14 June 2023
Dental laboratory technology is the main auxiliary trade for the dental profession and it supports dentistry both materially and technically. It is, by definition, the art and the science of fabricating devices to correct and/or replace natural teeth [1].
Dental laboratories are primarily concerned…
12 June 2023
Removable full dentures are full dental prostheses that replace the entire dentition and the reabsorbed soft and hard tissues of the upper and lower jaws, and that can be easily inserted and removed by patients themselves [1].
The clinical and technical stages required to fabricate removable full…
29 May 2023
Biological risk in the workplace, with a few exceptions that might include healthcare settings or diagnostic and research laboratories, is undeniably attributed less importance than other occupational risks, and it can be little known or overlooked, especially for outdoor work activities. Yet…
29 May 2023
Dental models are positive reproductions of a patient’s intraoral situation. (1)
They can be fabricated using either the conventional technique, by casting gypsum inside an impression, or a CAD/CAM digital technique, by milling or 3D printing. (2)
Depending on how they are used, Models can be divided…
8 May 2023
Dental impressions are negative reproductions of the teeth and adjacent structures. (1)
The more adjacent structures an impression records, the greater the extent of the impression will be.
The extent of an impression is therefore a physical-anatomical-volumetric…
11 April 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is “a computerised process that aims to reproduce human or animal intelligence and that is applied in a vast range of fields (for example, automatic learning, natural language processing and robotics)” [1].
It is already applied in a vast spectrum of disciplines,…
3 February 2023
Alginate is the most commonly-used impression material in dental practices [1]. Its uses range from the fabrication of study and antagonist models to the fabrication of work models for orthodontics [2].
Alginate, which has been developed since the 1930s, is a material belonging to the irreversible…
3 February 2023
Alginate is undoubtedly one of the most commonly used impression materials in orthodontics. (1.2)
But why is it so popular? And what characteristics must an “orthodontic” alginate have?
Let’s take a look at them.
In orthodontics,…
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