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title: Improving Occlusal Clearance
description: PrepCheck™ is the revolutionary prep-marking system. PRO-Craft dental laboratory's latest blog discusses the benefits and breaks down the process.
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# [Improving Occlusal Clearance](https://blog.pro-craft.com/blog/improving-occlusal-clearance)

 Written by [Nicole Donnelly](https://blog.pro-craft.com/author/nicole-donnelly) | April 30, 2017

# Improving Occlusal Clearance

Apr 30, 2017

### PrepCheck™, the revolutionary prep-marking system, promotes adequate reduction allowing ideal thickness of the final restoration and ensures superior strength and aesthetics. PrepCheck’s™ special coating marks the tooth in areas that need to be reduced.

 

** HOW TO USE PREPCHECK™ **

### 1. Prepare crown prep as usual.

Insert the darker side of the PrepCheck™ tab between the preparation and the opposing dentition. Pull or tug on the PrepCheck ™  tab. The PrepCheck ™  should slide out with very little resistance. If it does not, proceed to step 2. (If the tab cannot be removed or is difficult to remove, adequate reduction has not been achieved.)

 

### 2. Ask patient to bite on the PrepCheck ™  tab.

Insert the lighter side of the PrepCheck™ between the preparation and the opposing dentition.

* **Note:** The lighter side contains the powdered marking medium. Ask the patient to tap or grand on the PrepCheck ™. *

 

### 3. Look at occlusal contacts on adjacent teeth.

Reduce the areas that mark. Go back to step 1 and tug with the uncoated side of PrepCheck ™ between the preparation and opposing dentition.

 

“The PrepCheck™ is a great asset to have when prepping teeth, especially the second molars. The occlusal reduction is more accurate and it saves time chairside because you spend less time adjusting the bite. Also, I have reduced calls from the lab asking for more space. PrepCheck’s™ best asset is that it en-sures you have enough thickness in all ceramic and CAD/CAM crowns with no failure due to fracture.”

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