Elastomeric Impression Materials Flashcards

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What are the two impression materials?

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Polyether
Addition silicone

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What are the desirable qualities of an impression material?

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Accurate detail reproduction
Elastic recovery
High tear strength
Dimensionally stable
Ease of use
Speed of setting

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What are the ISO standards?

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Dental Standard – designed to assess relevant properties of a product to see whether it meets acceptable requirements for safe and effective use

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What is the ISO standard for impressions materials?

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  • grooves/indentations of either 20um or 50um (depending on material viscosity) are replicated
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What components in addition silicone ensure exceptional precision and excellent reproduction of anatomical details?

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The combination of the polymer and spheroid silicon microfillers

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What does a good wetability mean?

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Material spreads easily and adapts smoothly to denture and moist oral tissue

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What is the purpose of the ISO standards?

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“Standards are NOT designed to establish which is the “best performing” material for a given clinical application ……(instead) they are designed to exclude unsafe and poorly performing materials from the market”

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What are the ideal properties of impression materials?

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Viscosity – must be able to flow readily

Surface wetting – must make intimate contact with teeth/mucosa close to 0 degrees is best

Accuracy - surface reproduction and viscosity-elasticity/ elastic recovery

Tear Strength - stress material will withstand before fracturing

Low rigidity - ideally impression material is FLEXIBLE ie has low rigidity, to ease its removal from undercut /interdental regions

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What is viscosity and what is the different ranges?

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  • a measure of material’s ability to flow
  • determines a material’s potential for making close contact with hard/soft tissue surfaces
    (how well it records surface detail) - range: low, medium, high
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What is the ideal elasticity of a material?

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100% elastic recovery
Recovery from deformation, no permanent strain

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What should be done to reduce permanent strain/deformation?

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If LOAD time is less - and impression removed with a sharp pull, there is less overall permanent strain (ie lower deformation)

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What is the ideal viscoelasticity?

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when impression material, having been stretched/compressed on removal from mouth, fails to return to its original dimensions/shape

ie there is permanent deformation (permanent strain)

IDEAL – low viscoelasticity (small deformation)

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What type of material has a shorter working and setting time?

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Polyether

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