Materials for Impressions – 2003

From Volume 31, Issue 1, January 2004 | Pages 40-45

Authors

David Brown

BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, FIMMM

Senior Lecturer in Dental Biomater ials Science, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College, London

Articles by David Brown

Abstract

Thirty years ago the author set out the logical sequence of dimensional changes that could occur in the impression materials of the 1970s. In the 21st Century, it appears that little has changed and that what the dental practitioner requires today is the same as it always was – a forgiving material that produces perfect impressions with a minimum of trauma to the patient, dentist and technician.

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