After Having Dental Crowns Fitted, Can I Keep the Mold (Impression) of my Original Teeth?

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Thanx to the Dctrs on RealSelf for their helpful replies to my questions. I want to know if the impression/mold of my original teeth belongs to me. I would like to keep the original mold because if something happened to my crowns in the future, a dentist would be able to see what my original teeth were like and make new sets from the original mold/impression. We travel a lot and live in different countries for a period of time, so I may not be able to see my original dentist. Thanks in advance.

Martin Gorman, DDS · Answer

Yes, in our dental practice we have no issue with patients keeping their impressions and models.

Kevin Coughlin, DMD · Answer

Yes they are yours in most cases a dentist might charge you a fee because they should make a copy so they have the models or molds for their records in case for some reason you challenge their care or treatment in the future. Good Luck

	 

	 

	Kevin Coughlin DMD, MBA, MAGD    CEO Baystate Dental PC

Dan Hagi, DDS · Answer

The working model or mold of the teeth can be kept but will likely not be very useful because if the crowns need to be replaced nearly always you need new models.  If you are referring to a model of your original teeth prior to being prepared this should be no problem.

	Talk to your dentist, get your mold on!

Jay Neuhaus, DDS · Answer

The mold actually belongs to the dentist and he might want to keep them for his records. However, you can ask him to make you a duplicate set of the models that you can keep.

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