Provisional Crown and Bridge Material
Dual Cure, Snap Set, Fracture-resistant
Tuff-Temp Plus is a temporary material designed to streamline everyday provisional workflows. Its combination of strength, esthetics, and value has made it a trusted choice for dentists worldwide. Like all Pulpdent materials, it is manufactured in the USA at Pulpdent’s facility in Watertown, Massachusetts, and is BPA-free.
At the core of Tuff-Temp Plus is Pulpdent’s patented rubberized-resin technology, MODULUS™. This urethane-based chemistry enhances fracture resistance and enables precise marginal adaptation compared to traditional acrylics and bisacrylics. Margins remain stable during finishing, without softening or distortion.
Tuff-Temp Plus provides the strength and esthetics required for virtually all provisional indications. It is famously “Tuff”—its impact resistance and dimensional stability help maintain fit and reduce the risk of fractures or debonding.
During trimming, the material grinds cleanly into a powder without dragging or deforming, allowing for accurate margin refinement. The optional light-cure feature enables immediate full-strength restorations and is ideal for use with clear vinyl polysiloxane templates.
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Tuff-Temp Plus 12-Unit Provisional
Fig 1. Fill matrix ¾ full with Tuff-Temp Plus and seat in the mouth.
Fig 2. Removal time is 2 minutes from the beginning of the mix (approximately 75 seconds after insertion in the mouth).
Fig 3. Check the provisional restoration for marginal integrity.
Fig 4. The provisional is trimmed and polished but not yet glazed. Note the perfect margins.
Fig 5. The 12-unit provisional is glazed and cemented to place. The margins and esthetics are exceptional.
Fig 6. Note the excellent tissue condition upon removal of the provisional four weeks later.
Images courtesy Dr. Mark Cannon
Tuff-Temp Plus 2-Unit Provisional
Fig 1. Crown preps have been completed on the premolar and molar.
Fig 2. Fill matrix ¾ full with Tuff-Temp Plus and seat in the mouth. The time-saving, light cure option can be used with the clear template shown in this case.
Fig 3. The 2-unit provisional is trimmed and glazed.
Fig 4. The finished Tuff-Temp Plus provisional. Finally, esthetic temporaries that stay on and don’t break.
Images courtesy Dr. C. H. Pameijer
Flexural Strength
Tuff-Temp Plus exhibits very high flexural strength without brittleness. Its far greater deflection at break, the key indicator of toughness, is approximately 50% to 100% greater than bis-acrylics.
Higher Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)
The glass transition temperature (Tg) is the temperature at which a polymer goes from a hard glass-like state to a rubber-like state. Bis-acrylics have a lower Tg than rubberized-urethane. The heat produced by grinding and finishing instruments softens bis-acrylic, distorts the margins and gums up finishing instruments. Tuff-Temp Plus’s rubberized-urethane chemistry has a higher Tg and is not affected by the heat of grinding and finishing, resulting in perfect margins and a better fit.
Proprietary Rubberized-Urethane™ Chemistry (MODULUS™)
A synthetic rubber molecule (MODULUS™) has been inserted into the diurethane dimethacrylate. This produces a tougher, more impact resistant material with increased dimensional stability. The provisional restoration fits tightly, stays on better and is more fracture resistant.
Tuff-Temp Plus’s advanced rubberized-urethane chemistry provides greater strength and dimensional stability, and tighter fitting provisional restorations, than acrylics and bis-acrylics. Breakage and debondings are minimized or eliminated.
The material grinds and powders producing crisp and accurate margins that do not soften or distort. Finishing instruments do not gum up or clog. Trimming with a low speed acrylic bur, fine grit diamond bur or finishing and polishing disk system provides exceptional results.
Tuff-Temp Plus self-cures and has a light cure option to produce a full strength restoration on demand. Fast light curing is also ideally suited for use with a clear vinyl polysiloxane template.
Rubber-Diurethane-Dimethacrylate
Hydrogenated Polybutadiene Rubber
Diurethane Dimethacrylate
Key Features
- Tough and resilient
- Impact and fracture resistant
- Tight fitting temps grip teeth securely
- Greatly reduces breakage and cementation failures
- Grinds and powders without softening
- Trims to crisp, perfect margins
- Does not gum up finishing instruments
- Self-cure with fast light cure option
Plus
- Enhanced esthetics
- Faster setting time
- Snap set
- Fluorescence added
Tuff-Temp Provisional Glaze
A light cure glaze with the same proprietary rubberized-urethane chemistry that provides enhanced esthetics and patient satisfaction during temporization.
Tuff-Temp Provisional Add-on
This shade-matching flowable Add-on is light cure and is formulated from the same proprietary rubberized-urethane chemistry. It is ideal for making alterations and for smile design
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Tuff-Temp™ Plus
Additional information
| Style | With Glaze, With Glaze and Add-on, Refill |
|---|---|
| Shade | B, B1, A1, A2, A3, A3.5 |
| Size | 5 mL, 50 mL |
| Applicator Tip Qty. | 10, 20, 8 |
| Glaze Size | 3 mL, N/A |
| Add-On Size | 1.2 mL |
Compatible with:
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- Applicator Tips and Dispensers
Automix Light-Safe Black Mixer Tips
SKU: A*- View Product This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
