“…After that, the tooth has been immersed in freshly mixed alginate prior to the hardening of the material. The alginate material is widely used as a physical model for in vitro measurements [2,4,12,15] since it has adequate physical and electrical properties. We have used Fast Set alginate dental impression material by GC Europe n.v. (Leuven, Belgium) prepared according to manufacturer's instructions using tap water.…”