Light-weight RTV silicone for maxillofacial prostheses. 1976

D N Firtell, and M L Donnan, and C R Anderson

Weight is a problem in retention of large skin-textured maxillofacial prostheses. The purpose of this investigation was to test the feasibility of mixing foam RTV silicone rubber with conventional RTV silicone rubber to obtain a light-weight material. Various mixtures of foam and conventional silicone rubber were formulated and tested for strength, accuracy of molding, color application, color stability, and texture. A special flask to support the mold was necessary in order to overcome expansion problems associated with gas formation of the foam silicone rubber. The mold required venting to release the gas and to reduce the expansion of the prosthesis in order to maintain accuracy. Molding, accuracy, texture, and color problems were overcome. Reduction of weight proportionate to reduction of tear strength of the material formulated, however, did not allow routine use of mixtures of foam and conventional silicone. When the weight of a prosthesis is critical and excessive and thickness is sufficient to give adequate strength, the foam and conventional silicone mixture can be used.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008447 Maxillofacial Prosthesis A prosthetic appliance for the replacement of areas of the maxilla, mandible, and face, missing as a result of deformity, disease, injury, or surgery. When the prosthesis replaces portions of the mandible only, it is referred to as MANDIBULAR PROSTHESIS. Maxillary Prosthesis,Maxillary Prostheses,Maxillofacial Prostheses,Prostheses, Maxillary,Prostheses, Maxillofacial,Prosthesis, Maxillary,Prosthesis, Maxillofacial
D003116 Color The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light. Colors
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012828 Silicones A broad family of synthetic organosiloxane polymers containing a repeating silicon-oxygen backbone with organic side groups attached via carbon-silicon bonds. Depending on their structure, they are classified as liquids, gels, and elastomers. (From Merck Index, 12th ed) Silicone
D013314 Stress, Mechanical A purely physical condition which exists within any material because of strain or deformation by external forces or by non-uniform thermal expansion; expressed quantitatively in units of force per unit area. Mechanical Stress,Mechanical Stresses,Stresses, Mechanical
D013499 Surface Properties Characteristics or attributes of the outer boundaries of objects, including molecules. Properties, Surface,Property, Surface,Surface Property

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