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Record 1 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
CONT

Dental Impression Technique ... Impressions [are] filled with plaster of Paris or artificial stone to produce a facsimile of the oral structures present. ... (Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)

Key term(s)
  • laboratory stone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
CONT

L'analyse occlusale nécessite [...] le recours à des modèles fractionnés qui permettent, par démontage, de soustraire une dent ou un secteur denté, à l'intercuspidation maximale. En général, c'est le modèle mandibulaire qui est fractionné. À partir d'une empreinte de bonne qualité, on coule en plâtre pierre les dents et le procès alvéolaire, sur 5 à 10 mm de haut. [...]

Key term(s)
  • plâtre-pierre

Spanish

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