ST. PAUL, Minnesota--3M ESPE has expanded the offerings in its Imprint 4 family with the new additions of 3M ESPE Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS Preliminary Impression Material and 3M ESPE™ Imprint 4 Bite VPS Bite Registration Material.
Both materials help add control and convenience to everyday procedures in the dental practice.
Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS material, available in Super Quick and Regular setting times, stands to take the place of alginates for dentists seeking a convenient and time-saving alternative. The material, which replaces the existing 3M ESPE Position Penta VPS Preliminary Impression Material, works with the 3M ESPE Pentamix System to help eliminate many of the time-consuming steps of alginates while helping to ensure homogeneous, void-free and reproducible mixing quality. When combined with other solutions such as the 3M ESPE Impression Tray and 3M ESPE Protemp Plus Temporization Material, Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS material helps dentists achieve efficiency in the provisional workflow.
Unlike alginate impressions, which cannot be stored and are suited for only one pouring process, impressions taken with Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS material offer long-term dimensional stability and can be poured multiple times. The material’s hydrophilicity helps ensure that models can be poured without pretreatment of the impression surface, and models show a high surface quality.
Additionally, impressions made with Imprint 4 Preliminary material can be fully disinfected without losing dimensional stability.
For optimized workflows, the Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS material offers a convenient working time of one minute and a short intraoral setting time of 90 seconds to improve patient comfort and decrease patient chairtime.
For optimized workflows and patient comfort, Imprint 4 Bite VPS material offers a convenient working time of 20 seconds and a short setting time of 60 seconds, helping minimize inaccuracies due to jaw movements during setting.
Adding to their suitability for modern workflows, Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS material and Imprint 4 Bite VPS material are scannable, giving dentists easy access to CAD/CAM solutions.
Imprint 4 Preliminary VPS material and Imprint 4 Bite VPS material add control, speed, and convenience to everyday procedures.
For more information, visit http://www.3MESPE.com or call (800) 634-2249.
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