DENTAL MATERIALS 6

SOLUBLE PLASTER COMPONENTS

• 80% PLASTER OF PARIS

o main component

• K2SO4

o slow setting time and setting expansion

o 0.15% - setting expansion

• POTATO STARCH

o Makes the plaster “soluble”

o Swells when immersed in warm water bath making it easier to be removed

• Coloring materials/pigments

*Final setting time of ordinary Plaster of Paris is 20mins

*Final setting time of Soluble Plaster is 3-5mins

*Initial setting time of Soluble Plaster is 1-3mins

WATER – POWDER RATIO OF SOLUBLE PLASTER

50cc – 75cc of water per 100g of soluble plaster

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF SOLUBLE PLASTER

580 (+/-) 290psi or 290 – 870psi

SOLUBLE PLASTERS

• Used as SECONDARY IMPRESSION MATERIAL

o Remove with teasing movement

• Needed to have separating medium prior to cast construction

CAST CONSTRUCTION METHODS

• BOXING

o Adding at least half an inch of base

• INVERSION

o Invert the tray

• USE OF RUBBER BASE FORMER

o Shaped like the base of the cast and material is the same as of the rubber bowl

QUALITIES OF GOOD CAST

• Smooth but rigid appearance

• No nodules, elevations or bubbles

• Dimensionally stable
• Good mechanical property (can withstand fracture from separation)

• Able to copy the object accurately

Rosette Go 120608 