title: Simplified splint construction with light-cured resin.
abstract: The technique described in this article involves the use of a relatively new material that has reduced the time required for the production of a finished surgical splint to approximately 20 minutes (including the 12-minute curing time of the material). It eliminates exposure to toxic materials, unpleasant odor, skin and mucous membrane irritation, and the myriad of additional time-consuming steps usually required for fabrication of conventional self- or heat-cured acrylic resin splints. The system is inexpensive, compact, nonhazardous, and readily available.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Scuba
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D003765:Models, Dental; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D013165:Splints
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; C060386:Triad resin