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Digital festooning protocol for complete dentures.

Edgar Garcia-Zea¹, Mateus Bertolini Fernandes Dos Santos², Carlos A Jurado³

¹Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG), Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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This study presents a standardized digital festooning protocol for complete dentures. The method improves the natural appearance and reproducibility of gingival contours in digital dental fabrication.

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Area of Science:

Dentistry
Digital Dentistry
Prosthodontics

Background:

Accurate gingival architecture is crucial for esthetic and functional complete dentures.
Digital workflows enhance denture fabrication but lack inherent gingival characterization.
Current digital festooning methods can be complex and reduce reproducibility.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe a standardized digital festooning protocol for bimaxillary complete dentures.
To improve the reproducibility, efficiency, and esthetic integration of digitally fabricated dentures.
To achieve natural gingival morphology using a computer-aided design (CAD) environment.

Main Methods:

A standardized digital festooning protocol was developed within a dental CAD environment.
A structured mapping strategy guided material addition and subtraction for gingival features.
Arch-specific modifications were incorporated to address anatomic variations.

Main Results:

The protocol effectively reproduced cervical convexity, interdental papillae, root eminences, and gingival transitions.
The workflow demonstrated enhanced reproducibility and efficiency in digital denture fabrication.
The method preserved denture border integrity while achieving natural gingival morphology.

Conclusions:

The described digital festooning protocol offers a practical approach for creating natural gingival morphology in complete dentures.
This standardized workflow improves esthetic outcomes and predictability in digital prosthodontics.
The technique enhances the overall quality of digitally fabricated complete dentures.