This paper describes the design and fabrication of a soft liner-retained, implant-supported overdenture used in 10 patients over a period of 1 to 6 years. A final complete denture impression is made of the dental arch, including implant abutments extending 5 mm above the gingival tissue. The master cast is fabricated with actual abutments placed in the impression. After the final wax try-in, th...

Impression materials used in the analysis of bite marks are required to maintain their stability and integrity for extended periods. It has been observed that certain impressions taken of skin lose their properties with time, becoming sticky and unusable as evidence. The objective of this study was to investigate the onset of "stickiness" in two commonly used dental impression materials when br...

Introduction: The purpose of beading & boxing of an impression is to obtain an accurate cast with proper border & base thickness for fabrication of restorations. Beading is the protection of the formed border thickness of the final impressions & Boxing of an impression is building up vertical walls around it. Aim: The purpose of this hybrid technique of beading and boxing is to produce a smooth...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The literature is limited on the detailed description of the practice of Irish general dentists in the provision of crowns. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To review the provision of crowns by dentists in Ireland and identify opportunities for improving current clinical practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire was posted to 500 general dentists selected randomly from t...

OBJECTIVES This study was planned to evaluate the dimensional stability of elastomers during cold sterilization or immersion disinfection and also to evaluate the same, along with acrylic resin trays which are used in clinical practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS A study mold according to revised American Dental Association. Specification no. 19 was used. Polyether, polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) (heavy...

AIM At present, two different clinical procedures to ensure the adherence of indirect tooth restorations to the dental tissues are available: a traditional method based on a delayed dentin sealing (DDS) and an innovative approach that contemplates an immediate dentin sealing (IDS). In this study the authors highlight the advantages of the latter method (IDS), decribing the operating phases of t...

Objective: To compare changes, in linear dimension of Alginate impression by disinfection with immersion 0.525% Sodium Hypochlorite solution and no disinfection. Study Design: Randomized Control Trial. Setting: Department Prosthodontics, Punjab Dental Hospital Lahore. Period: April 2018 to September 2018. Material & Methods: Sixty alginate impressions were made a stainless steel die randoml...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite (1 : 10) and iodophor disinfectants on alginate impressions along with their effect on the survived bacterium count on the gypsum cast. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four alginate impression on each dentate patients were made, of which Group I were not washed or disinfected, Group II impressions were merely washed with water, Group III were disi...