To have a permanent restoration made, a clinician must fully prepare the patient’s tooth or teeth to receive the restoration and then take an impression that will be sent to a laboratory.  While the laboratory is making the permanent restoration, a temporary restoration is used.  IMTEC’s new self-mixing LEXATITE Temporary Crown and Bridge Material cold cures in the mouth in just one minute and sets completely in three minutes.  This cuts down on labor, materials and chair-time, making the entire procedure more affordable for the clinician and the patient.

LEXATITE can be used for temporary crowns, bridges, inlays and onlays.  To make the temporary restoration, the clinician simply uses IMTEC’s Secure Dispensing Gun, Type II Extruder (item number 8028) to extrude the fluid LEXATITE material directly into the cast impression.  No mixing is required since the material passes through a mixing tip similar to the one used with SECURE Hard and Soft material.  The cast impression filled with LEXATITE is then placed in the patient’s mouth for 1 to 1.5 minutes.  Because the material has no odor or sting, tooth pulp will not be damaged and the patient will be comfortable.  Next, the clinician will remove the impression and allow two more minutes for the LEXATITE material to completely set.  After the material has set, the clinician can trim, finish and place the temporary restoration.

There are six shades of LEXATITE available (BL, A1, A2, A3, B1, B3), so the restoration can closely match the shade of the patient’s surrounding teeth for pleasing esthetics.  A complete set of LEXATITE includes one cartridge of all six shades and is priced at $399.00 (US).  Each shade can also be purchased separately at the price of $85.00 (US).  The IMTEC Secure Dispensing Gun, Type II Extruder is used to dispense LEXATITE material.  Disposable mixing tips are sold separately in packs of ten. 

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