TECHNICAL

Definitions
 TRAY
An instrument used for
 Carrying the impression material

 Maintaining it during setting

 Supporting it during removal from the mouth.

 Supporting it during casting the model

 Impression
Negative reproduction of the entire
denture bearing area, stabilizing area and
border seal area.
 Cast
It is a positive reproduction of the form of
the tissues of the upper or lower jaw, which is
made from an impression and over which
denture bases and other dental restorations may
be fabricated.
 Component parts
 A body
 Floor
 Flanges.

 handle
 Requirements of impression trays
1. Strong and rigid.
2. Can be cleaned and sterilized.
3. Cover the whole impression areas.
4. Hold the impression material in correct position to prevent
distortion.
Stock Trays
 Stock Trays
 Ready-made
 Various shapes and sizes
 For making primary impression.
 Made from
 Stainless steel
 Aluminum
 Plastics
 Nickel Silver
 Tin
Plastic trays
Metallic trays
 Trays For
completely edentulous patients
▪ Round floors
▪ Short flanges.
▪ The handles should be staggered (inclined).
The handle of tray interfere with
muscle action
 For dentulous patients

 Flat floors
 High flanges (long).
 Handles straight.
For partially edentulous patients
 Trays with combined round and flat floors.
 Non-perforated tray
Impression compound
Perforated trays
 Border-lock
the new alternative to the rim lock
 Tray with internal grids
to retain impression material
 Sectional tray
 difficult cases as microstomia
Adjustment of tray extension
 Custom
(Special or individual)
Trays
 Custom Tray
• Made on preliminary cast
• Designed to make an accurate impression
• Individually made for each mouth
• Rigid and stable
• Borders are slightly underextended
• Frenum should have adequate relief
• Tray and handle must not interfere with functional movements of the oral
structures
 Advantages of special tray
1. Accurately fits
2. An even space is provided.
3. Thickness of the impression material is reduced.
4. Less impression material is used
5. More comfortable to the patient.
Types of special trays
 Non- metallic (plastic)
individual trays
1. Shellac base plates.
2. Acrylic resin.
 Acrylic resin
A close fitting trays used with zinc oxide-eugenol
pastes
Made from
 Heat
 Light
 Cold-cured resins
Fabrication of the custom impression tray
armamentarium
 Construction
Periphery is outlined.
 Undercuts on the cast are
blocked out with plaster or wax
separating medium or immersed in a warm
water for 10 minutes
The powder and liquid measured and mixed.
Resin dough is rolled out
Dough spread over the cast
Trim the soft material from borders
Handle is shaped and attached
to the tray
The borders adjusted with burs, and the external
surface can be polished
The finished acrylic custom tray
 Advantages of acrylic resin
impression tray
1.Easy to construct.
2.Rigid.
3.Light in weight
4.Can be easily cut down, if over-sized,
and its borders can be traced.
 Spacer or shim
To provide a space in the tray for the impression
material.
Depends on the impression technique used.
Construction of spacer
Different Techniques of Final Impression

1. Muco-static
Minimal pressure, passive, open mouth technique

2. Muco-compressive
Definite pressure, functional, closed mouth technique

3. Selective pressure
 Muco-static
 Perforated
 Spacer with tissue stops
 Flow impression materialPlaster impression material
 Thin and wiry ridge, flabby ridge
 Denture is stable during rest.
 Denture is not stable during function.
 Muco-compressive
 Non-perforated,
 without spacer.
 with occlusion rims
 Viscous impression zinc oxide impression material
 Firm and healthy mucosa
 Denture is stable during function.
 Denture is not stable during rest
 Selective pressure
 Selectively applying pressure over certain areas
 Ridges with sharp bony spicules.
 prominent median palatine raphe and
 sensitive incisive papillae

 Suitable technique for flabby ridge.