Table 1: Comparison of Numbers
| Product Name | Set Time (Super Fast / Fast / Regular) | Work Time | Intraoral Set Time | Hardness | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson® High Performance (HP) Bite Registration | 30 sec / 45 sec / 2 min | – | – | – | – |
| Blu-Mousse® VPS Bite Registration Material | – | – | – | 85-durometer | – |
| Genie® Bite Registration Material | 60 sec / 90 sec | – | – | Rock-hard | – |
| Regisil® 2X™ VPS Bite Registration Material Cartridge System Refill Pack | – | – | – | – | – |
| Patterson® Clear Bite Registration | – | 1:00 min | 1:00 min | – | – |
| Defend® Bite Registration Material | – | – | – | 80+ durometer | – |
| Imprint™ 4 Bite Registration Material Cartridge | – | – | 60 sec | – | – |
| Jet Bite Registration Material | 70 sec / 20 sec / 50 sec | – | – | – | – |
| Exabite™ II NDS Bite Registration Creme | – | – | 45 sec or less | Higher strength and hardness | – |
| Regisil® Rigid Super Fast Set Refill | Super fast set (30 sec) | 30 sec | 30 sec | Rigid final set | – |
1. Patterson® High Performance (HP)
The HP Bite Registration uses a mousse-like vinyl polysiloxane (VPS) impression material to record bite characteristics.
- Sets in the mouth (Super Fast Set – 30 seconds, Fast Set – 45 seconds, Regular Set – 2 minutes)
- Made in the USA
2. Blu-Mousse® VPS by Parkell Products Inc
BLU-MOUSSE is a vinyl polysiloxane bite registration (impression) material.
- Exceptional accuracy
- Plaster-like hardness (85-durometer)
- Dependable, no-slump (thixotropic) consistency
- Covers conventional bite registration techniques to modern-day digital impressions
3. Genie® by Sultan Healthcare Inc
Genie™ Bite is a bite registration material with a light mousse consistency that stays where you put it without slumping when injected onto an occlusal surface. Once set, it becomes rock-hard, capturing and keeping great detail without compressing or flexing during model mounting.
- Won’t compress or flex upon mounting
- Useful as a quick die for temporary inlays and onlays
- Fast and easy to trim
- Dual port cartridge prevents clogs and cross-contamination between base and catalyst
- Super Fast Set formula sets in 60 seconds; the Fast Set formula sets in 90 seconds
4. Regisil® 2X™ VPS
Designed for accurate interocclusal records of bite registration, the Regisil® 2X™ vinyl polysiloxane bite registration system accurately records occlusal details, enabling the dentist and lab technician to easily seat models with a slight amount of elasticity as well as by minimizing interferences from convex tooth surfaces. It also enables minimum resistance to the patient’s jaw closure to minimize the deviation of the mandible and aids in producing consistently accurate centric relation records.
5. Patterson® Clear
Patterson® Clear Bite Registration is ideal for use as a matrix material for temporaries. The material is transparent, allowing light to pass through for curing purposes.
- Worktime is 1:00 minute, and the intraoral set time is 1:00 minute
- Made in the USA
6. Defend® by Mydent International
DEFEND Bite Registration Material is ideal for bite registration, copying transfers, and primary impression with bite trays.
- Mousse-like and Thixotropic, fluffy vinyl polysiloxane material
- 80+ durometer flows easily
- Will not run or sag
7. Imprint™ 4
Imprint™ 4 VPS Bite Registration Material delivers fast and accurate bite registrations.
- Great flow properties and no-slump consistency that does not lock into undercuts or interdental areas
- Saves time with a short intra-oral setting time of only 60 seconds, enhancing patient comfort and reducing inaccuracies
- Easy to cut, trim and position due to material hardness and low flexibility after setting
8. Jet Bite
Jet Bite Fast from Coltène/Whaledent is easy to handle and has ideal stability to facilitate bite registration. The dental technician appreciates how well the material can be formed and trimmed. Jet Bite gives the perfect occlusal fit on the first try, flows smoothly, and sets rock hard.
- Smooth mousse-like consistency – no resistance to closure, no rebound
- Jet Bite fast 70 seconds total working time
- Working time max. 20 seconds
- Oral setting time min. 50 seconds
- High dimensional stability – no distortion
- Not brittle – easy to grind and cut
- Saves time – minimizes occlusal adjustments
9. Exabite™ II NDS by GC America
Developed especially for occlusal registration, Exabite II NDS is an improved addition reaction vinyl polysiloxane impression material with significant handling and accuracy advances, extrudes easier, and quickly sets hard.
- Improved bite registration creme offers higher strength and hardness
- Faster formulation sets in 45 seconds or less
10. Regisil® Rigid
Regisil® Rigid is a mousse-like impression material that records bite characteristics. The bite registration cartridge system offers both ease of delivery and the elimination of cross-contamination between the base and catalyst.
- Light, stackable viscosity
- Rigid final set
- Super fast set
- 30-second work time and 30-second set time
Table 2: Comparison of Features
| Product Name | Material Type | Flavor | Exceptional Accuracy | Thixotropic Consistency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson® High Performance (HP) Bite Registration | VPS | Flavored | – | – |
| Blu-Mousse® VPS Bite Registration Material | VPS | – | Exceptional accuracy | Dependable, no-slump (thixotropic) consistency |
| Genie® Bite Registration Material | Bite registration material | Mint flavored | – | Light mousse consistency, stays where you put it without slumping |
| Regisil® 2X™ VPS Bite Registration Material Cartridge System Refill Pack | VPS | – | Accurate interocclusal records of bite registration, enabling the dentist and lab technician to easily seat models with a slight amount of elasticity | Minimizes interferences from convex tooth surfaces |
| Patterson® Clear Bite Registration | Bite registration material | Unflavored | – | Transparent, allowing light to pass through for curing purposes |
| Defend® Bite Registration Material | VPS | – | – | Mousse-like and Thixotropic, fluffy vinyl polysiloxane material |
| Imprint™ 4 Bite Registration Material Cartridge | VPS | – | – | Great flow properties and no-slump consistency that does not lock into undercuts or interdental areas |
| Jet Bite Registration Material | – | – | – | Smooth mousse-like consistency – no resistance to closure, no rebound |
| Exabite™ II NDS Bite Registration Creme | Vinyl polysiloxane impression material | – | Significant handling and accuracy advances, extrudes easier and sets hard very quickly | – |
| Regisil® Rigid Super Fast Set Refill | Impression material | – | – | Mousse-like impression material that records bite characteristics |
