VINYLSILOXANETHER®: REDUCTION OF THE INTRA-SURGICAL IMPRESSION’S SETTING TIME AND ENHANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC PREDICTABILITY IN IMMEDIATE LOADING

A. Maltagliati¹, P. Maltagliati¹, A. Crisante², S.R. Tari², A. Ottonello¹, S.A. Gehrke³, AGA. Khater⁴, V. Franchini¹ and A. Scarano²

¹Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy;
²Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy;
³Department of Research, Bioface/PgO/UCAM, Montevideo, Uruguay, Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, Spain;
⁴Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, Egypt

*Correspondence to:
Antonio Scarano DDS,
Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry,
University of Chieti-Pescara,
Via Dei Vestini 31,
66100 Chieti Italy
e-mail: ascarano@unich.it

Received: 03 November 2023 Accepted: 15 December 2023

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ABSTRACT

The impression affects the accuracy of the definitive cast thus an accurate impression is essential to fabricate a prosthesis with a good fit. In implant prosthodontics, a successful result can be achieved only when passively fitting prostheses are fabricated. The aim of the present report is to the evaluation of Vinylsiloxanether® (VSX) for the reduction of the intra-surgical impression’s setting time and enhancement of aesthetic predictability in immediate loading. VSX was used in four clinical cases of immediate implant loading, two were cemented and two were screw-retained to verify the predictability of transfer of soft tissues on a plaster model and the predictability of impression transfer. VSX gave us a predictability transfer of both systems reducing the intra-surgery setting time of the impression and ensuring an immobilization of the transfer impression copings, with accurate intra-oral implant position to the working cast. VSX is an excellent impression material, reducing the intra-surgical impression’s setting time and enhancing aesthetic predictability in immediate loading.

KEYWORDS: intra-surgical impression, immediate implant-loading, Vinylsiloxanether®, aesthetic predictability