title: Equipping a dental laboratory: making a shell blaster.
abstract: A shell blaster has many uses in a dental laboratory. However, because of the size and expense of this piece of equipment, it is not often found in many office laboratories. This article describes a method for making a relatively small, fully functional shell blaster for less than one hundred dollars. The shell blaster can be changed into a sandblaster by removing the walnut shells and refilling it with 26-grit aluminous oxide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dental School, San Antonio.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Troendle
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Troendle
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002133:Calcium Sulfate; D003779:Denture Design / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D007754:Laboratories, Dental
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D002133:Calcium Sulfate