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You want the wedge to be as close to the gingival floor of the box as possible. Too short and you can get an overhang. Too tall and it can dimple in the band. It should always go in this order - band - wedge - ring. If you try to place the wedge after the ring, the tip pf the wedge sometimes won't go through the interproximal space correctly.

Wedge from the widest embrasure - it doesn't matter if it's the buccal or lingual (palatal)

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Here at Garrison we like to follow standard practice to maintain hygiene and simulate real-life conditions in a clinical setting. It helps ensure that the same precautions are followed during training as in actual patient care :)

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Yes. The PerForm proximal contact instrument can be used with a regular Tofflemire-style band.

Dr. Matt Nejad's practice is in Beverly Hills, California. Garrison is located in Spring Lake, Michigan (not sure which location you were interested in).

If you've placed it as far gingivally as possible, the ring shouldn't slip off the tooth. It has retention extensions on the bottom that grip below the infrabulge of the tooth and it's difficult to get them to pop off without removing them with the forcep, as long as it's placed correctly. If it does pop off the tooth, place the ring again, making sure it's seated as far gingivally as possible, then once placed, wiggle the back of the ring loop to make sure it's secure.

It is fairly simple to tighten the bands down and not too difficult to loosen it. Normally you would loosen it up enough after restoring until you can get leverage to pull the band off the tooth, so you aren't tightening and loosening the band repeatedly. As far as being bulky, once the band is placed, you no longer have the tensioning instrument in your way, unlike a tofflemire retainer. The "neck" of the instrument is long enough to reach in areas that may be difficult otherwise.

There are 2 different matrix band placement instruments shown here. NiTin Garrison Band Forceps (NTG-DF6-8) which are more of a standard tweezer placement tool. Also, the Composi-Tight Matrix Forceps (BFA-1) which has a dedicated video on our channel. I recommend checking it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5O6pauwl9KLqLM. Both are Garrison products and can be found at garrisondental.com.

@BiomimeticDentistry would you be able to assist by answering this question, Dr. Nejad?

Palodent rings do not do much to adapt the bands to the tooth. Use some Teflon tape to help close those gaps or you can try our soft-face silicone tipped Garrison rings.

@@GarrisonDental just to be clear i am using garison ring with palodent matrix 😅😅

Could you specify more, then, about the issue? Where is the space happening? Is it happening at the margin, happening in the bottom of the box? Is the matrix band moving out of place after the ring is placed or is it's shape changing once the ring is placed, causing the contact point against the adjacent tooth to be the gap?

@@GarrisonDental at the bottom of the box and the rest is sealed and i always get excess gingivally

Also i have noticed once i put the ring i get concave contact how to fix this issue

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Glad you're okay and it worked out the way it did. Definitely wouldn't have been fun swallowing a wood wedge.