Countercast

Quick meaning: Countercast is a noun meaning (prosthetics) A piece made to fit into a cast.

Meaning

(prosthetics) A piece made to fit into a cast.

Example Sentences

After surgical wounds had fully healed, during several sittings a number of precise casts and countercasts were fashioned.

Another cumbersome procedure involves drilling and screwing a metal dummy eye into the countercast while it is held in the sculpting material

If there is no tooth distal to the prothetic restoration, the stone countercast must be extended to the other quadrant to obtain better stability.

The countercast is articulated with the working cast, luted together, and mounted on a suitable articulator, providing access to the die stumps from the base of the cast.

Word Forms

• countercasts

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