A kit (1) to make an individual impression tray for dental use comprising
essentially a standard model (20) reproducing a dental arch (24), a
semifinished product of thermoformable material, for example a plate
member (30), and a container (10) for a heat exchange liquid. The first
step that is carried out by the dentist (60) to obtain the individual
impression tray (100) provides the insertion of the model (20) in the
container (10). Then, next to dental arch of the model (20) a plate
member (30) is arranged and hereafter a certain amount of a liquid is put
(15), for example water, in the container (10) up to covering plate
member (30). The liquid (15) is then heated by a source of thermal power,
for example a microwave oven (40) stopping heating when the temperature
of the liquid (15) achieves a value T* higher than the temperature for
softening the thermoformable material of the plate member (30). At the
temperature T*, plate member (30) of thermoformable material is in the
plastic state and therefore collapses on the standard model (20) assuming
substantially its shape, obtaining a thermoformed plate member (30')
equipped with a recess (101) at the side facing the model (20) and a
corresponding projection (102) at the opposite side.