3 - 3/18: Complete Denture Insertion Flashcards
What two things does the patient think before the insertion appointment?
Anticipation
Apprehension
When do you do a lab remount?
After processing
What is the process of eliminating errors?
The insertion appointment
How long should the patient leave dentures our prior to the insertion appointment?
24 hours - to let the tissue relax
What should you do to the dentures before the insertion appointment
Inspect dentures, put in denture cup/H2O
What should you look at on the dentures before the insertion appointment?
- no imperfections on surfaces
- borders are round/no sharp angles
- cameo surfaces are smooth
What should you do to the casts before the insertion appointment?
Mandibular remount cast is prepared for clinical remount
Where should the maxillary remount cast be before the insertion appointment?
Already attached to articulator
What should you put on the intaglio surface?
Pressure indicator paste
What is the function of the pressure indicator paste?
Undercut areas
Accuracy of tissue contact
What is zinc oxide paste used as?
A pressure indicating paste (PIP) to detect improper adaptation
What patients is PIP used in?
Patients with xerostomia in order to prevent the PIP from sticking to the mucosa
What is the PIP sequence?
- dry denture surface
- brush a thin even layer of PIP onto the surface of the denture
- seat the denture with pressure in the first molar region
- remove immediately
- inspect and adjust bearing surface as necessary
How should you apply the pressure indicator paste?
Brush on thin coat
Brush strokes visible
What should you remove on the cast after applying paste?
islands of pink
- the area is adjusted with an acrylic burr
- when completed the brush marks are mostly absent and the posterior palatal seal bead is showing
What should you ensure regarding the displaced paste?
Reflects a pressure area before relieving the denture base
Mark again, if not sure
How should you evaluate the borders?
Are dentures stable during speech and swallowing?
Are borders and contours compatible with available space in vestibules?
Borders properly relieved at frenal attachments?
How should you disclose the wax and adjust the borders?
- adjust denture flange as necessary
- reapply, border mold, and adjust until areas of overextension are eliminated
How should you check the phonetics?
- check the thickness of the maxillary palatal portion (a common problem is excessive thickness)
- reevaluate the position of the maxillary anterior teeth
- if everything appears normal it nay be a matter of time for the patient to adapt
- open vertical dimension of occlusion
Why does a patient gag?
- palate excessively thick
- palatal extension too long
- lack of tongue space (teeth set too far to the lingual)