What to expect and how to care for New Dentures New dentures will feel awkward. Speech will be different and will feel your mouth is too full. Time, patience, and some training will help these problems go away to a large extent. If you don’t deal well with change in general, then you may take […]
Category Archives: Denture
Speech problems with the all on 4 Speech problems of the all on 4 dental implant prosthesis is one of several problems that can occur. Some problems are a maintenance issue and as just going to happen with time and other issues we can fix or avoid. Many of these issues are the same with […]
Can I microwave my denture? – How to microwave dentures. Can you microwave a denture? Well, not only can you, but you probably should to help clean it! However, with newer materials coming out all the time it is hard to say with any certainty if your particular denture has research behind it and is […]
Digital dentures or 3D printed dentures Digital dentures are dentures that we fabricate through a digital process. We mill a digital denture from a puck via CAD-CAM but some more temporary version may use 3D printing technology. Millings has some better properties and is superior in terms of trueness to printing. Kalberer JPD 2019 What […]
Denture problems and their solutions Denture problems plague most if not all dentists from time to time. This is a list of common issues and fixes. To see the step by step denture fabrication you can go to our denture page or for more detail click here. Maxilla denture problems Sore spots – Mark obvious […]
Denture Reline – Tissue Conditioner and Denture Soft Reline Materials Denture reline products vary primarily by what the chemistry of the product is. Therefore on this page I list products by their basic chemical make up. What I consider the best denture reline material, tissue conditioner or soft reline, for a few common uses. For […]
Hard reline products COE-RECT – GC America Inc. Elite Hard Relining – Zhermack Inc GC RELINE – GC America Inc. Hygenic Acrylic – Coltène Justi – American Tooth Industries KOOLINER – GC America Inc. MucoHard Hard Reline Resin – Parkell, Inc. Original Truliner / New Truliner – Bosworth Company Probase / SR Ivocap / IvoBase […]
Denture Initial visit – Final Impression – With Nothing At the initial denture visit we can take final impressions of both arches. This visit lasts 30 minutes. Follow “Seating a Patient” SOP Second visit Method 1 for final denture impression 1. Accu-Dent to pour up in house System 1 – Follow their laminated sheet Use […]
Second denture visit – Wax rims to find VDO and CR The second denture visit. First visit Third visit May be able to get CR and VDO with Ivoclar Centric in first visit Try in wax rims 2 weeks after initial visit to determine vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO). This visit can last anywhere […]
Third denture visit – Wax try-in Third visit for denture fabrication. Second visit Denture problems Third denture visit Try in of teeth still set in wax, so changes can be made, 2 weeks after second visit. This visit can last anywhere from 2-30 minutes. If something is way off with denture then this appointment will […]
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