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contents
1) Historical Background
2) properties of POP
3) Uses of POP / classification
4) Types of Plaster Cast
5) Steps in Application of POP Cast
6) Complications of POP Cast
7) After Care
History
The name POP is derived from an accident to
a house built on a deposit of Gypsum, near
Paris. The house burnt down. When rain fell
on baked mud of the floors it was noted that
footprints in mud set rock-hard.