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Luis Infante¹, Burak Yilmaz², Edwin McGlumphy³

¹Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, La.

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

|January 28, 2014

Summary

Digital scanning technology offers a streamlined approach to creating milled complete dental prostheses. This innovative method reduces the number of patient appointments needed for maxillomandibular relationship registration and esthetic evaluation.

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Area of Science:

Dentistry
Prosthodontics
Digital Dentistry

Background:

Conventional complete denture fabrication involves multiple appointments for crucial data acquisition.
Registering maxillomandibular relationships and assessing esthetics are time-consuming conventional steps.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe a digital workflow for fabricating milled complete dental prostheses.
To evaluate the potential of digital scanning technology to reduce patient appointments.

Main Methods:

Utilizing digital scanning technology for impressions and maxillomandibular relation records.
Employing an anatomic measuring device for anterior tooth position.
Generating a virtual denture model for milling.

Main Results:

The described technique enables the creation of a virtual denture.
Milling eliminates the need for traditional stone casts, flasking, and processing.

Conclusions:

Digital scanning and milling offer a more efficient alternative for complete denture fabrication.
This digital approach can significantly decrease the number of clinical appointments required.