countercast

English

Noun

countercast (plural countercasts)

  1. (prosthetics) A piece made to fit into a cast.
    • 1955, Sebastian A. Bruno, “A One-Piece Fixed Bridge”, in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, volume 5, number 3:
      The countercast is articulated with the working cast, luted together, and mounted on a suitable articulator, providing access to the die stumps from the base of the cast.
    • 1984, Michele Cacciali et al., “Technical Devices for the FGP Method”, in Quintessence International, volume 15, number 1:
      If there is no tooth distal to the prothetic restoration, the stone countercast must be extended to the other quadrant to obtain better stability.
    • 1993, Arie Shifman, “Simplified fabrication of orbital prostheses using posterior attachment for the artificial eye”, in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, volume 69, number 1:
      Another cumbersome procedure involves drilling and screwing a metal dummy eye into the countercast while it is held in the sculpting material
    • 2006, Silvia Sala Martí, Dolores Merino Tessore, Tomás Escuin Henar, “Prosthetic assessment in cleft lip and palate patients: A case report with oronasal communication”, in Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal:
      This problem was addressed by making a new impression with a tissue conditioner to improve the fit. After immersion in super-hard plaster the countercast was made to obtain a stone part like a flask box
    • 2014, Faisar R. Ali et al., “World War One:The Department of Masks for Facial Disfigurements”, in JAMA Dermatology, volume 150, number 12:
      After surgical wounds had fully healed, during several sittings a number of precise casts and countercasts were fashioned.

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