A 50-year-old female presented with a 12-year history of increasingly severe symptoms affecting the oral mucosa following dental work. On the first occasion, the patient noted a tingling sensation in her lips and tongue on the day after dental work. She experienced worsening symptoms over the next few years, noticing that they always occurred around 24 hr after having crowns replaced or a new c...

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...

PURPOSE The storage conditions of impressions affect the dimensional accuracy of the impression materials. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of storage time on dimensional accuracy of five different impression materials by cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Polyether (Impregum), hydrocolloid (Hydrogum and Alginoplast), and silicone (Zetaflow and Honigum) ...

We investigated the temporal response of four dental impression materials, namely three siloxanes (Imprint 4, Flexitime, Aquasil) and one polyether (Impregum). The null hypothesis was that the nominal working times are confirmed by instrumental laboratory tests. We also aimed to identify alternative techniques with strong physical-chemical background for the assessment of temporal response. Tra...

Objective. To investigate the accuracy of dies obtained from single-step and 2-step double-mix impressions. Material and Methods. Impressions (n = 10) of a stainless steel die simulating a complete crown preparation were performed using a polyether (Impregum Soft Heavy and Light body) and a vinyl polysiloxane (Perfectim Blue Velvet and Flexi-Velvet) in two consistencies, in one or two (without ...

objective:  the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of two impression materials on the shear bond strength of porcelain to immediately sealed dentin. materials and methods: smooth dentin surfaces of 45 extracted premolars were immediately sealed with adper single bond adhesive agent. forty-five porcelain specimens were also prepared. the teeth were divided into one control and t...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the following study is to evaluate the interaction between the resin materials used in immediate dentin sealing (IDS) techniques and impression materials with two different techniques to eliminate the oxygen-inhibition layer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The occlusal dentin surface of 35 human molars was exposed. The teeth were used in two Groups: Group 1 - Impression wit...

BACKGROUND Impression materials during impression procedure often get infected with various infectious diseases. Hence, disinfection of impression materials with various disinfectants is advised to protect the dental team. Disinfection can alter the dimensional accuracy of impression materials. The present study was aimed to evaluate the dimensional accuracy of elastomeric impression materials ...

The aim of this study was to determine quantitatively and qualitatively the inorganic particle fraction of commercially available dental elastomers. The inorganic volumetric fraction of two addition silicones (Reprosil Putty/Fluid and Flexitime Easy Putty/Fluid), three condensation silicones (Clonage Putty/Fluid, Optosil Confort/Xantopren VL and Silon APS Putty/Fluid), one polyether (Impregum S...

UNLABELLED PROBLEM/AIMS: Thin sections of impression materials are susceptible to tearing in gingival crevices and interproximal spaces. This study measures the tear strength of six fast and regular set impression materials after different setting times and at different tearing rates. MATERIALS/METHODS Tear strength specimens were prepared of four addition silicone materials: Aquasil (Dentspl...