the 3Shape Trios Intraoral Scanner.   Impressions for diagnostic casts may be made, if required, only once intraoral scanning is completed and saved,  The resulting diagnostic casts DO NOT need to be scanned as the intraoral scan has already been completed and saved.

If, however, impressions for diagnostic casts were made without having the patient undergo intraoral scanning, the diagnostic casts (once separated and trimmed) must be scanned with the 3Shape Lab Scanner in the Prosthodontics Laboratory.

We would also greatly appreciate it if students could tidy up the KEC Student Lab by discarding old lab cases ie. working casts, if the case has been completed.  Please return any implant components related to working casts to the Prosthodontics Laboratory.

Please remember that the Prosthodontics Laboratory is open from 7:45 - 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Please contact Paul Ladell with any questions or concerns about using the 3Shape Lab Scanner.

Thank you for your cooperation.

WEEKLY OHC SHOUT OUT:  MDRTs in Central Sterilization

See the Thumbs Up section for details.