Essix blockout

[JKraver]

What do yall use to block out essix I am using the blue light cure blockout, but on a crazy/perio case I can really run through it. It is not super cheap either. I just got some putty or clay like crap from buffalo. Haven't really used it much yet.

 

[GarryB]

What do yall use to block out essix I am using the blue light cure blockout, but on a crazy/perio case I can really run through it. It is not super cheap either. I just got some putty or clay like crap from buffalo. Haven't really used it much yet.

VHT wax from Erkodent when we have large areas to block out as like you, it's expensive using light cure for this.

 

[JKraver]

The wax doesn't melt rendering it useless? How would you apply it?

 

[McTeeth]

The wax doesn't melt rendering it useless? How would you apply it?

Duplicate model after? Ugh Mickey Mousing is annoying

 

[Doris A]

Wax out the undercuts, make a duplicate model and make the essix on the duplicate, then seat it on your master.

 

[JKraver]

Wax out the undercuts, make a duplicate model and make the essix on the duplicate, then seat it on your master.

I am in house, I need something faster than two pours. I suck down on master model just how it has to be in my scenario.

 

[TomZ]

pattern resin

 

[Doris A]

Try this putty, I use the 90 shore hardness. http://kulzer.com/en/int/dental_technician/products_a_to_z/pala_2/pala_lab_putty.aspx

 

[kcdt]

What do yall use to block out essix I am using the blue light cure blockout, but on a crazy/perio case I can really run through it. It is not super cheap either. I just got some putty or clay like crap from buffalo. Haven't really used it much yet.

Make survey line form heighth of contour to gingiva( I use a drafting pencil with the lead extended) use plaster in a dry pickup with sds and a brush, fill between the lines.

 

[2thm8kr]

Make survey line form heighth of contour to gingiva( I use a drafting pencil with the lead extended) use plaster in a dry pickup with sds and a brush, fill between the lines.

What if it's a printed model?

 

[GarryB]

The wax doesn't melt rendering it useless? How would you apply it?

Because its VHT wax it doesn't melt too much. Apply with a hot ash 5 carver. We use thermoforming foils with a peel off sheet after pressing so they are nice and clear with no wax residue. Super fast and simple.

Most of our clients don't want the model back so a broken model is no problem. For the few that do we scan and if the model is wrecked print a new one. (we used to duplicate these before we got a scanner).

 

[kcdt]

What if it's a printed model?

I guess that would depend on who in the chain produced it, and whether or not it had been blocked out in design.

Although, considering the cost of an Essex, I wonder if printed is worth the expense.

I admit I'm probably not current on printed model costs.

 

[2thm8kr]

I guess that would depend on who in the chain produced it, and whether or not it had been blocked out in design.

Although, considering the cost of an Essex, I wonder if printed is worth the expense.

I admit I'm probably not current on printed model costs.

Just trying to get some of the old guard to think about new directions.

 

[JKraver]

Just trying to get some of the old guard to think about new directions.

Printed models on essix seems like a waste to me, but to each their own.

 

[2thm8kr]

Printed models on essix seems like a waste to me, but to each their own.

Not about essix and printing, but about blocking out non plaster models.

 

[rkm rdt]

I just made one from a printed model.

 

[2thm8kr]

I just made one from a printed model.

Nice job old timer.

 

[rkm rdt]

 

[JKraver]

Did you print the model for the sole purpose of making an essix?

 

[2thm8kr]

Did you print the model for the sole purpose of making an essix?

If from a Trios scan, what choice would he have?