Verification appointment in complete denture therapy

Completed dentures should demonstrate the beneficial effects of an ordered, disciplined approach to the "try-in" appointment. The proposed design of the trial dentures for this appointment allows accurate verification of spatial positions, and easy access to changes in position and arrangement of the teeth. Two phases of the verification appointment should be recognized: laboratory and clinical. In the laboratory phase, the teeth are arranged according to anatomic landmarks, and the trial denture is designed to allow accurate verification of previous records. In the clinical phase, the intermaxillary dimensions are verified or corrected, and the teeth are rearranged for support of the lips and optimal esthetics. The design permits simple and effective changes in the spatial position of the teeth. When the try-in or verification appointment is carefully planned and the list of verification checks made in a disciplined and orderly manner, this appointment can progress to a meaningful and predictable conclusion.