Comparative Analysis of Alginate Dimensional Stability with Varied Pouring Intervals
Adham A. Niyazi, Mohamad A. Alabrash, Mohamed S. Elzouhiry, Rashed M. AlFarra, Nawaf M. Althubyani, Wayel M. Huraib, Thamer A. Alghalib, Fawaz Pullishery · 2024
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Adham Niyazi and seven colleagues present a 2024 dental study on how long alginate impressions can wait before being poured into casts. Alginate, the cheap workhorse molding material, shrinks and swells as it sits, and clinics do not always pour immediately. The team compared two brands across four waiting times, from instant pouring to five days.
The brands behaved differently. One stayed accurate only if poured at once, drifting significantly at every later checkpoint. The other held its dimensions comfortably through twenty-four hours and only slipped at the five-day mark. The authors give practical guidance: pour the first brand immediately, while the second tolerates a day's delay, a useful margin for busy or remote practices.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adham A. Niyazi, Mohamad A. Alabrash, Mohamed S. Elzouhiry, Rashed M. AlFarra, Nawaf M. Althubyani, Wayel M. Huraib, Thamer A. Alghalib, Fawaz Pullishery |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |