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What is the die in dental casting?
What is the die in dental casting?
- The replica of the dental arch
- The replica of the unprepared teeth
- The negative reproduction of the prepared tooth
- The positive reproduction of the prepared tooth (correct)
What is a key requirement for the working cast in dental casting?
What is a key requirement for the working cast in dental casting?
- Do not reproduce unprepared tooth surfaces
- Reproduce both prepared and unprepared tooth surfaces (correct)
- Only reproduce prepared tooth surfaces
- Reproduce adjacent unprepared teeth with voids
What should be reproduced in the working cast for a fixed prosthesis?
What should be reproduced in the working cast for a fixed prosthesis?
- Only edentulous spaces
- Only residual ridge contours
- Only relevant soft tissues
- Relevant soft tissues, edentulous spaces, and residual ridge contours (correct)
What is a key requirement for the die in a fixed restoration?
What is a key requirement for the die in a fixed restoration?
Why must all surfaces of any teeth involved in anterior guidance and the occlusal surfaces of unprepared teeth allow for precise articulation of the opposing casts?
Why must all surfaces of any teeth involved in anterior guidance and the occlusal surfaces of unprepared teeth allow for precise articulation of the opposing casts?
What is a key requirement for the die in a fixed restoration?
What is a key requirement for the die in a fixed restoration?
Why must the unprepared teeth immediately adjacent to the preparation be free of voids in the working cast?
Why must the unprepared teeth immediately adjacent to the preparation be free of voids in the working cast?
What must the working cast reproduce in addition to the prepared teeth?
What must the working cast reproduce in addition to the prepared teeth?
Why is it important for the cast to reproduce both prepared and unprepared tooth surfaces?
Why is it important for the cast to reproduce both prepared and unprepared tooth surfaces?
What should the die for the fixed restoration accurately reproduce?
What should the die for the fixed restoration accurately reproduce?