title: Dental impression materials.
abstract: It is clear that many impression materials are available to the veterinary dentist. They each have different inherent properties, handling characteristics, and indications for use. A thorough understanding of these concepts is essential if the veterinarian and laboratory technician are to produce meaningful and accurate reproductions of oral structures. New products are constantly being introduced to the dental market, with fantastic claims for ease of use and reproduction of detail. The reader is urged to seek independent research findings when assessing such claims, and make decisions founded in the highest possible levels of evidence.
authors.affiliation: Grove Lodge Veterinary Hospital, Worthing, West Sussex, UK. oralvet@googlemail.com
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D003760:Dental Impression Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D003761:Dental Impression Technique / Q000662:veterinary*; D004548:Elasticity; D020724:Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry; D004987:Ethers / Q000737:chemistry; D018583:Pliability; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000737:chemistry; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry; D012833:Siloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D013440:Sulfides; D013499:Surface Properties; D014783:Viscosity; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D003102:Colloids; D003760:Dental Impression Materials; D020724:Elastomers; D004987:Ethers; D011145:Polyvinyls; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012833:Siloxanes; D013440:Sulfides; C034183:vinyl polysiloxane; C032915:polysulfide