Note: If you are NOT a dentist it might be hard for you to understand what is Alginate. It is a colorful powder when mixed with water turns itself into a paste-like consistency. Within 3- 4 min it can turn itself into hard rock like consistency. So we dentists need to make sure that we take the impression of the patient's teeth before that. The photos in this post will help you understand better. In this post, I'm writing a love letter to Alginate. Dear Normal Setting Alginate, Just wanted to share the story which made me fall head over heels for you. I was taking a full-mouth impression for an old friend. Right after mixing the alginate impression, I walked towards her requesting this friend to open her mouth. That very moment she started talking in detail about why she believes that she is hereditarily more prone to caries. While she kept talking, I could feel sweat rolling down my forehead. I was anxious that I will end up wasting alginate while my dent
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