Abstract:
The present application is directed to a method for isolating a working area in a patient's mouth comprising providing a moldable elastomeric composition, molding the composition to provide a moldable isolation device having a desired shape, making at least one perforation on the isolation device, and positioning the isolation device inside the patient's mouth to isolate the desired working area through the perforation. In such an embodiment, the moldable elastomeric composition comprises a polysiloxane composition.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are aqueous dental coating compositions and methods for enhancing contrast of intraoral surfaces for 3-dimensional digital scanning. The compositions include: an aqueous solvent system; a water soluble polymer present at no greater than 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the aqueous dental coating composition; a plurality of first particles having a first index of refraction, and a plurality of second particles having a second index of refraction different than the first index of refraction, wherein the first particles and the second particles are substantially non-absorptive in the visible range, and wherein the aqueous dental coating composition is a dispersion or a dispersion of the first particles and second particles in the aqueous solvent system can be formed by shaking the composition for 30 seconds.