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Question..... looking for suggestions on a splint that going to be hard occlusal and soft tissue side. Not suck down material.
Any suggestions!
Any suggestions!
I don't have any responsibility for its presence....The previous lab I worked for used talon and man I hated it, insanely sticky stuff that always ended up stuck all over everything.
Today’s vacuum form machines and materials are so good imo we rarely do a “traditional” guard anymore. All vacuumed.
Eclipse from Dentsply has two materials that go on the top of each other. Soft first, cure and then add the clear hard second and cure. Clear like glass. Very minimum adjustments.Question..... looking for suggestions on a splint that going to be hard occlusal and soft tissue side. Not suck down material.
Any suggestions!
We used to press pack clear acrylic with a wax spacer, then replace with Impak. Now we do the entire thing with Impak at a 3 to 1 powder to liquid ratio. The finished product ends up hard but malleable when warmed. Every doctor we’ve done one for has switched. Easy to insert, polishes nicely when cool, seems to last well. We make them a little thicker than the all acrylic ones, but they don’t seem to mind.
Yup Versacryl is a very cool material for a variety of situations...I have used it on claspless flippers to engage undercuts and to add retention to an assortment of acrylic appliancesThis stuff is pretty cool too, thermo elastic, probably not tough enough for guards, but the soft liner would work well for the inner side. Its come in handy a few times..versacryl