2000 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 413-421
The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of a heat-shock method to fabricate titanium cast plates. Duplications of a maxillary model were prepared using DM under different firing schedules. Molds with patterns on the duplications were made by an outer investment (D), followed by heat shock at 850°C. Duplications heat shocked at 850°C after 30 min from mixing exploded within a few minutes. This explosion was successfully avoided by a drying procedure prior to the heat-shock. The molds were available for the heat shock at 850°C when the duplicate models were prepared by firing either using the conventional method and the heat shock above method described. Therefore, we could reduce the preparation time from about 16hr with the conventional method to about 10hr at the longest with the heat-shock method. These results suggested that the heat-shock method was labor-saving for fabricating titanium cast denture plates when controlling preliminary conditions prior to use.
