countercast

plural countercasts

1. prostheticsA piece made to fit into a cast.

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

   2014, Faisar R. Ali et al., “World War One:The Department of Masks for Facial Disfigurements”, in JAMA Dermatology, volume 150, number 12

   4 more examples

   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.

   1955, Sebastian A. Bruno, “A One-Piece Fixed Bridge”, in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, volume 5, number 3

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

   1984, Michele Cacciali et al., “Technical Devices for the FGP Method”, in Quintessence International, volume 15, number 1

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

   1993, Arie Shifman, “Simplified fabrication of orbital prostheses using posterior attachment for the artificial eye”, in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, volume 69, number 1

   This problem was addressed by making a new impression with a tissue conditioner to improve the fit. After immersion in super-hard plaster the countercast was made to obtain a stone part like a flask box

   2006, Silvia Sala Martí, Dolores Merino Tessore, Tomás Escuin Henar, “Prosthetic assessment in cleft lip and palate patients: A case report with oronasal communication”, in Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal