title: A laboratory silicone for preclinical training in ear prosthesis.
abstract: This article describes an industrial elastic silicone as a material for the laboratory fabrication of ear prosthesis. It has been tested for toxicity in lab animals by the SGS India Pvt. Ltd and approved as a material to pass the parameter of abnormal toxicity. This material therefore can be safely recommended for laboratory exercise to fabricate facial prosthesis. The high cost of the maxillo facial silicone materials prohibits their use for facial prosthesis in pre-clinical training of post-graduate students in maxillofacial prosthodontics. For this reason, pre-clinical laboratory exercise in facial prosthesis is inadequate. A few institutions use polymethyl methacrylate resins which are rigid and do not have elastic characteristics of silicone, which is used for facial defects. This cost-effective industrial silicone material which mimics the elastic and color characteristics of the conventional silicones can be recommended for preclinical exercises.
authors: Department of Prosthodontics, Sathyabama University Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: Vijay
authors: V
authors: Anand
authors: Haribabu
authors: Vimala
authors: Vimala
authors: V
authors: Gnanasamband
keywords: Facial prosthesis; laboratory silicone; maxillo facial; prosthesis
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