High accuracy dental impression is usually a first step during fabrication of indirect restorations that have to be seated in or on prepared teeth. The dimensional stability of the impression material could have an influence on the accuracy of the final restoration. Elastomeric materials (additioncured silicones and condensationcured silicones) are most frequently used as the impression materia...

background: the second processing cycle for adding the artificial teeth to heat-polymerized acrylic resin denture bases may result in dimensional changes of the denture bases. the aim of thisstudy was to evaluate the dimensional changes of the heat-polymerized acrylic resin denture bases with one and two-cycle processing methods. materials and methods: a metal edentulous maxillary arch was used...

This paper reviews the main modeling techniques for stone columns, both ordinary stone columns and geosynthetic-encased stone columns. The paper tries to encompass the more recent advances and recommendations in the topic. Regarding the geometrical model, the main options are the "unit cell", longitudinal gravel trenches in plane strain conditions, cylindrical rings of gravel in axial symmetry ...

We present two examples of nice normal spaces X having the property that for some fixedpoint free homeomorphism on X its tech-Stone extension has a fixed point. One of the spaces presented here is locally countable, locally compact, separable, normal, countably paracompact and weakly zero-dimensional. The other one is hereditarily normal and strongly zero-dimensional. Our construction of this e...

We present two examples of nice normal spaces X having the property that for some xed-point free homeomorphism on X its Cech-Stone extension has a xed point. One of the spaces presented here is locally countable, locally compact, separable , normal, countably paracompact and weakly zero-dimensional. The other one is hereditarily normal and strongly zero-dimensional. Our construction of this exa...

This study compared the surface detail reproduction and dimensional accuracy of stone models obtained from molds disinfected with 2% sodium hypochlorite, 2% chlorhexidine digluconate or 0.2% peracetic acid to models produced using molds which were not disinfected, with 3 alginate materials (Cavex ColorChange, Hydrogum 5 and Jeltrate Plus). The molds were prepared over matrix containing 20-, 50-...

abstract introduction: impression making is one of the most important steps in fixed prosthodontics. due to contra-dictory opinions on the issue of the accuracy of silicone impression material as a function of technique, this study was carried out to assess the dimensional accuracy of master casts made by rapid silicone material as a function of three impression techniques: with 2mm space, with...