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Dental Impression Materials

Medical Definition: Substances used to create an impression, or negative reproduction, of the teeth and dental arches. These materials include dental plasters and cements, metallic oxide pastes, silicone base materials, or elastomeric materials.
Guide Notes: IM; coord with specific material if pertinent (IM); DF: DENT IMPRESSION MATERIALS
Dental Impression Materials Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Inlay Casting Wax - A mixture of several dental waxes, usually containing paraffin wax, ceresin, beeswax, resins, and other natural and synthetic waxes. It is used for making patterns to determine the shape of the metallic framework and other parts of removable partial dentures. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p868)

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