STEPS FOR TAKING THE PERFECT TEETH IMPRESSIONS*

We highly recommend a licensed dentist to do your impressions for you.

Accurate Impression are Important to Make Good Quality Dentures that Fit Well! These impressions are well taken. They used all of the provided material; single impression needs one bag of blue material and one bag of white material. 
Click here to review more examples of good and bad impressions.

• Sites 1 & 6 show that the teeth are not touching the front of the tray. Please Make sure that your teeth also do not touch the front of tray. There should be some putty between the front of tray and your front teeth.
• Site 2 shows that the front teeth are not touching the back of the tray. Please ensure that your teeth are in the center of the arch as well.
• Site 3 shows that there is enough putty all around the teeth and gum impressions.
• Site 4 shows that the gum line above teeth is captured well.
• Site 5 & 7 show that the teeth are deep in the putty, which is good.
• Sites 8 & 9 show that the gum where the missing teeth are is captured well. Gums should also be deep in the putty.
• Site 10 shows that the top of the mouth is also captured well.

Step 1. Please go over all directions several times until you clearly understand each step. Go over the file we emailed showing good and bad impression examples. Watch YouTube videos by typing in “How to take teeth impression.” If you make a mistake, it will delay the process and cost you more money. 

​Step 2. Wash your hands and brush your teeth. Take out the lower impression tray (lower tray is cut out in middle). Stand in front of a mirror and practice fitting it over your teeth in the center of the tray to make sure you see how it fits and feels. Remove from your mouth upwards and then out, and set it aside.

Step 3. Then take out one WHITE putty and one BLUE putty. Also, set a timer for
45 seconds & use it in Step 4. Use all provided impression material to completely capture the shape of teeth and gums.

Step 4. Mix very well (press&fold) one WHITE putty and one BLUE putty together with your fingers for 45 seconds to get one solid uniform blue color. Please then continue quickly to the next step.

Step 5. Once your putty is one solid blue color with no white spots, quickly roll the putty and shape it into a smooth hotdog (log or finger) shape.  Pick up your tray and continue to the next step quickly.

Step 6. Quickly load the hotdog shaped putty into the tray & cover all parts of the tray. Putty should be leveled in the tray, but where you are missing teeth the putty should be higher to capture the shape of the gums better.  Continue to the next step quickly.

​Step 7. Take the tray with putty in it. In front of a mirror, while facing your head down & looking up, carefully insert it into your mouth. Make sure your teeth are in the center of putty and push the tray against your teeth & gum until all teeth touch the bottom of the tray below the putty (all teeth and gum need to be deep in the putty). Hold the tray in your mouth for 5 minutes.  NOTE: To avoid very common mistakes, please make sure all teeth are in center of putty and are touching the tray under the putty.

Step 8. After 5 minutes, open your mouth and pull straight up or down, depending on which tray you are using, to remove the tray from teeth and then pull tray forward to remove from your mouth. Be careful not to change the shape of the impression when taking out.

Repeat steps 2-8 for the upper teeth with upper tray. Do NOT remove the putty from their trays after taking the impressions; unless you need to retake it. Rinse both impressions with warm water. If you make a mistake, extra putty is available for $9.99 per impression set (plus $6.80 for shipping).

Step 9. Email pictures of both impressions to [email protected] to determine if they are taken well, or you can text pictures of your impressions to
(518) 952-0910; please include your name. It is important that your teeth impression is not touching the front of the tray but that it is in center of the arched putty. Also, please make sure your teeth go all the way through the putty and touch the bottom of the tray.

Place the 2 impressions of your teeth (Do NOT remove putty from the trays) inside the plastic bag provided. Do not seal the bag. Choose your teeth color by matching it to the teeth color samples that are included in your kit.

Step 10.  Once approved through email, you can return your impressions and the filled-out form with the teeth-color number to our dental lab using the pre-paid priority box that came with your kit. We will make your custom flexible denture(s) and mail it back to you.

​*Do not use this kit if you have dental braces, loose teeth or if your gums are not healed after extractions.

GENERAL CHECKLIST:

• Please go over the instructions to make sure you understand each step clearly.
  Go over the file we emailed you showing good and bad impression examples. (bit.ly/DentureSmile-Impressions)
• Watch relevant YouTube videos. We recommend the following video:
  • Video on how to take Lower Teeth Impressions: bit.ly/lower-impression​
• Are your teeth & gum captured well in the impressions? Are your teeth & gum deep in the putty?     Yes    No
  • If your impressions are not taken well, then you will have to order more putty and redo the impressions.
• Choose your teeth color by using the teeth color samples from your kit:   (Circle One)     A1     A2    A3
• Email pictures of your two impressions to us at [email protected] or text photos to (518) 347-7501.
• Pay for your dentures online and include your receipt in the box when you mail us your two impressions.