Walking bleach is a bleaching procedure performed at a dental clinic. The tooth involved is usually non vital and should be endodontically treated. Given by Nutting and Poe. Another name of Walking Bleach is Intracoronal bleaching Used in non vital endodontically treated tooth to remove tooth discoloration. Indications Dentin discoloration Discoloration caused due to pulp […]
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
In this post we shall discuss various Caries Activity and Caries Susceptibility Tests LACTOBACILLUS COLONY COUNT TEST Introduced by HODLEY IN 1933 PRINCIPLE: This caries activity & caries susceptibility test estimates the number of acidogenic and aciduric bacteria in the patients’ saliva by counting the number of colonies appearing on tomato peptone agar plates after
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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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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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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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