Posted 5019 days ago

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This situation has happened to me from time to time, and maybe some of you can relate. We place the cement in our restoration and light-cure it. Then we try to get the floss through and no dice! I would just tell the patient to come back in a few days and after eating on it a bit, the contact would open up for floss to fit through. Well, I have used a few tools and tricks over the years to help open those stubborn contacts, both during cementation and direct bonding procedures, and I have fallen in love with the Axis Dental QwickStrips. They come in single- or dual-sided abrasives so you can smooth out contacts. They also have one with a serrated edge to get through bonded contacts. These work very nicely for those of you who do ortho/Invisalign and need to do some interproximal stripping of enamel. QwikStrips come in coarse, medium, fine and superfine, and are color-coated. They are very easy to handle anywhere in the mouth. I'm a big fan of these and would highly recommend them if you ever run into those stubborn contacts!