Dental Pumice

About pumice

Pumice is a type of volcanic glass used as an abrasive, prepared in various grits. In one published sequence denture acrylic was first polished with pumice on a wet felt cone.

The abrasive for the first shine.

Sources: The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · Rao et al. 2015, Surface roughness of three heat-cured acrylic denture base resins with different conventional lathe polishing techniques (J Indian Prosthodont Soc)