| Oral Surgery - Jawbone Preparation |
| Denture Clinics |
Private Dentists, Prosthodontists |
| Extractions via conventional methods |
Extractions are minimally invasive |
| Bone leveling rarely provided |
Bone leveling is always included as needed |
| Sedation provided at basic level |
Sedation provided as needed to assure best comfort |
| Socket grafts for extraction sites not provided |
Socket and bone grafts routinely used for all extraction sites to accelerate healing, prevent bone loss pockets and eliminate post surgical bleeding |
| Ridge splitting grafting for low areas rarely provided |
Ridge splitting grafting for low areas provided as needed to assure a level, thick ridge of bone under the entire denture |
| Denture Products |
| Entry Level Denture |
Premium Grade |
| Provided by Denture Clinics |
Provided by Dentists, Prosthodontists |
| Laboratories operated in a mass production environment |
Laboratory processes performed on a custom, case by case basis. Assurance of premium grade materials, no porosity, precise alignment and fit of all biting surfaces (occlusal relationships) |
| Made in 2-3 visits |
Made in 4-7 visits |
| One impression taken for final denture |
One impression taken for intial training denture. Final adjustments to overcome shrinkage of gum tissues are overcome by using functional impressions made during chewing motions to insure an accurate fit during chewing. Built into final denture, creating a tight, more natural fit |
| Made with common plastic teeth |
Made with choice of high grade acrylics, porcelain, crowns, fillings, etc. to simulate or match real teeth |
| Pink gums or ethnic color choices |
Gum areas are made to precisely match existing gum tissue characteristics of the patient, includes special shading, tinting, etc. |
| Manufactured with a hot water process - Shrinkage approximately 7% |
Manufactured with acrylic injection mold process - Shrinkage under .1% (one tenth of 1 percent) creates tighter more perfect fit (prevents sores) |
| Not made on Articulator |
Made on Articulator (bite-occlusal studies) to assure proper fit and natural appearance and alignment of teeth to eliminate a false or slanted look. Critical for assuring best cosmetic appearance possible, normal bite, proper jawbone relationships. |
| Collapsed smile reconstruction - minimal |
Articulator studies enable dentist to build denture features that create new lip support and eliminate the collapsing granny mouth effect. Vertical Dimension and Bite is normalized |
| Underbite - Overbite Correction - minimal |
Articulator studies enable dentist to recreate physical relationships in jaw positioning and movement that correct resting positions of maxilla and mandible that best approximates what Mother Nature provides |
| Speech - Phonetics testing not available |
Special phonetics and speech testing performed to confirm ability to properly articulate "S", "V","CH" and "F" sounds |
| 1-2 Try ins for final fitting |
Multiple visits to assure best fitting |
| Soft liners not provided |
Soft cushions used to create best comfort and retention for lower dentures |
| Special Aesthetics not available |
Custom sizing, shading and tinting of individual teeth. New process provides appearance of Laser Teeth Whitening.
Sizing options eliminate problem of horse teeth effect.
Tooth spacing, rotations and overlaps created to mimic appearance of natural teeth - overcomes appearance of The Denture Look |
Use with denture implants later - not always available.
Later adaptation or conversion to bone preserving (and bone growth) prosthetics not available.
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Custom dentures provide patients with transition to implants and mini-implants to insure the ability to create cosmetic and functional results that are similar to Reconstructive Cosmetic Dentistry
Custom dentures are now a popular treatment path for affordable treatment now with promise of easy upgrades later when patients see the need for premium bone growth and/or preservation.
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