title: A modified technique for fabricating a mirror image wax pattern for an auricular prosthesis.
abstract: This article describes a technique for fabricating a wax pattern for an auricular prosthesis by tracing the shape of a sliced cast of the contralateral ear at an interval of 1-mm and transferring the shape of each 1-mm slice to a similar dimension modeling wax sheet. In this way, slices of modeling wax are obtained, which can be reversed and placed over the previous slice to produce a mirror image wax pattern of the contralateral ear.
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, A.C.P.M. Dental College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: drshaiquegajdhar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shaiq
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gajdhar
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate student, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, M.G.V.'S K.B.H. Dental College, Nashik, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sajda Khan
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gajdhar
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, A.C.P.M. Dental College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Srikanth Reddy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Salakalakonda
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Abubakkar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasthare
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D004431:Ear, External; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties; D014885:Waxes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D014885:Waxes