TAKE YOUR DENTAL IMPRESSION USING OUR HOME KIT
Watch our video that will take you step by step through the process of taking your own impression
How To Easily Take Your Own Dental Impression
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Each product we sell is custom made to fit your teeth using our home impression kit that will sent to your door. Watch our video below to learn how easy it is to take your own impression, saving yourself a considerable amount of money than going through the dentists. Don't worry if you get your impression wrong as we can send you more impression putty free of charge to get it correct.
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We advise to watch this video several times prior to taking your impression to make yourself familiar with the process. It can also be handy to have the video to one side while you are taking the impression too. If you are at all unsure if your impression(s) is good enough please send us a photo for us to check before sending them back. This will prevent any wasted time and cost having to resend new impression kits.
Mistakes To Avoid When Taking Your Impression
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Even the professionals get impression taking wrong now and then but by reading through this short list of you can avoid the five main mistakes others have made when taking dental impressions.
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1) NOT COOLING THE PUTTY IN THE FRIDGE PRIOR TO MIXING
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Cooling the impression putty in the fridge extends the reaction time when they are mixed together giving you more time to correctly mix the putty's into a uniform colour. If the putty is already warm and then mixed together with your warm hands it will harden much faster and you will not achieve a nice deep impression of your teeth and gums.
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Make sure to leave the putty in the fridge for a minimum of 15 minutes before mixing!
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2) MIXING PUTTY INCORRECTLY
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Whilst we advise on the importance to mix the two putty's together quickly it is equally important to correctly mix them into a uniform colour. There should be no streaky marbling. If the putty is cooled in the fridge prior to mixing then there is plenty of time to achieve the correct mix of the putty and place it into the tray.
If the putty is not correctly mixed then areas of the impression may not set properly and give an inaccurate record of your teeth or gums.
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3) TAKING TOO LONG TO MIX THE PUTTY
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Conversely to mistake number 2 is when people take too long to mix the putty's together, which results
in the putty hardening before the impression can be taken and a deep enough impression won't be
achieved. This photo is an example of this particular mistake. As you can see the teeth have not gone
far enough into the material.
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4) NOT TAKING A DEEP ENOUGH IMPRESSION
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This mistake applies mostly to our Sports Mouthguard products. To make a mouthguards that fits and protects as best as possible we need an impression that includes a maximum amount of your gums as possible. This is because a mouthguard works best when we can design it to cover your teeth and your gums up to where it is comfortable enough to wear.
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Therefore when taking your impression it is very important to push the tray firmly up into your mouth as high as possible so that the impression material goes right up into the gums. The front lip must be fully over the front portion of the tray.
Your impression should look like the example below:
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5) NOT KEEPING THE TRAY STEADY WHILE THE PUTTY SETS
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Once the impression tray has been pushed firmly up into the teeth and gums it's important that the tray is held steady while the putty sets. If the tray is moved around too much then it will create inaccuracies in the impression.
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If you have read through these examples and watched our impression taking video several times then you should have no trouble taking your dental impression. If you are unsure if your impression is correct before returning it to us then you can email us a photo of it to info@spartanguards.com.au
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