This article describes a unique prosthetically driven protocol that uses computeraided engineering to develop sophisticated, scientific algorithms that guide the fabrication of a conversion denture using the AvaDent Digital Denture system (Global Dental Science). This system is combined with Nobel Clinician (Nobel Biocare) implant-planning software to optimize accuracy and to make it easier and...

Liquid supported denture can be a permanent solution in edentulous patients with atrophied ridge. A complete denture is designed so that the base is covered with a pre-shaped, close fitting flexible foil containing a thin film of high viscosity liquid. Liquid-supported dentures will have optimal stress distribution during masticatory function. It will act as a continuous reliner for the denture...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the initial viscosity and adhesive strength of commercial denture adhesives and oral moisturizers. Materials and Methods: Four cream-type denture adhesives, one gel-type denture adhesive and three gel-type oral moisturizers were used in the study. The initial viscosity was measured using a controlled-stress CarriMed CSL500 rheometer. The adhes...

Edentulism can be a debilitating handicap. Zarb described endentulous individuals who could not function as 'denture cripples'.(1) Most difficulty with complete denture prostheses arises from the inability to function with the mandibular prostheses. Factors that adversely affect successful use of a complete denture on the mandible include: 1) the mobility of the floor of the mouth, 2) thin muco...

A postsurgical upper complete denture was constructed with metal press-plate specially improved for applying the acrylic resin containing 4-META in the hemimaxillary edentulous patient. The whole process of denture construction is described and the resultant denture effect is evaluated by our test method in this paper. The main findings are: 1. The internal surface is quite smooth and clean 2. ...

PATIENT A 39-year-old female patient was admitted with mobility of maxillary anterior fixed partial denture. She was diagnosed as severe chronic periodontitis of abutment teeth of the denture, left alveolus cleft, and anterior/posterior crossbites. The crossbites were improved by prosthetic approach using an implant-supported fixed partial denture with a removable gingival veneer at the anterio...

Objective: An immediate complete denture is fabricated before the extraction of all teeth. It has several advantages such as preservation of esthetics, muscular tone, normal speech and reduction of post-operative pain. This report describes a method of using patient’s current fixed partial denture (FPD) for single-appointment construction of interim immediate denture. Case: We used patient’s ex...

It is a denture type micro electric field loading device design. The device is a removable partial denture, and there are a power supply and the electrode plate in the denture. The electrode plate embedded in the denture base, electrode embedded in the buccal and lingual base, between the base and the artificial teeth is the power supply, the power supply and both sides electrodes connected by ...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic factors on quality of satisfaction towards denture treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred subjects (filling inclusion criteria) who were wearing a denture for at least two months were enrolled and divided into five groups on the basis of sociodemographic variables (age, gender, literacy level, socio-econo...

Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) denture base manufacturers claim to produce their resin pucks under high heat and pressure. Therefore, CAD/CAM dentures are assumed to have enhanced mechanical properties and, as a result, are often produced with lower denture base thicknesses than conventional, manually fabricated dentures. The aim of this study was to investigat...