Immediate dentures Flashcards
A reactive tissue growth usually developing under a denture
Occurs on hard palate beneath denture base
Asmy red or pink nodules on mucosa of hard palate and occasionally the residual ridge
Directly related to constant wearing of ill-fitting denture and poor oral hygiene
Candida frequently present
Inflammatory Papillary Hyperplasia
Reline immediate denture after healing and ridge stable (6 months): one denture
Conventional immediate
Aim is to use for short period, then it is replaced by the definitive prosthesis when healing is complete: 2 dentures
Interim/transitional immediate
What is the tx flow for conventional immediate dentures?
Posterior TEs, wait 6-8 weeks, impressions, fab denture, TE anterior teeth, deliver, reline at 6 months
What is the main disadvantage of immediate dentures?
Lack of anterior try in
How much acryllic material is needed for the denture to be stable/ strong enough to resist fracture?
2 mm
What techinque of impression is used in the case of anterior flabby tissue?
Campagna technique
Required if any alveloplasty or bone smoothing is anticipated
Fabricated at wax elimination stage of processing
simulates how much the cast has been trimmed so that the bone can be smoothed to this level to have the denture still fit
Surgical Template
How long should the pt wear the immediate dentures after they have been delivered?
24 hours non stop
What tissue conditioning material: used right after delivery and doesn’t last long?
Coe comfort
What tissue conditioning material: lasts a few weeks
Coe soft
What tissue conditioning material: lasts a lot longer?
Lynal
