"Snap on Smile"

[keroassidy]

For a "snap on smile" I would recommend acetal resin form cdm dental. Just dupe the prepped model but make sure to use their very high expanding stone , wax up case invest , shoot acetal , divest and polish . Acetal will not break , and actually some labs are offering snap on veneers and nesbits.

 

[DMC]

Tell Chris Schemerhorn to get on here! I'll go find him....

 

[Mountain Goat]

Try Radica, Has nice incisal and is hell strong. Good for this type of dental restorative "quackery" such as snap on smiles.

 

[rkm rdt]

Reread the first post.

 

[Davesgone]

Acetal for snap on smile

Is anyone using acetal to take the place of "snap on smile" ? Big T

 

[DMC]

I know of a dude that is designing on CAD and rapid-prototyping....burning out pattern invested in Phosphate high-heat...then injecting w/?? thermoplastic.

 

[AJEL]

Tell Chris Schemerhorn to get on here! I'll go find him....

Chris calls these cosmetic orthotic appliances, at his N.Virginia DL. As the snapon he developed got patented ed (Den-Mat) and "Snap-On" does break but not often & it is over non prepped teeth so it must be bulky. The original post was for an inexpensive diagnostic tool, "Snap-On" is not cheap (often looks that way). rkm rdt's technique is quicker and cheaper (I would use EMMA monomier from Protech - Cold Cure & superbond to make the tooth colored acrylic flexible, same cost no chipping when super thin.)

Is anyone using acetal to take the place of "snap on smile" ? Big T

I do the cosmetic orthotic using both CDM(Myerson) & Fexite acetal, & I use an expansion stone. I have found it makes a kick @ss diagnostic biteopener. & can improve a patient's self worth (have we not seen the stomach acid results from Bulimia). during evaluation & planning stage& early treatment.

 

[CoolHandLuke]

currently i'm hammering out a method to repeatably make PMMA oral devices such as orthotics and surgical stents, but i think such a thing could be used to make a smile given this PMMA structure is sold as NOT going to last long.

but this thing could be used to vacuform for no-prep veneers in emax or empress.

but what about using this same tool (which i am still working on) to fabricate Zirconia full anatomical veneers... imagine it now... toiletbowl white chicklet smiles everywhere

*shudder*