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title: 3 Ways Bad Temporaries Are Bad for Business
description: temporaries, breakups, patches, set times, provisional, expertemp, ultradent
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# [3 Ways Bad Temporaries Are Bad for Business](https://blog.ultradent.com/3-ways-bad-temporaries-are-bad-for-business)

 Written by [Ultradent Products Inc.](https://blog.ultradent.com/author/ultradent-products-inc) | October 24, 2016

Over the last 20 years, dentistry has changed quite a bit. It used to be that “because it’s a temporary, quality and esthetics didn’t matter.” Now, it’s more like “just because it’s a temporary, doesn’t mean quality and esthetics don’t matter.” Additionally, more clinicians are realizing the negative effect bad temporaries have on their business. If any of the following problems sound a little too familiar to you, it’s time to consider upgrading your temporary material.

<https://blog.ultradent.com/en-us/Dental-Products-Supplies/crown-and-bridge/provisional-material/ExperTemp-Temporary-Crown-and-Bridge-Material/Pages/default.aspx?hsLang=en>

 **A broken temporary means an emergency appointment, which takes up time and costs you money. Plus, a broken temporary might break your patient’s confidence in you.**

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**Here’s something else that might make your patient start looking for a new dentist: rough, uncomfortable provisionals. Having a temporary shouldn’t be torture.**

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**​No one has time to waste on a provisional material that takes forever to set—not you, not your patients. Get your patients smiling sooner with a material that sets quickly.**

Here’s the good news: we have a solution. Ultradent’s [Expertemp® temporary crown and bridge material](https://blog.ultradent.com/en-us/Dental-Products-Supplies/crown-and-bridge/provisional-material/ExperTemp-Temporary-Crown-and-Bridge-Material/Pages/default.aspx?hsLang=en) is proven to have exceptional strength, flexibility, and abrasion resistance. It’s easy to trim and polishes beautifully for superior patient comfort. Expertemp material also features a self-cured chemistry that sets in approximately 50–110 seconds, intraorally. 

**A bad provisional isn’t worth your practice’s reputation. **​

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