| abstract |
A method of producing dental appliances, especially orthodontic appliances, but also including dentures and other dental prosthesis. The method includes placing a self-merging dental gel especially as a stream on a dental cast and under and around preformed dental parts mounted on the cast and merging the dental gel into a homogeneous form of the complete part and then curing the formed dental appliance. The dental gel is a colloidal system including a hardenable dispersing medium, a colloid and a catalyst, preferably a photoinitiator. |