How to use ALUWAX : Hint / Suggestion

ALUWAX Sheet Form:-
Take ALUWAX sheet. Cut with hot knife if necessary. Dip it in warm water (about 42° C) till it becomes soft. It retains heat and remains soft for a long time. Fold, mould, manipulate to suit patient’s jaw profile. Adjust bite and fix patient’s jaw. Harden ALUWAX in mouth by cooling with 3-way syringe or cold water swab. Remove carefully and put it in chilled water to harden. Try again in mouth to align the orientation, dip again in cold water, before sending it to the lab. It retains hardness and will not distort

ALUWAX ‘U’ Shaped Bite Wafer:-
To take the full mouth bite record of the patient, kindly heat any one side of the ‘U’ shaped ALUWAX over a spirit lamp. With the patient’s jaw open, kindly press with your fingers on the maxillary arch, getting the maxillary indentations. Harden in mouth with 3-way syringe or a cold water swab. Remove and harden completely in a cold water bath. Train the patient to close mouth in centric with the ‘U’shape ALUWAX in mouth. Now heat to soften the other side of the bite wafer, over the spirit lamp. Place the bite wafer in the maxillary indentations and now ask the patient to close mouth in the trained centric on the softened mandibular side. Once again harden as usual. This is the final bite record.

ALUWAX ‘WAXED Cloth Forms’ (Base plate form):-
This form is most useful to take centric bite for FMR. The thin mesh of cloth inside, avoids distortion and will hold the material together and avoid fallout in case of deep bites.