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?

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

    What is the purpose of bite registration wax?

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

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

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

    What property of dental waxes is important for their flow?

    <p>Melting range</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Dental waxes have low thermal conductivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary use of boxing wax?

    <p>The text does not mention the use of boxing wax</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Melting range</p> Signup and view all the answers

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