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Hubert Christian Roggendorf, D.D.S.
“gold standard” among impression materials. The hydrophilicity of many A-Silicones – achieved by
Department of Prosthodontics, Propaedeutics and Dental Materials Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn
adding tensides – also eliminates, to a large extent, the hydrophobic nature of silicone. This “hydrophilization” takes sufficient effect usually only some time after the mixing or even after the setting. Often, as a result, the tensides are still not active even during the
A-Silicones, due to their high degree of refinement and a clearly low contraction behavior compared to condensation-curing products, are currently still considered the
injection of the impression material. With Panasil® initial contact light, Kettenbach Company, one of a few privately owned dental companies in Germany, has succeeded in
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The combination of Panasil® tray soft and Panasil® initial contact light – an effective alternative within the double-mix technique
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offering a modern wash material
precision
impression
that, due to its initial hydrophilicity,
onlays,
allows high-precision impressions
crowns and bridges. A high initial
in borderline cases, in which
hydrophilicity and excellent flowa-
polyethers were otherwise mostly
bility of Panasil® initial contact light
used as an alternative.
immediately after the application
partial
of
inlays,
crowns,
single
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allow – with the optimally adjusted Panasil initial contact light, in
viscosity of Panasil® tray soft – a
combination with Panasil® tray soft,
precise impression of sulcus areas
is especially suitable for the double-
with a certain residual moisture. A
mix technique. The use of both
good
materials together creates a clean,
material also prevents the materials
uniform wetting of infragingival
from running over the edges of the
preparation areas. This is due to
tray.
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thixotropy
of
light-body
high flowability and low viscosity of and
In terms of working time, the
sufficiently high dynamic pressure
effectiveness of Panasil® initial
of the tray material. This makes the
contact light is clearly convincing.
combination of both materials
The
optimal for the impression of dental
insertion of the tray into the
preparations with supragingival to
patient’s mouth, easy removal of
infragingival preparation borders. In
retraction threads from the sulcus
addition the low degree of final
area, and easy application on
hardness of Panasil tray soft also
prepared teeth. With regard to the
makes the removal of the tray
time sitting in the mouth, the
easier
polyether
assessment by patients and dentists
impressions, and thus makes the
was equally positive. With an
product combination very patient-
intraoral working time of 1 minute,
and user-friendly.
the total time in the mouth was
the
light-body
material
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compared
to
product
allows
Fig. 1: Initial situation with VMK Crown 12
an
Fig. 2: Situs after removal of a crown
easy
Fig. 3: Post-prepared tooth
2 minutes, 30 seconds, considered The aim of Kettenbach’s research department was to provide a light-
comfortably short and proving to be
Fig. 4: Situs after preparation
efficient for daily use.
body material that accommodates the putty-wash technique as well as
As with all A-Silicones, when
the increased use of double-mix
using Panasil® products it should be
impressions. Combining light-body
taken into account that certain
and carrier material resulted in
types of gloves, such as latex
more than equal effectiveness for
gloves, can damage the catalyst.
the demands of an efficient high-
This applies to both direct and
Fig. 5: Tray preparation with Panasil® Haftlack/adhesive varnish
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Fig. 11: Application of preparation with Panasil® initial contact light
Fig. 16: Removal of Provisional crown
Fig. 7: Visual check
Fig. 12: Inserted tray
Fig. 17: Cercon crown filled with cement
Fig. 8: Tray filling with Panasil® tray soft
Fig. 13: Detailed view of the preparation
Fig. 18: Cementing of Cercon crown
Fig. 9: Application of Panasil® initial contact light
Fig. 14: Futar® D – bite taking
Fig. 19: Cemented Cercon crown
Fig. 10: Removal of retraction threads
Fig. 15: Futar® D – bite registration material
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Fig. 6: Check without Dynamic Mixer
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indirect glove contact. Therefore,
by dentists. The examination of the
is offered in three different pack
gloves
for
finished dental prosthesis – both on
sizes:
compatibility by applying a sample
a model and on a tooth stump –
1, 2 and 6 x 300 ml Base as well as a
of the impression material on the
confirmed optimal detail precision
62 ml catalyst paste.
glove. Incompatible gloves produce
and dimension accuracy of the
a smeared layer.
impression material.
should
be
tested
Panasil® initial contact light also
The application of Panasil® initial
offers a particularly suitable color.
contact light is carried out using a
The contrast range for the double-
mixing gun. The pack sizes are
mix technique proved to be highly
available in user-convenient 2 x 50 ml
favorable by dentists and patients.
or 12 x 50 ml cartridges. Panasil®
The
also
tray soft is available in the currently
good
common tubular bag for electric
readability and was also approved
dispensing and mixing devices and
color
provided
combination particularly
SUMMARY The combination of Panasil® tray soft and Panasil
wash impression, on the other
initial
hand, Panasil® initial contact
contact light proved to have
X-light is preferable, which, due
optimal effectiveness for dental
to its comparative even lower
patients. The positive properties
viscosity, assures a comprehen-
of both materials bode well for
sive impression of wash areas.
this combination – especially
The optimal dynamic pressure
for the impression of supra-
should
gingival to infragingival prepa-
provided by a putty material. It
rations. Both materials are also
should be noted that with
completely suitable for the
Panasil® initial contact light,
KETTENBACH GmbH & Co. KG
increasingly preferred double-
the Kettenbach Company has
Im Heerfeld 7 35713 Eschenburg/Germany Telefon: +49 (0) 27 74 / 7 05- 0 Telefax: +49 (0) 27 74 / 7 05- 33 E-mail: info@kettenbach.com www.kettenbach.com
mix technique. A good inflow of
succeeded in providing an
light-body materials into gaps
excellent alternative to the
is
much-used polyethers.
facilitated
by
mutually
then
be
preferably
adjusted viscosities. For the
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