OBJECTIVES Given the need to ensure that dentists are sufficiently skilled to offer the best possible care to their patients, this study aims to evaluate the teaching methods and clinical experience achieved by undergraduate dental students in Spain and Portugal as regards complete dentures. STUDY DESIGN In February 2011, a questionnaire seeking information about the preclinical and clinical ...

The prosthodontist encounters increasing problems in the fabrication of a well functioning complete denture over a resorbed edentulous ridge. The objective of this study was to clinically evaluate the efficacy of the soft acrylic denture compared to conventional one when used to restore a severely resorbed ridge. Both quantitative and qualitative parameters were assessed. Quantitative parameter...

BACKGROUND Demand for complete denture treatment is expected to rise over several decades. However, to date, no questionnaire on complete dentures, as evaluated by edentulous patients, has been shown to be reliable and valid. This study sought to assess the reliability and validity of Patient's Denture Assessment (PDA), which provides a multidimensional evaluation of dentures among edentulous p...

PURPOSE Thermoplastic materials, such as acetal (AC) and polyamide (PA), constitute an alternative to polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) based resins as the materials for removable partial dentures. However, none of the previous studies compared chewing efficiency and occlusal forces in the wearers of dentures made of various materials. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine and compare ...

Background The purpose of this study was to compare the displacement tooth arrangement in dentures fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM) and heat curing. Methods Three-dimensional (3D) scanning performed for edentulous jaw models. After teeth were arranged, 3D wax denture performed. Heat-cured with heat-cure polymer resin. Based on data obtained subtracting model from data, AM ultraviolet-c...

UNLABELLED Provision of partial and complete dentures constructed from resin is commonplace and a satisfactory outcome requires the consideration of the properties of the resin, the oral tissues and prosthodontic principles. Conventional acrylic resin has been widely adopted as a popular denture base material since the 1930s. In this first of a two-part series, the benefits and shortcomings of ...

The trend of cast partial dentures (CPD) is decreasing day by day. aim this survey was to know the deceleration about use CPDs. Descriptive survey. This consist eight questions regrading CPDs dentists in Maharashtra which sent them through electronic communication. reason behind downtrend advanced treatment options such as implants, fixed dentures. Also, high fabrication cost and aesthetics are...