History Of Dental Waxes Flashcards
Wax has been valuable commodity for over what years?
2,000 years
True or false.
In ancient times beeswax was used for softening skin, binding together reeds used for flutes, coating and preserving valuable objects candle production and making sculptures and status of highly regarded public figures.
True
Was derived from secretions that bees used to build honeycombs
Beeswax
True or false.
Beeswax is still used today, although, modern waxes such as those used to preserve furniture and automobile surfaces and those design for dental procedures are made from natural plant and animal sources; some types are derived synthetic synthetically from petroleum products and distillates.
True
Are typically composed of hydrogen, carbon oxygen, and chlorine
Synthetic waxes
Are more uniform than natural waxes in their organic structure and more homogeneous in composition
Synthetic waxes
Are typically composed of hydrogen carbon oxygen and chlorine
Synthetic waxes
Is one of the hardest and most durable waxes it is derived from the fronts of carnova palm trees.
Carnauba
What is one of the main components of dental inlay wax?
Carnauba
A major component of some dental waxes is obtained from plants growing in costa rica, guatemala, mexico, nicaragua, panama and the southwestern united states
Candelilla wax
From all the dental waxes such as:
plant derived carnauba, and candilella waxes, animal derived beeswax, smd mineral derived paraffin and ceresene waxes, and other dental waxes, they are produced from the components of?
Fats, gums, oils, and resins
Are mixture of various components
Dental waxes
What are the components of dental waxes?
Natural wax and synthetic wax
What are the natural wax?
Mineral - paraffin and ceresin
Plant - carnauba
Animal - beeswax
