Prosthetics

Denture Adhesives: When, Why, and How

With my great denture techniques, my patients don’t need adhesives, right? As a dentist, recommending denture adhesives is a cop-out, isn’t it? If.

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Prosthetics

Infection of Dental Implements and Appliances, Part 2: The Denture

For many years, an association between denture wear and denture stomatitis (eg, denture sore mouth) has been recognized.1-4 Most of the studies suggested.

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Prosthetics

Using Polyvinyl Impressions for Study Models: A Case Report

While alginate is a good impression material, utilization can demand ideal, sometimes restricting conditions that require special handling. As a result, alginates can.

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Prosthetics

Full-Arch Fixed Prosthetics Supported by Dental Implants and Natural Teeth: Planning, Provisionalization, Treatment Sequences: Two Case Examples

When a patient presents with a partially edentulous arch, fixed restoration of the arch supported by dental implants and natural teeth requires proper.

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Prosthetics

Improving Accuracy and Simplifying Treatment With Full Arch Removable Prosthetics: A Case Report

Patients who are currently wearing full arch removable prostheses may present requesting new dentures. The process may be simplified and the number of.

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Prosthetics

The Implant Bar-Supported Denture

There are many ways to fabricate removable dentures connected to implants. Although this author and many others have constructed over-dentures with just 2.

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Prosthetics

Optimizing the Remaining Dentition

More people are keeping their natural dentition for life, and even those already wearing a prosthesis are starting with these at an older.

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Prosthetics

The Suction Cup Denture: A Century-Old Technology Reborn

Complete denture wearers may be one of the largest underserved dental patient populations, with numbers estimated at more than 40 million in the.

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Prosthetics

A Review of Complete Denture Therapy for Patients With Pronounced Ridge Resorption

The number of people in the United States requiring removable prosthodontic therapy has increased dramatically over the past 20 years.1-3 Current predictions suggest.

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Prosthetics

Mandibular Overdentures Retained With Porous-Surfaced Implants

Construction of conventional mandibular dentures can be a frustrating restorative procedure for dentists to successfully accomplish, and this type of denture can be.

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