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Waxes & Sprues

All Modern Materials base plate waxes are made of natural waxes of the best grade. Our baseplate waxes are a combination of carnauba, beeswax, paraffin, gum dammar, and microcrystalline, aged and processed to exact formulae and procedures.
We at Modern Materials refer to our main ingredient for gypsum and also use it in our wax-consistency.
Shur Wax®
Pink General purpose medium baseplate wax. For dentures, or any place a wax sheet is needed. Shur Wax is made from natural organic waxes, so it carves clean, won’t chip and break at try in, and boils out without oily residue. Medium hardness in 1 and 5 pound boxes.
Shur Wax® Xhard
General purpose hard baseplate wax. For dentures, or any place a wax sheet is needed. Shur Wax is made from natural organic waxes, so it carves clean, won’t chip and break at try in, and boils out without oily residue. Medium hardness in 1 and 5 pound boxes.
Modern Pink No. 3
Pink General purpose soft baseplate wax. For dentures, or any place a wax sheet is needed. Modern Pink #3 is made from natural organic waxes, so it carves clean, won’t chip and break at try in, and boils out without oily residue. Medium/Soft hardness in 1 and 5 pound boxes.
Red Base Plate Wax
General purpose Red baseplatewax. For dentures, or any place a wax sheet is needed. Red Base Plate Wax is made from natural organic waxes, so it carves clean, won’t chip and break at try in, and boils out without oily residue. Medium hardness in 1 and 5 pound boxes.
Bite Blocks
Pink preformed rims to fill vertical space as needed. For dentures, the blocks are made from natural organic waxes, so it carves clean, won’t chip and break at try in, and boils out without oily residue. Available in Trial (12 blocks) and Laboratory (120 blocks) in both Hard, and Soft.
Thin-Ex Wax
0.040 Gauge Pink General purpose baseplate wax. For dentures, or any place a wax spacer sheet is needed. Thin-Ex Wax is made from natural organic waxes, so it carves clean, won’t chip and break at try in, and boils out without oily residue. Medium hardness in 1 and 5 pound boxes.
Boxing Wax
“Regular” Red (0.96” thick x 1 ½ “ wide x 11” long) soft wax easily adapts to impression trays. “X-Thin” Red (0.04” thick x 1 ½ “ wide x 11” long) soft wax even easier to adapt to impression trays. Available in 1 pound boxes.
Check Bite Wafers
Yellow. Primarily beeswax, softens easily in warm water, tempers in the patient’s mouth so it is harder after the bite is taken than when it was in the box. Easy horseshow shape minimizes trimming. Available in Trial size (48 wafers), and Economy Package (192 wafers).
Yellow Bite Wax
Sheets. Primarily beeswax, softens easily in warm water, tempers in the patients mouth so it is harder after the bite is taken than when it was in the box. Available in 1 and 5 pound boxes.
Coprwax® Bite Wafers
Horseshoe shaped bite wafers made from wax with copper particles distributed throughout. Soften wafer in warm water and the copper holds the heat so the wax is softer. Foil laminated to prevent bite through, yet thin enough not to open the bite. Coprwax tempers in the patients mouth so it is harder after the bite is taken than when it was in the box. Box of 84 bite wafers.
Periphery Wax
Blue, scented, to protect the soft tissue from the periphery of the impression tray, to extend or post dam impression trays.
Orthodontic Tray Wax
White, scented, to protect the soft tissue from the periphery of the impression tray. Protect soft tissue from brackets and wires intraorally.