Conversion prosthesis: fabricating chairside immediate complete denture

Patients presenting with mutilated dentition requiring multiple extractions can be treated effectively with conventional techniques for fabricating an immediate, complete, removable dental prosthesis (commonly known as an immediate complete denture). When a patient presents with a full-arch fixed partial denture with few and severely compromised abutments, it often precludes the possibility of staging the extractions prior to the fabrication of an immediate complete denture. A technique for fabrication of a functional, chairside, immediate complete denture is presented.