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Dr. DiTolla’s<br />
CLINICAL TIPS<br />
PRODUCT........ LuxaBite ® Bite Registration Material<br />
SOURCE........... DMG America (Englewood, N.J.)<br />
800-662-6383, www.dmg-america.com<br />
For me, the harder bite registration is, the better. I used to watch my dad use wax material for bites, and I<br />
was amazed how easily it could distort, especially once you threw it in a case pan with a couple of stone<br />
models. In dental school we used Aluwax (Aluwax <strong>Dental</strong> Products Company; Allendale, Mich.), and I<br />
was always worried that I was going to somehow distort it while handling it and would have to get the<br />
patient to come back for a redo. When Blu-Mousse ® (Parkell Inc.; Edgewood, N.Y.) came out, it was a huge<br />
step in the right direction and polyvinyl siloxanes became the de facto standard for bite registrations. We<br />
only see about 15 percent of our crown & bridge cases coming in with wax bites these days, even though<br />
it still seems to be the standard for partial denture cases. Today, LuxaBite is my bite material of choice<br />
because as a bisacryl material it has a higher degree of stiffness and accuracy than any other material on<br />
the market. It also offers little to no resistance to biting when placed on the prep and the patient closes<br />
into it. If you are familiar with LuxaTemp, then you are essentially familiar with LuxaBite because they are<br />
both bisacryl materials. There simply is not a more accurate way to take a bite today.<br />
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