Dental Impression Technique

Synonyms

Dental Impression Technic

Dental Impression Technics

Dental Impression Techniques

Impression Technic, Dental

Impression Technics, Dental

Impression Technique, Dental

Impression Techniques, Dental

Technic, Dental Impression

Technics, Dental Impression

Technique, Dental Impression

Techniques, Dental Impression

Procedure of producing an imprint or negative likeness of the teeth and/or edentulous areas. Impressions are made in plastic material which becomes hardened or set while in contact with the tissue. They are later filled with plaster of Paris or artificial stone to produce a facsimile of the oral structures present. Impressions may be made of a full complement of teeth, of areas where some teeth have been removed, or in a mouth from which all teeth have been extracted. (Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)