Dental Casting Waxes Quiz

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What is the primary use of base plate wax?

Recording soft tissue details during impression

Obtaining bite registrations for model articulation

Temporarily fixing soldered components together during soldering (correct)

Fixing fractured denture pieces together temporarily

What is the primary use of utility wax?

Recording soft tissue details during impression

Obtaining bite registrations for model articulation

Temporarily fixing soldered components together during soldering

Fixing fractured denture pieces together temporarily (correct)

Which property of sticky wax makes it difficult for the operator to move fixed parts?

It is brittle, and the slightest torque will fracture the wax (correct)

It is hard and brittle at room temperature

It becomes soft and sticky when heated under flame

It is free from tackiness at room temperature

What is the purpose of corrective impression wax?

It is used as a wax veneer over the original impression to record soft tissue fine details in edentulous patients during function Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of bite registration wax?

It is used for obtaining bite registrations for articulation of models Signup and view all the answers

What is the reason for dental waxes having a melting range rather than a melting point?

Dental waxes are a mixture of more than one type of wax and other additives, each with its own melting point Signup and view all the answers

What property of dental waxes is important for their flow?

Melting range Signup and view all the answers

What is the reason for the difficulty in achieving uniform heating in dental waxes?

Dental waxes have low thermal conductivity Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary use of boxing wax?

The text does not mention the use of boxing wax Signup and view all the answers

Which property of casting waxes is important for their dental applications?

Melting range Signup and view all the answers

Dental Casting Waxes Quiz

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What is the primary use of base plate wax?

What is the primary use of utility wax?

Which property of sticky wax makes it difficult for the operator to move fixed parts?

What is the purpose of corrective impression wax?

What is the purpose of bite registration wax?

What is the reason for dental waxes having a melting range rather than a melting point?

What property of dental waxes is important for their flow?

What is the reason for the difficulty in achieving uniform heating in dental waxes?

What is the primary use of boxing wax?

Which property of casting waxes is important for their dental applications?

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