Dentures

In this step-by-step technique, Luke S. Kahng shows how he creates a full-mouth solution using an implant-secured hybrid denture.

Darrel Clark, CDT, shows a step-by-step technique for using Dental Creations' EZ Partial Denture Repair Kit to repair a partial denture.

Veracia SA teeth are engineered to self-articulate during occlusion through strategically placed fissures and grinding facets regardless of the occlusal concept used.

Taking advantage of a highly ignored fabrication and marketing tool.

The first step is the first office visit at the first inkling that a CRP (cast removable partial) is necessary.

DENTSPLY Prosthetics has expanded its TruExpression tooth line with new Highly Characterized mold forms.

Even the greatest leaders can’t be perfect. In George Washington’s case, one big shortcoming was his infamously terrible teeth. Equally infamous, Washington’s wooden dentures have become the stuff of legend… a factually incorrect legend, as Washington never actually sported dentures made from wood.

G&H Dental Arts recently announced the acquisition of Cushman & Associates Dental Lab and Buttress-Wilshire Dental Laboratory, adding personnel and new offerings to the 80-person lab.

In a joint development program, Heraeus Kulzer and Amann Girrbach have established the technical pre-conditions for the production of a full digital denture. This new license agreement permits reciprocal use by the two companies of their patented innovations.  

3D printing is an ever growing part of the dental industry.

Fabricating restorations-including dentures, crowns and bridges-is a technical and time-consuming procedure. We’ve rounded up the best ways to up your production to save you time and money.

Valplast International Corporation announced at IDS 2015 in Cologne, Germany, the prototype of its 3D Printable Valplast® Resin. This major advancement in additive manufacturing reortedly represents the very first Class IIA (European Union) and Class II (USA) Denture Base Resin that will yield a permanent restoration directly from 3D printing.

Heraeus Kulzer recently launched the Pala Digital Denture System, a new and advanced system with technology engineered to allow time savings and digital precision to benefit dental practices and dental laboratories. 

By the year 2020, it is estimated that some 38 million adults in the U.S. will be in need of one or two complete dentures. Traditionally, people suffering from severely damaged, "hopeless" dentition had little alternative than to have their remaining teeth removed and replace them with traditional dentures. The functional limitations and low self-esteem associated with unanchored dentures are well known and well documented.

Several authors over the years have written about the benefits of using processed baseplates as the surest way to present a stable, retentive platform on which to take bite registration records and set denture teeth on for try-in evaluation. Other benefits include providing the exact fit to be expected prior to the finish of the case, and providing a treatment tool to help clinicians illustrate the deficiency or success of treatment expectation to their patient.

The Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology has announced the upcoming launch of a new Virtual Full Denture Training Program.

A recent study published by researchers in Japan found that elderly patients who wear dentures while they sleep have a higher risk of developing pneumonia than those who remove them.

Lately 3D printing and the dental industry go together like peanut butter and jelly-and with strides being made one after another for 3D printing technology and materials in areas like dentures, different orthodontics, surgical procedures and implants, you can be assured with innovations for the dental field, your dentist will be working to ensure  you can enjoy those peanut butter and jelly crackers, sandwiches and much more exciting fare for a long time to come-as well as pleasing us all with your dazzling smile.

Something many labs hear from their dental clients is how complicated the final choice to get a denture appliance can be. The decision to get a denture is often a difficult one, especially when coupled with misgivings over how the teeth will fit and look. The new VITA ToothConfigurator software (from VITA North America) is designed to help allay some of those fears by allowing the patient to be involved in the planning of their own dental restoration from the start.

Recent research out of the University of Adelaide in Australia is challenging the belief that people with tooth loss actually need dentures.

At first glance, “denture teeth” might seem like a, well, old topic. Both literally, because they’re usually associated with devices made for octogenarians, but also figuratively, because denture teeth often don’t get the press other products do.

Cast partial repairs are a common task in many dental labs and offices. Patients wearing these partials often loose supporting teeth. Clasps and extrusions break from adjustments or simply from metal fatigue.

ZEST Anchors' narrow implant system reportedly offers a less-invasive approach to dental implants. To learn more about the ZEST Anchors LOCATOR® Overdenture Implant (LODI) system, DPR sat down with Dr. Michael Scherer, DMD, MS, FACP, Diplomate American Board of Prosthetics.  

Heraeus Kulzer has announced the U.S. launch of PALA cre-active, a light-curing color fluid system used for the customized characterization of dentures. 

Even the most fashion-forward of dental practitioners might squirm at the thought of using real human teeth as fashion accessories, all good dentists and hygienists know that healthy teeth belong in one’s head, not worn on a lapel or around the neck.

We talk with Dr. Lawrence Wallace about the Larell One Step Denture and the impact it has had on patients and dental practitioners.

The Lab Master-Tech Dental Lab, Inc. is a full- service lab located in Slidell, La.

In this video sneak peek from the upcoming issue of Dental Lab Product magazine, Dwain Turner, owner of Turner Dental Lab in Texas, describes how he's incorporated the anaxFORM system and Acryline denture material (both from Anaxform) into his workflow, and how those products have improved his efficiency and provided new, cost-effective solutions.

In this video technique (taken from the pages of Dental Lab Products magazine), Robert Sarno, CDT and owner of Pinnacle Dental Lab, explains how he uses the anaxFORM

VITA’s VITA VM LC Classical line has been expanded from 10 to 15 colors for additional shade choices.