title: Triple tray crown and bridge procedures: A guide to how dental assistants can assist the dentist: Part 2.
abstract: This is the second part of a two-part article, and explains the techniques of making provisional restorations, such as the shell technique, the bulk technique for making a temporary restoration from scratch, or the basic technique of using the mold of the unprepared abutment in the preoperative impression, to form the temporary restoration.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mamoun
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javaid
mesh_terms: D002484:Cementation; D003442:Crowns; D003726:Dental Assistants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D003794:Dental Restoration, Temporary / Q000379:methods*; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D006801:Humans; D007754:Laboratories, Dental