Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications

Napaporn Adchariyapitak

Published Online: Dec 4, 2024 DOI

Impression techniques is an important step for fabrication of indirect restorations such as crowns and fixed partial dentures. Only proper impressions can lead to proper restorations. Unfortunately taking impressions are very sentitive techniques. They take place in moised oral cavity using rapid setting time impression materials. So the dentists have to concern several factors effect quality of the impression which influence the success or failure of the treatment.

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Adchariyapitak N. Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications: Review articles. CM Dent J [Internet]. 2024 Dec 04 [cited 2025 May 03];34(1):13-21. Available from: https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=318

& Adchariyapitak, N. (2024). Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications. CM Dent J, 34(1), 13-21. Retrieved from: https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=318

Adchariyapitak, N., . 2024. "Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications." CM Dent J, 34(1), 13-21. https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=318

Adchariyapitak, N. et al. 2024. 'Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications', CM Dent J, 34(1), 13-21. Retrieved from https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=318

and Adchariyapitak, N. "Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications", CM Dent J, vol.34, no. 1, pp. 13-21, Dec. 2024.

Napaporn Adchariyapitak "Impression Techniques for Crown and Fixed Partial Denture Fabrications." CM Dent J, vol.34, no. 1, Dec. 2024, pp. 13-21, https://www.dent.cmu.ac.th/cmdj/frontend/web/?r=site/viewarticle&id=318