FABRICATION OF THE METAL FRAMEWORK Flashcards
How much undercut is needed for any cast metal/material?
.01”
How much undercut is needed for wrought wire?
.02”
Casts are ____ to eliminate undercut areas that will be crossed by the rigid parts of RPD
Blocked out in wax
What are the 4 areas that are arbitrary blockouts used in certain scenarios?
Gingival crevices
Spaces between teeth not in design
Gross tissue undercuts
Areas that would complicate the duplication process
The _____ cast is used for investment to allow the wax to boil out to make the metal framework
Refractory cast
Space between the framework and cast/soft tissue
Beneath framework: extension in edentulous areas
-Provide attachment of denture base
- form internal finish line
Relief
___ material is made of a gypsum material that has a certain amount of expansion
- used to make refractory cast
Investment materials
_______ which has been
warmed, is poured and it flows into the
duplication flask.
Reversible hydrocolloid
What cast is used to fabricate the framework pattern using wax?
Refractory cast
What impression material is used to make an impression of the wax pattern on the refractory cast?
Agar (Reversible hydrocolloid)