08-06-2010, 11:00 AM
(08-05-2010, 03:50 AM)PB BB1 Wrote: Imagine a nickel sized hole in the bone of your face right behind your nose. One of them was a false tooth, abscessed at the root. My body stopped growing bone there to eliminate the infection, and it took the nearby area out as well. I've got a bone graft (sp?) for a few months, then I'm getting implants right into my jaw.My cousin has periodontal disease. This was caused by not brushing, which is truly stupid because the V.A. hospital paid for his dental work - all $1400.00 of it!
He has to have laser surgery for it now. He has one more treatment to get rid of it so that the tooth he got knocked out, and replaced with a cap will be removed without further infection. He has a protruding front tooth that has been coming forward to the point where the cap is noticable, and now needs to be removed, and replaced with a completely new false tooth. (08-05-2010, 03:50 AM)PB BB1 Wrote: Same brand, or just that it is a polyurethane resin? The same as a lot of foams but much more dense correct? The link is a shade of ivory. I wonder if I could use the color matched TIE hatch photos to get a batch of resin made in the amber/orange just because. Probably has yellowed over the years, but it would be nice to chip some paint and see that familiar color beneath.The original colour was a mismatch, and none of the parts actually came out the same hue. This is the same stuff, but I'm not sure if it was the same company. Remember - it's been thirty years plus since these were made, not all the details are going to be memorable. The dark colour of the material was actually added to it to make painting a little easier to hide the cast underneath. The foam look was actually the result of not having a vacuum to remove the bubbles from the resin while it set up. This polyurethane lightens with age, and light fading. There was no UV dye protectant in this stuff then, so it wasn't lightfast, any exposure to bright light will destroy the original colouring of the resin underneath. I have some of this polyurethane resin, but it becomes more, and more brittle with age. This means that you don't want to handle it more than neccessary!
~ Cobra Chris