Applying dental cement to a fractured tooth or exposed nerve can be a pain. The stuff is a thick paste that ends up all over you and the patient during application, and is challenging to get in the right place
Here we show a simple way to cleanly and accurately apply dental cement… without the mess.
Materials
To do this technique, you will need the following:
- A 3 mL syringe
- Dental cement compound
- A stirring agent (cotton-tipped swab)
- A tongue depressor
- A 14 or 16 g angiocatheter
- A mixing surface
Steps
Remember that dental cement dries very quickly and this process is best done at bedside.
- Take out your 3 mL syringe and remove the 14 g (or 16 g if 14 g is not available) angiocath tip. Attach the angiocath tip to the luer lock on the syringe.
- Note: An additional optional but recommended step here is to trim your angiocath to ~ 1 cm
- Remove the plunger from the back of your syringe.
- Mix your cement. Use your cotton tip applicator/swab to mix equal parts of the epoxy-style cement.
- Use your tongue depressor to scoop up the cement and work it into the back of your syringe. Put in at least the amount needed for application, plus a bit more.
- Reinsert the plunger into the syringe, working it down to the luer lock tip and out the angiocath.
- Easily and cleanly apply the cement to those deep crevasses and back teeth.
Check out the POST we put together on this process on ALIEM!!
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