02: Overview of Complete Denture Treatment Flashcards
Which appointment provides an opportunity for an esthetic preview. Sometimes the patient can bring someone with them to give a 2nd opinion.
Wax try-in appointment
Which appointment is used to determine how the jaws relate to one another for mounting the casts
Records appointment
What is done at the initial exam
Med History
Dental History
Manage expectations
Education
What type of ridges will provide more support for the dentures
High ridges and wide ridges for more surface area
What are some of the lesions that are of concern to fitting a denture?
Tori
Exostoses
Bony undercuts
What normal (or variation of normal) structures must also be examined.
Frenum attachment
What is Step 2
Final Impressions with custom trays
What is involved with the final impressions
border molding
Wash impression
dynamic impression
The shaping of an impression material by the manipulation of the tissues adjacent to the borders of the impression
Border molding
What happens in Step 3
Jaw Relation/Records Appt.
Record bases and wax occlusal rims
What are the denture teeth made from
acrylic resin
What steps are taken during the Laboratory work?
Mount casts
Set denture teeth
Wax/festoon denture base
What is step 4
Wax try in
esthetic preview
Verify records
What is step 5
Insertion
What is step 6
post-insertion check 24 hour 1 week 1 month annual (for oral cancer exam)
