Waldent WalCap Amalgam Capsules
Waldent WalCap Amalgam Capsules feature a high copper alloy with admix particles, ensuring exceptional sealing qualities without the risk of excessive delayed expansion if contaminated with water-based fluids. This makes WalCap an ideal choice for retrograde fillings. The product is pre-dosed and comes in self-activating capsules.
Advantages:
- High Compressive Strength: WalCap’s high compressive strength reduces the risk of restoration fractures, ensuring a durable and long-lasting restoration.
- Low Microleakage: WalCap has negligible microleakage, reducing the risk of postoperative sensitivity and ensuring the restoration is not affected by moisture.
- Optimal Handling Characteristics: WalCap offers consistent mixing, ease of loading and placement, excellent condensability, burnishability, quality interproximal contact, and superb carvability and setting characteristics. The resulting restorations are smooth with excellent margin adaptation, particularly after burnishing.
Indications:
- Stress-bearing fillings in posterior teeth (Class I and II)
- Retrograde root canal filling after apex resection
Features:
- Combination of spherical and irregular particles
- High copper alloy composition
- Strong affinity with mercury
- Firm condensation
- Smooth carving
- Excellent condensability
- High strength
- High polishability
- Superior handling properties
Technical Specification |
Composition :
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- 1 x Jar of 50 Capsules
Instructions:
Prepare the Capsule:
- With the capsule inverted, slowly press the plunger end against a flat surface until the plunger's flange is flush with the capsule body. This is crucial. Initially, you will feel resistance, which will suddenly release as the plunger pierces a diaphragm, allowing mercury to enter the mixing chamber.
Insert the Capsule:
- Slightly spread the amalgamator clips (such as the EndoKing Amalgamator for Amalgam and GIC) and carefully insert the capsule. Ensure it is securely anchored between the clips.
Mixing:
- Select the appropriate mixing time from the suggested mixing times. A range of times is provided to account for variations due to machine type, age, and line voltage. Correctly triturated amalgam will form a bright, homogeneous plastic mass. If the amalgam is hot, shiny, and sticky, it is over-triturated; if it is dull, dry, or powdery, it is under-triturated.
Post-Trituration:
- After mixing, carefully remove the capsule from the clip. Tap the base end of the capsule sharply on the bench to ensure the mixed amalgam is located at the base. Separate the base from the body and remove the prepared amalgam. If the small separating diaphragm has detached from the capsule wall during activation and mixing, it will separate cleanly from the amalgam.
Condensation:
- Avoid moisture contamination, as it can adversely affect properties such as strength and corrosion resistance. If the alloy contains zinc, contamination may result in excessive (delayed) expansion. Use a dry field whenever possible. Begin inserting the amalgam immediately after trituration, building the restoration with additional portions until the cavity is slightly overfilled. Remove any mercury-rich amalgam from the surface that may develop during condensation.
Finishing:
- Trimming and carving can commence immediately after condensation. Light burnishing can be beneficial, and if polishing the restoration, this should be done after 24 hours.