Interim acrylic resin duplicate removable partial dentures

Certain dental procedures require patients to be without their removable partial dentures. This can be a great inconvenience and psychologically difficult for some patients. This procedure permits duplicating existing removable partial dentures so that patients will not have to be without prostheses.     

Interim complete immediate dentures for a patient wearing removable partial dentures.

This article describes a technique used for fabricating temporary (interim) complete dentures for a patient who had been wearing removable partial dentures and whose remaining teeth were to be extracted. Rather than attempt to incorporate the existing removable partial dentures into the interim complete dentures, the dentist used the existing dentures to fabricate acrylic resin teeth for the interim prosthesis.     

Esthetic removable partial dentures

This article provides information regarding the many ways that removable partial dentures (RPDs) may be used to solve restorative problems in the esthetic zone without displaying metal components or conspicuous acrylic resin flanges. The esthetic zone is defined and described, as are methods for recording it. Six dental categories are presented that assist the dentist in choosing a variety of RPD design concepts that may be used to avoid metal display while still satisfying basic principles of RPDs. New materials that may be utilized for optimal esthetics are presented and techniques for contouring acrylic resin bases and tinting denture bases are described.     

Immediate removable partial dentures

This technique for immediate delivery of removable partial dentures bases its success upon correct diagnosis, careful treatment planning, and close cooperation among patient, laboratory technician, and dentist.     

Successful removable partial dentures

Removable partial dentures (RPDs) remain a mainstay of prosthodontic care for partially dentate patients. Appropriately designed, they can restore masticatory efficiency, improve aesthetics and speech, and help secure overall oral health. However, challenges remain in providing such treatments, including maintaining adequate plaque control, achieving adequate retention, and facilitating patient tolerance. The aim of this paper is to review the successful provision of RPDs. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Removable partial dentures are a successful form of treatment for replacing missing teeth, and can be successfully provided with appropriate design and fabrication concepts in mind.     

Swing-lock removable partial dentures

The swing-lock removable partial denture (RPD) is a little-taught RPD concept that offers clinicians additional choices in the treatment of perplexing situations involving periodontally compromised dentitions, missing key abutments, and other clinical situations in which a conventional RPD design may not be feasible. This article reviews past and current literature concerning the swing-lock RPD and provides some clinical and laboratory considerations involving the treatment planning and fabrication of this often-useful RPD.     

Designing removable partial dentures

Various designs have been suggested for the more frequently- occurring situations of the partially edentulous state. Obviously, a discussion of all the probabilities of design is not possible. The important factor is that basic principles are not violated. Retainer choice, rest placement, major and minor connector design, and support of the distal extension base are all critical factors. However, the fact remains that adequate time must be spent in properly diagnosing the particular case and devising a workable treatment plan. A thorough oral and radiographic examination, accurate articulated diagnostic casts, and a profile of the patient in terms of prosthetic needs and expectations must all be made. Once this picture is in order, the rather mechanical task of laying out the "nuts and bolts" of removable partial denture design can be carried out to ensure that our patients receive the full benefits of our knowledge and skills.     

Combining resin-bonded prostheses and removable partial dentures: report of case

The resin-bonded prosthesis provides an alternative for tooth replacement in that the prosthesis can be combined with other dentures. The prosthesis was used conservatively in this case, with modified abutment teeth to improve the function of the removable partial denture. Decreased expense, shorter chair time, and the noninvasive nature of the procedure make the prosthesis an option for patients with special problems.     

Impressions in removable partial dentures

The success of a removable partial denture, the comfort for the patient, stability and especially the psychological acceptance depend on a series of essential technicals factors. Probably the more delicate stage of the prosthetic technology is the transfer of informations from the mouth of the patient to the prothesist through the impression. In removable partial denture, impression have to take account into the balance between uncompressible hard tissue and soft structures with variable compressibilities. The diversity of clinical cases is responsible for a large diversity of techniques. The aim of this article is to describe the more common technics used in every day practice.     

Designing successful removable partial dentures

In today's busy dental offices, removable partial denture design is often abdicated by dentists, both as a result of a lack of experience and consensus of design and because of educational failure on the part of dental schools. The result is delegation of the clinical design process to the lab technician. The lack of clinical data provided to the dental technician jeopardizes the quality of care. This article will focus on a logical and simple approach to this problem, making removable partial denture design simple and predictably achievable. The clinical evidence related to removable partial denture design will be described, along with a checklist to simplify the process and make it practical and applicable to everyday clinical practice.     

Soldering of removable partial dentures

Both high- and low-heat removable partial denture alloys were soldered with combinations of different solders and heat sources. The soldered specimens were subjected to tensile strength testing, and a ranking of joint strength was developed. Joint strengths that were 85% as strong as the as-cast metal were created in both alloy types when 0.800 fine solder was used with an electrosoldering device as a heat source. All other combinations tested resulted in greater reductions in joint strength.