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Fabrication of facially guided CAD-CAM complete dentures: A dental technique
Guillermo Galván Lobo1, Manel Cruz Vida2, Nancy E Hartrick3
1Private practice, Valladolid, Spain; Guest Professor, Department of Dentistry, University of Barcelona, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; and Researcher, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
An alternative protocol is presented to design computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) complete dentures and overdentures using a facially guided digital design. The facially guided design protocol with CAD-CAM facilitated communication between the clinician and dental laboratory technician. A monolithic denture and overdenture were fabricated guided by preliminary dentures with 3-dimensionally (3D) printed denture bases and milled wax teeth.
