Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2025, Pages 301–306
Yusra Fatima1, Daniya Naved2, and Akash Raj Sharma3
1 Department of Prosthodontics, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, India
2 Department of Prosthodontics, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, India
3 Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Indirect or cast restorations are fabricated in the dental laboratory by technical staff while the restorations are placed by clinicians. Clinicians generally do hold theoretical knowledge of the casting process and casting defects but lack experience of fabrication. This hampers them from having an understanding of a particular casting defect. This article reviews the recent evidence in casting defects and implies their application in clinical practice. The aims and objectives of such a review are to allow clinicians to be in a better position to identify these defects of casting and accordingly take action. The article also presents a brief appraisal of the materials involved and their potential behaviour in causing such defects. The casting technique and the properties of the material that interact during the fabrication of indirect restorations have also been discussed.
Author Keywords: Casting technique, investment materials, base metal alloys, noble alloys, fixed partial denture.
Yusra Fatima1, Daniya Naved2, and Akash Raj Sharma3
1 Department of Prosthodontics, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, India
2 Department of Prosthodontics, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, India
3 Department of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Indirect or cast restorations are fabricated in the dental laboratory by technical staff while the restorations are placed by clinicians. Clinicians generally do hold theoretical knowledge of the casting process and casting defects but lack experience of fabrication. This hampers them from having an understanding of a particular casting defect. This article reviews the recent evidence in casting defects and implies their application in clinical practice. The aims and objectives of such a review are to allow clinicians to be in a better position to identify these defects of casting and accordingly take action. The article also presents a brief appraisal of the materials involved and their potential behaviour in causing such defects. The casting technique and the properties of the material that interact during the fabrication of indirect restorations have also been discussed.
Author Keywords: Casting technique, investment materials, base metal alloys, noble alloys, fixed partial denture.
How to Cite this Article
Yusra Fatima, Daniya Naved, and Akash Raj Sharma, “Relevance of Common Casting Defects in Restorative Clinical Practice,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 301–306, April 2025.
