| casting | 1. A metallic object formed in a mold. 2. The act of forming a casting in a mold. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| casting flask | A metal tube in which a refractory mold is made for casting metal dental restorations or appliances. Synonym: casting flask, casting ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| casting ring | A metal tube in which a refractory mold is made for casting metal dental restorations or appliances. Synonym: casting flask, casting ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| casting wax | Any soft solid wax used in dentistry for patterns of all types and for many other purposes; most are basically paraffin but are modified by addition of gum dammar, carnauba wax, or other ingredients, to meet various requirements. Synonym: inlay wax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vacuum casting | The casting of a metal in the presence of a vacuum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| centrifugal casting | Casting molten metal into a mold by spinning the metal from a crucible at the end of a revolving arm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ceramo-metal casting | A casting made of alloys containing or excluding precious metals, to which dental porcelain can be fused. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gold casting | A casting made of gold, usually formed to represent and replace lost tooth structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corrosion casting | A tissue preparation technique that involves the injecting of plastic (acrylates) into blood vessels or other hollow viscera and treating the tissue with a caustic substance. This results in a negative copy or a solid replica of the enclosed space of the tissue that is ready for viewing under a scanning electron microscope. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shadow-casting | Deposition of a film of carbon or certain metals such as palladium, platinum, or chromium on a contoured microscopic object in order to allow the object to be seen in relief with the electron microscope or sometimes with the light microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental casting investment | <dentistry> Material from which the casting mold is made in the fabrication of gold or cobalt-chromium castings. (boucher's clinical dental terminology, 4th ed, p168) (12 Dec 1998) |
| dental casting technique | <dentistry> The process of producing a form or impression made of metal or plaster using a mold. (12 Dec 1998) |
| inlay casting wax | <chemical> A mixture of several dental waxes, usually containing paraffin wax, ceresin, beeswax, resins, and other natural and synthetic waxes. It is used for making patterns to determine the shape of the metallic framework and other parts of removable partial dentures. Chemical name: Inlay casting wax (12 Dec 1998) |