One question I get asked often is... "How thick of a denture do I need to have for an overdenture case?" Excellent question, let's talk about it when looking at a common clinical challenge I see.Question: how many of you have experienced the dreaded cracked overdenture?Answer: Many of …
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How to Design & Make Affordable Full-Arch Fixed Cases… In Just One Visit!
Practicing in rural California I am consistently approached by patients in my practice who state, "Doctor, that permanent option sounds great but I just don't have the money for something that fancy."This often comes up during treatment planning discussion and case review and I totally get it. …
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Recommended Follow-up Appointments and Checking Inserts for LOCATOR Overdentures
I treat a lot of overdenture patients and, ultimately over time, start seeing a lot of the patients for recall appointments down the road. How do we take care of our long-term Zest Dental Solutions LOCATOR and other attachment system overdentures?As a general rule, after delivery of the …
The “Reference Denture Technique” – Key for Simplifying Digital Denture Workflows
There's a lot of excitement out there about direct imaging of edentulous patients using intraoral scanning, much of the excitement is for good reasons! Intraoral scanning of edentuous ridges is the closest we can get to for truly mucostatic impressions and is really cool for both patient and …
Implant Overdentures: To Frame or Not To Frame? “That is The Question!”
I teach a lot of implant overdenture treatment and therapy. It's not only a huge part of my practice, it's a topic that I have extensively researched, published, and helped spread the word to clinicians around the world in both in-person and online.One question I get almost universally is, …
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