Addition silicone: best impression material on the market
Widely considered the best impression material on the market, addition silicone (a-silicone) is also one of the most routinely used. Also known as PVS (polyvinyl siloxane) or VPS (vinyl polysiloxane), it can be used for crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays and more. Two of Kent Express’ current most popular silicone impression systems are Cyber Silicone from Cybertech and Honigum from DMG. We’ve compared these two quality brands across key characteristics, product ranges and price.
The advantages of a-silicone
Before finding the right brand of a-silicone, it is worth understanding exactly why the material is so popular.
The advantages of addition silicone include:
- Most dimensionally stable impression material (no by-products and no shrinkage)
- Best fine detail (ideal choice for final impressions)
- Most time to pour (can be poured days after taking impression)
- High patient acceptance (no unpleasant taste or smell)
- Ability to pour more than one model from one cast
Cyber Silicone or Honigum?
Both Cyber Silicone and Honigum are trusted by hundreds of dentists across the UK with proven reliability over the years, but how do the two match up?
Product range
There are five main types of a-silicone. From lowest viscosity to highest, these are extra light body, light body (wash), regular body (monophase), heavy body and putty.
These materials have either a regular or fast setting time.
The Cyber Silicone range consists of a fast set soft putty, regular set soft putty, fast set light body wash, regular set light body wash and regular body wash.
Cyber Silicone Bite registration material is available for accurate interocclusal and jaw relation records.
The Honigum range covers all those available from Cyber with the addition of heavy body silicone.
O-Bite from DMG is the bite registration material designed to be used with the Honigum system.
Cyber Silicone from Cybertech
Honigum from DMG
Price
The table below compares prices between the two systems.
Putty soft
- Cyber Silicone 2 x 250ml tubs = £43.25
- Honigum 2 x 450ml tubs = £102.00
Cyber Silicone is £2.70 cheaper per 100ml (£8.60 vs £11.30)
Light body & regular body/monophase
- Cyber Silicone box of 4 50ml cartridges = £54.50
- Honigum box of 2 50ml cartridges = £56.25
Cyber Silicone is £14.50 cheaper per cartridge (£13.62 vs £28.12)
Bite registration material
- Cyber Silicone Bite 50ml 4pk = £56.75
- Honigum O-Bite Cartridges 50ml 2pk = £77
Cyber Silicone is £24.32 cheaper per cartridge (£14.18 vs £38.50)
A simple definition of CAD/CAM dentistry is the use of digital software to design and manufacture dental restorations and prostheses. CAD stands for computer-aided design and CAM stands for computer-aided manufacturing. The technology can be used to create crowns, dentures, inlays, onlays, bridges and veneers among other things. The speed of the CAD/CAM process allows for dental prosthetics to be designed, manufactured and delivered to the patient in quick time, sometimes the same day. The wider system of using computer assisted technologies to produce restorations is known as CEREC (Chairside Economical Restoration of Aesthetic Ceramics).
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