Care for Gypsum Products
-To prevent deterioration
1. Must be kept in a sealed airtight
container (powder is sensitive to
atmospheric pressure so it must be
sealed to prolong storage life)
2. Must be kept/stored in a cool dry
place
3. Use a clean and dry scooping
instruments to prevent contamination.
4. Do not expose to atmospheric
pressure and high temperature
5. Must be in a big enough containers so
you can shake well before scooping
*Best time to use - within 3 years after
manufactured
How to take impression
1. Check size of impression tray
2. Sit upright
* Hold with 3-point contact, left and
right handle
3. Retract cheek one side of tray at a
time (mouth 1/2 open)
*Tray has depression for frenum
4. SOP - Bring impression to running
water to remove saliva, food debris and
blood, shake to remove excess water
because it will dilute consistency.
(standard operating position)
5. To prevent dripping of excess
impression material to the soft palate
(posterior end), ask patient to tilt the
head downward, or else the patient will
gag
*In dentulous arch - impression material
should not fill tray up to the rim. Fill it
only halfway or 2/3 full because it may
be displaced out of tray.
*In edentulous arch - Tray should be full
or else we might not get the detailed
copy if impression.
6. Once positioned, lift tongue up when
taking impression (or setting) of
mandible to avoid alteration of accuracy
because the tongue may be pushing the
tray. No need to tilt the head down.
*Perforation of tray helps in adhesion of
material to the tray
Rigid Thermoset Impression Materials:
Soluble Plaster, ZOE Paste
Rigid Thermoplastic Impression Materials:
Waxes, Modeling Compound
Elastic Thermoset Impression Materials:
Alginate, RIM
Elastic Thermoplastic Impression
Materials:
Agar
Impression Taking Techniques
1. Single - impression taken once to
make cast
2. Double - preliminary and secondary
-Impression taken twice
-More accurate, the better
A. Preliminary impression
-Uses ready-made trays on patients
(stock trays)
-Uses plaster of Paris (study cast
produced)
-Make individual tray using study cast
with resin, shellac base plates and Type
II modeling compound
B. Secondary/Corrective/Final/Wash
Impression
-Uses individual tray - patterned to
correct size of arch
-Put secondary impression inside
patient's mouth to correct defects of
preliminary impression to make the
working cast
-Use dental stone to make working cast
-Corrective because it corrects defects
of preliminary impression
-Wash because it would be clean
therefore having accurate impression
Requirements of a good cast:
1.Smooth and Rigid appearance
2. Dimensionally stable though cast
material is gypsum product
3. No presence of irregularities (No
juice/bubble formation)
4. Strong enough to withstand
fracture/forces
5. No elevation
6. Compatible with impression material
7. Able to copy object accurately
Manipulation of soluble plaster
1. Use rubber bowl and spatula
2. Paint separating medium with varnish,
color guard or soap suspension (avoid
interlocking of crystals), then dry, before
pouring cast for easy separation
3. Soak in warm water to let impression
plaster to swell (potato starch) so cast will
loosen
4. Low compressive strength because of
increase in water-powder ratio: 580 +/-
290 psi -> easily fracture; if all parts
present, as long as no missing part:
proceed to cast pouring
*Coloring material/pigment - to identify
soluble plaster from other gypsum
products
*Flavoring material - to make it palatable