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[The effect of disinfectant soaking on dental gypsum model size]
Cao-yun Zhu1, Yun-wen Xu, Kan Xu
1Department of VIP Dentistry, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China. zhucaoyun@126.com
Purpose:
To study the influence of disinfectant soaking on the dimensional stability of three kinds of dental gypsum model.
Methods:
Three commonly used gypsums ( type III,IV,Vtype) in clinic were used to make 24 specimens for 50 mm×15 mm×10 mm in size. One hour after release, the specimens were placed for 24 h. A digital caliper was used to measure the size of the gypsum model. Distilled water immersion was as used control, glutaraldehyde disinfectant and Metrix CaviCide disinfectant soaking were used for the experimental group. After soaking for 0.5h, the gypsum models were removed and placed for 0.5 h, 1 h, 2 h, 24 h. The size of the models was measured again using the same method. The data was analyzed with SPSS10.0 software package.
Results:
The initial gypsum model length was (50.07±0.017) mm, (50.048±0.015) mm and (50.027±0.015) mm. After soaking for different times, the size of the model changed little, and the dimensions changed less than 0.01%.
Conclusion:
The results show that disinfectant soaking has no significant effect on dental model dimensions.
