Meron Denticast Dental Grade Alginate is supplied by the company, MERON.

Alginate Dental material is an irreversible hydrocolloid impression material. Meron Denticast Dental Grade Alginatecan be used for preliminary impressions, provisional crown-and-bridge impressions and opposing dentition impressions. The advantages of using Meron Denticast Dental Grade Alginateinclude a better tolerability on the part of the patient, the ease of manipulation, the short time needed for execution, the instrumentation and the very simple execution technique and possibility of detecting a detailed impression (even in the presence of undercuts) in a single step.

Product specifications:

• Catalog number: MER-9
• Brand: MERON
• Quantity/unit: Pack of 453 gms in pouch
• Cas number: 9005-38-3

Features of alginate:

• Forms a gum, when extracted from the cell wall of brown algae.
• Ideal as an emulsifier.
• Detoxifies radioactive toxins such as iodine -131 and strontium-90 from the body which have taken the place of their non-radioactive counterparts.
• Substitute for starch and gelatine in certain food applications.
• Favourable biocompatibility for pharma applications.
• Tissue compatibility for tissue culture