AQuantum Leap Elastomeric Material- Vinyl Polysiloxane Ether

Abstract

The success of restoration fabrication is strongly reliant on an accurate impression from which an exact reproduction of the intraoral structures may be made. Elastomeric impression materials have long been the preferred material in fixed prosthodontics due to their intrinsic features, including decreased marginal voids and distortion, resulting in higher gypsum dies quality. The most often utilised elastomeric materials are vinyl polysiloxanes (VPS) and polyethers (PEs). Developments in elastomeric chemistry have given rise to a new generation of impression materials: vinyl siloxane ether, a hybrid of a polyvinyl and a polyether impression substance. The objective of this article is to review this new impression materials composition, characteristics, and clinical usage