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Die Stone

OTHER NAMES OF DIE STONE: Die stone or Type IV or Improved Dental Stone or High Strength Stone. It is the strongest and hardest variety of gypsum products. USES: Used where high surface hardness and high strength is required ex: Crown and Bridge, Inlays PROCEDURE: As per manufacturers instructions a thick mix is prepared. This […]

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Impression Agar Agar in Dentistry Part Three

In this part three of series Agar Agar in Dentistry we will learn about different Impression techniques of Agar-Agar, its Advantages and Disadvantages In Part One post we learnt about Hydrocolloids, Sol-Gel Transformation, Uses of Agar – Agar in Dentistry, Composition, Commercial Brands, Supplied As, Preparation and Types of Agar. If you haven’t read that,

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Manipulation Agar – Agar in Dentistry Part Two

In this post we will learn about Manipulation of Agar, Conditioning Unit and Properties of Agar In previous post we learnt about Hydrocolloids, Sol-Gel Transformation, Uses of Agar – Agar in Dentistry, Composition, Commercial Brands, Supplied As, Preparation and Types of Agar. If you haven’t read that, we suggest you read that first by clicking

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Agar – Agar in Dentistry Part One

In this post we will learn about Hydrocolloids, Sol-Gel Transformation, Uses of Agar – Agar in Dentistry, Composition, Commercial Brands, Supplied As, Preparation and Types of Agar Hydrocolloids Agar is a hydrocolloid, which basically consists of gelatin particles suspended in water and water is the dispersion medium. Solution – uniformly dispersed solute and solvent eg

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