At AU Dental we can provide Diagnostic Wax ups and provisional crowns and bridges.

 “The important role of provisional restorations is often overlooked. This may be because they are left until the end of an appointment when time for construction is short or because they generally do not need to last for long. However, not only can good provisional restorations help produce better final restorations, they can also save a lot of time and expense at subsequent appointments. In fact time spent in their construction will be more than repaid in time saved doing additional procedures, adjustments and remakes later on.

 Provisional restorations can be invaluable for testing out aesthetic and occlusal changes before they are incorporated in the definitive restoration.

  A diagnostic wax up is an invaluable way of planning changes, which can be tried out with the provisional restorations.

 A patient's tolerance to changes in anterior guidance or increased occlusal vertical dimension is best tried out with provisional restorations. Again, a diagnostic wax up is advisable, and, with occlusal changes, the importance of using casts mounted on a suitable articulator cannot be overstated.”

 British Dental Journal 192, 619 - 630 (2002)