Condensing and Carving of Amalgam
•Using an amalgam carrier, add increments and condense using positive finger rest.
•Overfill prep and begin to carve and burnish the occlusal portion with a lateral condensor
•After initial set, create the marginal ridge using an explorer
•Carve restoration and remove excess from margins using a cleoid-discoid or hollenback carver
•Carefully remove band and burnish restoration using a ball burnisher. Apply moist cotton pellet or pumice paste for final smoothening
•Remove rubber dam and check occlusion*