TRANSFERRING PROVISIONAL RESTORATIONS TO FINAL MASTER CASTS

Many principles guide preparation and fitting of provisional restorati ons. Their importance as a diagnostic tool is considered. Aesthetic, p honetic, functional, parafunctional and dysfunctional factors after ev aluation in the provisional restorations have to be transferred to the master cast to incorporate them into the final restoration. A method for transferring morphology of provisional restorations to the master cast through preparation of a wax analogue fixed partial denture is pr esented. This method is precise, practical, suitable for most rehabili tation cases, and not clinically time-consuming since most stages are carried out in the dental laboratory.