Digital Dentures: Protocols for removable and implant-retained prostheses

– Key principles of achieving retention in complete dentures

– Factors affecting denture stability, including anatomical considerations

– Understanding the role of support and how it impacts denture fit

– Common challenges and solutions for enhancing denture stability

– Evaluation of the oral and facial structures before denture placement

– Types of pre-prosthetic surgery, such as alveoloplasty and vestibuloplasty

– Indications and contraindications for various pre-prosthetic procedures

– The impact of pre-prosthetic surgery on denture fit and overall oral health

– Defining and measuring Vertical Dimension of Occlusion (VDO)

– The significance of Centric Relation (CR) in denture fabrication

– Techniques for accurate CR and VDO records, including interocclusal records

– The role of these records in creating well-fitting complete dentures

– Principles of anterior tooth positioning for natural aesthetics

– Balancing aesthetics with functional requirements in tooth arrangement

– Achieving proper overjet, overbite, and midline alignment

– The concept of balanced occlusion in complete dentures. 

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Conventional fabrication techniques of digital dentures:

- Traditional method involving impressions, wax setups, and manual teeth arrangement.

– Milled digital dentures protocols: utilizing CAD/CAM technology for precision milling of denture bases and teeth

– 3D printed digital dentures: protocols and workflow

– Step-by-step demonstration of the 3D printed and milled digital dentures

– Advantages and limitations of digital dentures

– The difference between analog and digital workflow

– Analysis of clinical cases

– Demonstration of clinical tips and tricks. 

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– The 3 appointment workflow and protocols

– The 2 appointment workflow and protocols

– The use of intraoral scanners: clinical tips for scanning edentulous patients

– Immediate digital denatures based on digital impression and digital workflow

– Numerous clinical examples demonstrating different ways patients can present and how we can use digital workflows to fabricate dentures.

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.

– Overdentures: 

- Advantages of implant over dentures

- Diagnosis and treatment planning

- Restorative Space

- Biomechanics of overdentures

- Denture to implant attachment

- Principles and clinical procedures of overdentures.

– Aesthetic considerations and patient preferences

– Occlusal design for stability and function

– Verification of final fit and occlusion

– Analysis of clinical cases.  

Recommended for: Prosthodontists, General dentists.