Pressure Indicating Paste:A Aid In Identifying Pressure Points In Dentures

Abstract

Pressure indicating pastes are the materials/aids that is used to recognize the pressure areas in denture that may be partial or complete, fixed or cast partial denture. This are available as pastes,sprays,creams or waxes.

The various types of pressure indicating pastes and methods of using theses material is described in this article.

A solicitation through this article is made to utilize the pressure indicating pastes (PIP) in every stage of denture construction be it partial or full to maintain a strategic distance from patient inconvenience and mucosal injury.