Overdenture

Question 1

What is the most important step in fabrication of complete denture?

Answer 1

The one you are currently working on

Question 2

% of dentists who send mounted casts?

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

Best predictors of denture success are?

Answer 3

Lateral throat forma and tongue position

Question 4

What shapes should tissue stops be?

Answer 4

Rectangle (hurts less than square)

Question 5

End point of PIP?

Answer 5

No brush strokes remaining

Question 6

How to get vertical dimension of rest

Answer 6

M-M-M

Question 7

Facebow is only important if…

Answer 7

you are changing or potentially changing a patients vertical dimension

Question 8

Fudge factor to compensate for dental resin shrinkage during processing?

Answer 8

Posterior Palatal Seal

Question 9

In an overdenture, how should the remaining teeth be prepared

Answer 9

Dome shaped 1-2mm above the tissue

Question 10

CAD/CAM denture options 2016

Answer 10

Dentica, Avadent, Ivoclar (glidewell)

Question 11

Which over denture system has its own trays?

Answer 11

Dentica

Question 12

Heraeus Kulzer System

Answer 12

Uses Dentica tray system to print digital denture (try in), then conventional processing after approval from try in

Question 13

Glidewell Dental labs

Answer 13

Impression, digital design, try-in with anteriors in wax, conventionally processed

Question 14

CAD/CAM technology available since…

Answer 14

1980s

Question 15

What were the results of the study on digital dentures

Answer 15

• Average appt= 2.38
• No differences were found based on operator skill level
• *Experienced denture wearers rated their digital denture as better than their previous one**