Best video for Rubber Dam placement

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always use lubrication and floss. that combo worked wonders for me. granted, i don't think the method I use can be used on a patient 🙂 but it's great on a typodont.
 
armorshell said:
Do you really love rubber dam or are you just seeing things and saying you love them?
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I hated rubber dam at the start of last semester, now I can place them pretty quickly and easily. I guess I shouldn't throw the word love around so readily, especially seeing I haven't placed one in something which breaths and moves.
 
pmantz said:
I hated rubber dam at the start of last semester, now I can place them pretty quickly and easily. I guess I shouldn't throw the word love around so readily, especially seeing I haven't placed one in something which breaths and moves.
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......and gags and salivates.......
 
I HATED the rubber dam in d-school for restorative where it was mandated that you'd isolate 1 tooth past the midline in the arch you were working on (for example if I was doing an occlussal on #20 I'd have to isolate from #18 to #25).

Now in private practice where I can isolate as much(or as little) as I need, combined with a second set of hand who knows what she's doing (my assistant), I LOVE the dam😍😍😍 And *most* pateints after having treatment done with the dam on the 1st time will prefer it to rubber dam free restorative treatment(even gaggers).

BTW, for most rubber dams placed intra-orally the only lube you'll need is saliva, so save the K-Y for other things😉😀😆
 
I had a horrible experience with rubber dam on the first time. I actually got scared and was wondering if I would ever use it again. I got used to it after a few placements and am quite comfortable with it now. I think rubber dam is one of the best things invented in dentistry, especially in pediatric dentistry. It only takes couple minutes but makes operative procedures go so much smoother. I do lub the back with some topical. From my own experience, the saliva on the teeth does not do the job well. It does give some lubrication but the dam gets on much smoother with topical especially with patient with low saliva flow. Another reason for using topical is that it does numb the gum when the dam is in place, thus, causes less irritation to the patient.
 
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