F04 A – Digital Complete Dentures… Not Conventionally Processed Dentures Anymore – Just Better!

Course Summary

Morning session (unlimited) will present the latest digital workflow options for the fabrication of Complete Dentures. Compare both analog and digital fabrication steps and present the rationale for moving to digital.

Target Audience:

Dentists, Dental Laboratory Technicians, Dental Assistants, others interested in digital dentistry. 

Background:

Historically, complete denture therapy has provided clinically acceptable results, however, advances in digital technology have provided new treatment fabrication methods and restorative choices. The morning presentations will cover the key essential ingredients to the success of digitally fabricated dentures and several fabrication methods to achieve it. The afternoon session will also take the learner into several hands-on sessions that will allow for actual trial of the steps in this digital workflow. The learner will modify impression trays for developing high quality master impressions and then will modify the Wagner Try-in tooth set-up where they will learn to evaluate and adjust the teeth as needed following an easy checklist of requirements. Scanning of digital workflow steps will be presented and then demonstrated if scanner is readily available. It will also show the learner how to convert any stage of the conventional denture technique to the digital denture technique to achieve a digital outcome. The dentist and/or dental laboratory technician may be able to use this information to convert current conventional denture practitioners to becoming a digital denture user.