Dental Impression Materials and Techniques

Amit Punj; Despoina Bompolaki; Jorge Garaicoa

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2017.06.004

Dental Impression Materials and Techniques

Dent Clin North Am. 2017 Oct;61(4):779-796. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.06.004.

Authors

Amit Punj¹, Despoina Bompolaki², Jorge Garaicoa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Restorative Dentistry, OHSU School of Dentistry, 2730 Southwest Moody Avenue, Room 10N078, Portland, OR 97201, USA. Electronic address: punj@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Restorative Dentistry, OHSU School of Dentistry, 2730 Southwest Moody Avenue, Room 10N076, Portland, OR 97201, USA.

PMID: 28886768
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.06.004

Abstract

Dental impression making is the process of creating a negative form of the teeth and oral tissues, into which gypsum or other die materials can be processed to create working analogues. Contemporary dentistry generates new information every year and digital dentistry is becoming established and influential. Although dentists should stay abreast of new technologies, some of the conventional materials and time-tested techniques remain widely used. It is important to review the impression-making process to ensure that practitioners have up-to-date information about how to safely and effectively capture the exact form of the oral tissues to provide optimal patient management.

Keywords: Conventional impressions; Dental impressions; Dental materials; Digital impressions.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design
Dental Impression Materials / therapeutic use*
Dental Impression Technique* / instrumentation
Dental Prosthesis Design / methods
Disinfection
Humans

Substances

Dental Impression Materials