{"id":360,"date":"2010-10-13T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-10-15T21:53:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T21:53:04","slug":"paper-no-3-modifying-dental-tools-for-wax-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/leessilver\/2010\/10\/13\/paper-no-3-modifying-dental-tools-for-wax-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"PAPER NO 3 MODIFYING DENTAL TOOLS FOR WAX CARVING"},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/div>\n

Lee Epperson
leessilver@aol.com<\/div>\n

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The basic dental tool used to engrave wax is called a \u201cWoodson.\u201d One end of the unmodified Woodson tool is shown at the top of the photograph. The end is modified to look like the tool at the bottom of the photograph. This end of the tool will be used to incise the design into the wax.<\/p>\n

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The dental tool is cut and ground as this photo indicates.<\/p>\n

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The tool may be modified with a silicone carbide separating disc mounted on a mandrill mounted in a flexble shaft driven hand piece.<\/p>\n

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This tool is used to cut a line in the wax which follows the design. The photo on the left shows the angle the tool is held against the was. The photo on the right shows a curl of wax the is cut out by the tool.<\/p>\n

Line engraving tool<\/span> <\/span>
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The other end of the Woodson tool is modified to look like the tool in the bottom of the photograph. This tool will be used to engrave the line in the wax.<\/p>\n

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The dental tool is cut and ground as this photo indicates.
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Care must be taken to grind the base of the triangle perpendicular to the shaft of the tool. If it is ground at an angle, the tool will have a tendency to track incorrectly.<\/p>\n

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These two photos show how the tool is held and the angle of the tool to the wax.<\/p>\n

Background engraving tool<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Another Woodson tool is modified as shown above. This tool will be used to scrape away the wax from the background of the design.<\/p>\n

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The background is pulled at an angle to the engraved line. This will insure the tool does not break out of the area of wax to be removed.<\/p>\n