Author: Dr. Parijat Chakraborty

  TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO REMOVABLE PARTIAL DENTURES 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹 Maxillary first molar is the most commonly missing tooth in permanent dentition. 🔹The primary objective of partial dentures is to preserve those tissues that remain in a state of health. 🔹The commonly used extra coronal retainers are in the form of clasps. 🔹Removable partial […]

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TOPIC: OVERDENTURES 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹Overdenture primarily preserves bone, preserves proprioception and enhances patient’s manipulative skills. 🔹Application of low concentration stannous fluoride or 0.5% APF gel is recommended on abutment teeth to reduce caries rate. 🔹Overdenture is also called biologic denture, telescopic denture, onlay denture, hybrid denture, root-supported denture and superimposed denture.

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TOPIC: SINGLE COMPLETE DENTURES AND IMMEDIATE DENTURES 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Continuous gum denture is an artificial denture consisting of the porcelain teeth and tinted porcelain denture base material fused to a platinum base. 🔹Immediate dentures should be removed by the dentist after 24 h of wearing. 🔹Thickness of the palatal surface of the maxillary denture […]

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TOPIC: RELINING AND REBASING 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹 Tissue Conditioners are used in functional reline technique. 🔹 The major drawback of rebasing complete dentures is chances of alteration in the centric relation. 🔎 DEFINITIONS: 🔸Relining: The procedures used to resurface the tissue side of a removable dental prosthesis with new base material, thus producing an […]

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TOPIC: INSERTION AND TROUBLESHOOTING IN COMPLETE DENTURE PROSTHESIS 🎯 KEY FACTS: 🔹An occlusal pivot is an elevation placed on the occlusal surface of the molars to limit the mandibular closure by acting as a fulcrum. 🔹The occlusion of the complete denture should be checked after 24 h. 🔹Burning sensation of the anterior palate in a new […]

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TOPIC: WAX TRY-IN AND LABORATORY PROCEDURES 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Shim stock is a thin strip of 8–12 microns used to identify the presence or absence of occlusal or proximal contact. 🔹Errors in mounting casts on the articulator are detected when the centric relation is used as a horizontal reference position. 🔹Mandibular equilibration is the condition […]

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TOPIC: SELECTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF TEETH 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹Denture aesthetics is defined as ‘the effect produced by a dental prosthesis that affects the beauty and attractiveness of the person’.  🔹Space of Donders is the space that lies above the dorsum of the tongue and below the hard and soft palates when the mandible and […]

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