1. DENT 1200 Dental Materials
Lesson 8 WAXES

2. 1. Ingredients, Form, Use, Melting
Processing waxes-
Boxing, Utility, Sticky
Pattern waxes-
Inlay/Casting, Baseplate
Impression waxes-
Bite registration, Study

3. 1. Boxing Wax
Replaces patty base pour technique. Boxing wax goes around impression and then is filled with gypsum. No heat needed.
Petroleum hydrocarbon & natural resin
Red sheets 1 ½ in wide

4. Utility Wax
Adapt impression trays, cover rough ortho brackets, red or white ropes, petroleum hydrocarbon and paraffin, No heat.
Ortho= WHITE

5. Sticky Wax
Hold items (acrylic) together to make repairs, heat in flame, ORANGE sticks, natural wax & resin

6. Inlay Casting Wax
Blue or green sticks, heat over open flame, petroleum hydrocarbons, natural resin and wax. ALL INDIRECT RESTorations, makes the pattern of a crown then the wax is replaced with metal

7. 2. Properties of inlay wax
Type A, B or C Hardness
Melt and leave no residue

8. 3. Result of Distortion
If the wax pattern distorts- the restoration WILL NOT FIT!

9. Baseplate Wax
Petroleum hydrocarbons and natural wax, PINK SHEETS. Replaces length and width of teeth in denture or partial for try in. Melts with flame or HOT water.

10. Occlusal Rims in Baseplate wax

11. Bite Registration Wax
Aluwax, paraffin and beeswax, bite registration, no heat or warm water

12. Study Wax
Beeswax, White blocks of wax used in educational settings to carve teeth.

13. VOCAB
Amorphous- no definite melt/boil point, solid but no definite shape
Organic- derived from plant or animal
Occlusal rims- wax that takes place of width and ht of teeth
Wax pattern- crown made in wax, melt, replace metal

14. Vocab Bite registration- record of occlusion Bite wafer- shaped in U
Occlusal indicator wax- thin piece