title: Marginal reservoirs for multiunit castings.
abstract: This study measured the distortion of one-piece base metal four-unit fixed partial dentures and recorded the effect of positioning "marginal reservoirs" on the wax patterns. Standard wax patterns were made in a special three-piece stainless steel mold. Twenty anterior prostheses were cast: 10 for the experimental group and 10 for the control group. The prostheses were cast in a nickel-chromium alloy and were measured with a traveling microscope with a micrometer scale. Premarked points were designated on gingivoaxial line angles for buccolingual and mesiodistal distances and diameters to record marginal discrepancies of specimens with or without marginal reservoirs. Castings with marginal reservoirs distorted significantly less than did the control fixed partial dentures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, University of Hacettepe, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omurtay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003735:Dental Casting Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D018772:Dental Marginal Adaptation; D003779:Denture Design; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002858:Chromium Alloys