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DEFINITION [GPT 8]
PROPERTIES OF WAXES
Melting range
Transition temperature
Mechanical properties
Flow
Residual stress
MELTING RANGE
carnauba 50 – 900C
Significance:
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Mixing of waxes can change their melting range.
Eg: CET of type 1 wax is[ between 220C and37.50C] is 323×10 _6/0C
Significance:
The CET of inlay waxes are high enough that temperature changes in
wax pattern after the establishment of critical dimensional relationships may
serve as a major contributing factor in inaccuracy of finished restoration.
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
Significance:
Waxes which need to be rigid should have a transition temp above 370C
eg: inlay wax.
FLOW
Is the slippage of wax molecules over each other. Measure of flow is the
measure of the degree of plastic deformation of material at a given temperature.
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Depends on
Composition of wax
Significance:
A greater flow of above 500C or above oral temp helps to record details.
Negligible flow at 370C reduces distortion due to internal stresses.
RESIDUAL STRESSES
May be due to
Occluded air
Processing
Carving
During storage
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
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As the temp decreases mech properties improve
COMPONENTS
Natural waxes
Synthetic waxes
Additives
NATURAL WAXES:
1. Minerals:
Microcrystalline
Paraffin
Barnsdahl
Ozokerite
Ceresin
Montan
2. Plants:
Carnauba wax
Ouricury wax
Candelia wax
Japan wax
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Cocoa butter
3. Insect:
Bee’s wax
4. Animal::
Spermaceti wax
SYNTHETIC WAXES :
Acra wax C
Epolene
Aerosol OT
Albacer
Castor wax
Dura wax
Flexo wax
ADDITIVES
Fats
Stearic acid
Glyceryl tristearate
Oils
Turpentine
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Color
Natural resins
Copal
Dammar
Sandarac
Mastic
Shellac
Kauri
Synthetic resins
Elvax
Polyethylene
Polystyrene
CHEMICAL NATURE
CLASSIFICATION
BASED ON USE
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PATTERN WAXES :
PROCESSING WAXES :
Boxing wax
Utility wax
Sticky wax
IMPRESSION WAXES
PATTERN WAXES
Inlay wax
Ideal requirements
It should have good color contrast. This helps to identify the margin between the
die and the wax pattern at the finish line.
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It should be smoothly contoured, otherwise it will produce a rough surface on the
casting.
It should be dimensionally stable from the time of fabrication till the burnout.
When used intraorally it should have good flow at the oral temperature, but once
removed and cooled it should become rigid.
The flow should be more than 70 % at 450C and less than 1 % at 370C
Classification
Type I:
I Medium wax employed in direct technique.
Type II: Soft wax used for indirect technique for inlays and crowns.
Available as: Blue, green or purple sticks of 7.5 cm length and 6 mm diameter.
Also available as small pellets and cones.
Plastodent C, Jelenko green wax, S-U Dental blue wax, S-U dental green wax.
GC blue, Shofu color
Composition
Main ingredient.
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Main disadvantage is-it flakes when trimmed. It does not give a smooth
surface, so to modify it other waxes are added.
Reduces flakiness.
v. Candellila wax
Synthetic waxes
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In modern inlay waxes, carnauba wax is often replaced partly by certain
synthetic waxes. They have high melting point.
This allows greater paraffin content of the wax which improves working
characteristics.
1. Flow
Maximum flow
Significance:
Type I wax flows well at oral temperature and so can be used for direct pattern
technique.
Type ii is more rigid and needs higher temperature to soften and so used for
indirect technique.
The wax should be softened at 450C and placed into the prepared cavity. Only at
this temperature it has the highest flow. This allows accurate detail
recording.
2. Thermal properties
Inlay wax has the largest CTE compared to any other material used in
restorative dentistry.
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It has a linear expansion of 0.7%
Thermal conductivity:
ii.
Significance:
The pattern can get distorted due to uneven heating and cooling.
The pattern should not be cooled under pressure as this increases the
coefficient of thermal expansion. This can cause distortion.
Wax distortion:
When waxes are heated they soften but stresses are induced. On cooling
these stresses are released which causes distortion.
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Wax contracts on cooling to room temperature and this can cause distortion.
Gas bubbles can get incorporated during fabrication. The escape of these gases
can lead to distortion.
Prevention
Some of the factors causing distortion are inherent to the property of waxes and
cannot be completely eliminated.
The stresses are released over a period of time, so by investing the pattern
immediately distortion can be minimized.
A wax bath can be used. The wax is usually uniformly melted at the ideal
temperature and the die is dipped into the wax bath.
Uses: Patterns for inlays, crowns and bridges is first made in wax, and then
converted into metal or ceramic by casting.
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The flow charac, bending strength, and softening temp of 6 industrial and 7
dental waxes were studied.
A direct relation between flow of wax and casting shrinkage was found.
If a wax with a low flow and high strength is used, a larger casting ring
should be considered.
i. Direct Technique
It is called so because the prepared cavity is recorded directly. The pattern is then
invested.
The stick should be rotated over the flame for uniform heating.
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It is then invested.
The main advantage of this technique is that it saves time because there is no
need to prepare a die.
The die is coated with a die spacer to provide space for luting agent.
The die is dipped into a wax bath with melted inlay wax (dipping method).
Finally wax pattern is carved finished and polished with silk cloth.
Precautions
Should not be softened with warm water as solvents leach out and splattering can
occur due to presence of water.
When measured on intra- and extra coronal master dies, the light
polymerized, diacrylate resins had equal or better marginal fit, compared with
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wax or auto polymerized acrylic resin, and were less affected by placement
technique and storage.
Casting wax
Supplied As
Readymade shapes
Round (10 cm), half round and half pear shaped rods.
Mesh work.
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Shaped like clasps.
Composition
Paraffin wax
Ceresin
Beeswax
Resins
Other waxes
Type II-Medium: To use intraorally (in normal climates not in too warm
climates).
Composition:
Generally consist of
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Paraffin or ceresin 8%
Beeswax 12.0%.
Carnauba 2.5%.
Microcrystalline 2.5 %
Requirements
Used in making occlusal rims. These are used to record jaw relations for
complete denture patients.
Processing Waxes
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Processing waxes are those waxes used in the laboratory procedures for
the construction of restorations and appliances, e.g. boxing wax, beading wax,
utility wax and sticky wax.
Use: Beading wax is adapted around the impression borders to create the land
area of the cast.
Boxing wax is used to build up vertical walls around the impression in order
to pour the gypsum product to make a cast base.
Composition
Beeswax.
Properties
Seals easily.
Pliable at 210C.
Commercial name : metro boxing in wax, cavex , kerr, metro ribbon wax
Uses
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Beading and boxing procedure: It is a laboratory procedure after final impression
making for complete denture patients.
The beading wax is usually a thin rope of wax which is pliable at room
temperature.
Onto the beaded margins the boxing wax is adapted and the impression is
poured.
The final cast should have 2 to 4 mm of land area around the sulcus which will
be formed by the beading wax.
The cast should have a height of about 10 to 15 mm in the deepest portion. This
height of the cast is formed by the boxing wax.
Advantages
Utility Wax
Composition
Beeswax.
Petrolatum.
Resins.
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Supplied as: It is available in the form of sticks and sheets. Orange or dark red in
color. In orthodontics, periphery wax is white in color.
Properties: Flow at 37.5 0C- min 65 % and max 80% . Pliable and tacky at 21-
240C.
Uses
Sticky Wax
Composition
Yellow beeswax
Rosin
Properties
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The pieces can be easily joined in a proper relationship.
Uses
It is used to seal a plaster splint to the stone cast during porcelain firing.
Impression waxes
Commercial names
* Principal use is to support and extension of the impression wax when there
is need to carry it beyond the border of the temporary base.
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* It congeals very quickly. Also it shows very little shrinkage. Hence used for
final wax-up of porcelain or resin teeth after they have been adjusted to the
desired position.
Colour is yellow
Its ability to adapt very slowly to the ridge structures makes its useful as a
temporary lining of a base which should be worn for a short time.
Colour is yellow
Its ability to adapt very slowly to the ridge structures makes its useful as a
temporary lining of a base which should be worn for a short time.
Colour is red
Flow greater than No. II wax but less than impression wax
NO. IV WAX
Colour is orange
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High rate of flow at body temperature
Must have sufficient flow to allow the release of any excess waxes in a
reasonable length of appointment time.
REQUISITIES
Each wax should be distinctly coloured for easy and positive identification.
In this series, one wax should be sufficiently hard and strong to give adequate
reinforcement of an extended periphery.
The wax surface should become glossy when it is receiving tissue support
Possess sufficient flow at mouth temperature so that any excess can escape to the
periphery, thus preventing any surface impingement beneath the extension
base.
Double boiler
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Application of impression waxes
The brush used should be medium stiff bristles about 3/8 inch in length.
A separate brush should be used for each kind of wax needed in a given
impression.
Taking impression
3. The appliance has been kept under continuous seating pressure for along
enough period (8-12min.) to let any excess wax escape to the periphery.
5. The periphery has been thickened to record the bulk which the cul-de-sac
structures can accommodate.
The impression has been removed from mouth without having the
periphery marred or distorted by coming in contact with tongue, cheek or
anything which could deform it.
IOWA WAX
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The Iowa wax was developed for use in recording the functional or
supporting form of an edentulous ridge.
Among these are the Jelenko Adaptol impression material and the stalite
impression material.
Iowa wax will not distort after removal from the mouth at ordinary room
temperatures.
But the more resinous waxes must be stored at much lower temperatures
to avoid flow when they are out of mouth.
Uses
Mainly used for functional impression for removable partial dentures in free end
saddle situations. For recording posterior palatal seal region in complete
denture fabrication.
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Used as a secondary impression material or as an impression material for relining
the finished partial denture to obtain support from the underlying tissues.
Also used to correct borders of impression made from other rigid material.
Advantages
Easy to manipulate.
Given sufficient time they allow a rebound of tissues that have been forcibly
displaced.
They record tissues without over displacement and ensure uniformity of support
for the partial denture framework..
Disadvantages
Complex armamentarium.
Bite registrations are also made from 28 gauge casting wax sheets or
hard base plate wax.
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SUMMARY
From the early use of bees wax for impression to current techniques
such as casting or interocclusal records, waxes are among the most popular and
useful of dental materials. They are economical, suited for many purposes.
Proper knowledge of certain critical characteristics- such as effect of heating on
flow, thermal expansion and distortion – will enable easy effective and efficient
handling of the material.
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