Abstract
Five groups of addition silicone impressions (four made in custom autopolymerizing acrylic resin trays and one in stock metal rim-lock trays) were made of a stainless-steel master die. The first group (control group) was not sterilized. The second group was sterilized in an ethylene oxide gas autoclave, the third group in a steam autoclave, and the fourth and fifth groups by immersion for 12 hours in 2% glutaraldehyde. Casts made from each sterilization group were found to be significantly different from control impressions by multivariate analysis of variance and should not be used to fabricate prostheses.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 625-630 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Jun 1994 |