Alginate vs Silicone: Accuracy in Dental Impressions 🤯

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This presentation provides a comprehensive comparison of dental impression materials, focusing on alginate and silicone (PVS). It explores their theoretical and experimental aspects, highlighting how each material is critical for accurate oral anatomy transfer and prosthetic development. Key properties such as the inelastic hydrocolloid nature of alginate and the elastomeric nature of silicone are discussed, emphasising their impact on dimensional stability and environmental resistance. The...