title: A cost-effective method for producing custom dental teaching aids using RTV silicone.
abstract: A method for making low-cost custom dental teaching aids, using components of standard models and a silicone replication technique, is described. The process is quick, and is suitable for both small and large numbers of individual model types.
authors.affiliation: University of Otago School of Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003814:Dentistry, Operative / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D003765:Models, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D012828:Silicones; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones