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- Buffalo Dental
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- 75210
- Item code
- 055-0337
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- Abrasives, Buffs & Brushes
- Subcategory
- Polishing Compounds & Accessories
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About rouge and tripoli
Rouge is a compound of ferric oxide and binders used to give a high lustre to a polished surface. In one published sequence rouge on a soft cloth wheel gave denture acrylic its final high shine. No source on our allowed list describes tripoli, so this guide does not.
A polishing agent is any material used to give lustre to a surface. Polishing is making a denture or casting smooth and glossy.
One published sequence for denture acrylic polishes first with pumice on a wet felt cone and then with rouge on a soft cloth wheel.
How polishing paste, pumice and rouge differ
- Polishing Paste — A ready-mixed polishing agent.
- Pumice — The abrasive for the first shine.
- Rouge & Tripoli — Rouge is for the final high lustre.
What to look at when choosing a polishing compound
The step: pumice comes before rouge in the published sequence.
Surface: 0.2 micrometres of roughness is considered the threshold for a clinically acceptable restoration.
Dust: the CDC names grinding and polishing castings and porcelain among the laboratory steps that put dust in the air.
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) · Does Sterilization Affect the Performance of Single-Step Resin Composite Polishers? (Dent J 2023) · CDC, Silicosis in Dental Laboratory Technicians, Five States, 1994-2000 (MMWR 53(09))
