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CASE REPORT:
Microbrush Stamp
Technique
by K. Varsha Rao
After spending a lot of chairside
time adjusting, fi nishing and polishing
posterior restorations, I came across
a simple but effective way to restore
posterior teeth with composite material. This is the microbrush stamp
technique. The purpose is to replicate
occlusal anatomy by making a copy of
the original unprepared tooth structure.
The technique has evolved. For
instance, I made a slight modification
to the original technique by using a
piece of cling fi lm instead of Teflon in
the protocol.
Here is a pictorial description of the
entire procedure.
Fig. 1. Preop view.
Fig. 3. Gingival dam material (material used for
protecting gingiva) is applied to the unprepared
tooth structure.
Fig. 2. The tip of the microbrush is cut for better
handling.
Fig. 4. The cut microbrush is inserted into the
gingival dam material and cured, taking care the
tip does not touch the tooth surface.
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