What is Flasking of denture?

The process of investing the cast and a waxed denture in a flask to make a sectional mold used to form the acrylic resin denture base. The flask is made of 3 major parts, (1) lower half (which contains the cast) (2) upper half and (3) the cover or lid.

What is dental flask used for?

den·ture flask a sectional metal boxlike case in which a sectional mold is made of plaster of Paris or artificial stone for the purpose of compressing and curing dentures or other resinous restorations.

What is packing in dentistry?

A common technique used when taking fixed prosthetic impressions is packing a cord. Packing a cord will help stop the bleeding and assist in achieving good retraction in the sulcus before inserting impression material. Dentists often pack a single cord as part of their impression taking technique.

How to complete flasking for a complete denture?

COMPLETED FLASKING FOR THE MANDIBULAR COMPLETE DENTURE. STONECAP UPPER HALF STONE STONECAST LOWER HALF STONE 41. Clamp 42.  After the stone has hardened (30-45 min), the record base and wax must be removed from the mold. To do this task, the denture flask is put in boiling water for 4 minutes. 43.

What do you need to know about flasking?

The process of investing the cast and a wax denture in a flask preparatory to molding the denture-base material into the form of the denture. Process of investing cast and a wax denture in a flask preparatory to molding the denture-base material into the form of the denture.

How to remove wax from a denture flask?

Fill the flask with another layer of gypsum, cover it, put the flask under mild pressure to prevent gypsum from expanding, wait for complete setting. After setting of gypsum, wax elimination procedure is to be done. Put the flask in boiling water for 5-7min. Separate the 2 parts of the flask.

What’s the proper way to fill a dental flask?

• Separating medium is painted on the dental stone. • Dental stone is used to fill the remainder of the flask. The lid of the flask is pressed into place while the investing stone is still soft. 39. COMPLETED FLASKING.