Vertical dimension being verified using a Willis Gauge

Heat processes complete denture ready for conversion

Bite registration material used in intaglio of denture to capture position of healing caps

Holes made in denture with acrylic bur corresponding to position of healing caps

One temporary cylinder placed

Denture inserted to correct position. Clinician must ensure temporary cylinder trajectory must not interfere with seating of denture

Second temporary cylinder placed. This must not interfere with seating of denture

Trajectory of temporary cylinders noted

All four temporary cylinders placed. Trajectory of cylinders must not interefere with seating of denture

Trajectory of the cylinders noted. They should be within confines of denture

Rubber dam placed on temporary cylinders to protect surgical site

Teflon tape placed in access holes to protect screw access channel

Denture seated, occlusal plane and incisal display verified

Temporary cylinders are secured to denture one cylinder at a time with fast setting cold cured acrylic resin

Clinician must ensure palate is seated

Once acrylic set prosthesis is removed and temporary cylinders secured with additional acrylic resin on the intaglio surface

Prosthesis is taken to lab and cold cured acrylic resin is used to fill the intaglio of the denture. This is set under heat and pressure

Red cold cured acrylic resin is removed and replaced with pink colored cold cured acrylic resin. This is set under heat and pressure

Prosthesis is contoured so that it is cleansable, cantilevers are removed

The 2mm collar height of the temporary cylinder is left exposed and undersurface highly polished

Prosthesis is delivered incisal display and occlusal plane is verified
The mandibular arch is much more challenging to load utilizing the direct technique. When a significant amount of bone reduction has been done, the prosthesis is usually not very stable and obtaining adequate centric relation records can be difficult. This is compounded by the numbness of the patient post-surgery.
The prosthodontist must work diligently with the surgeon and laboratory technician to determine approximately the amount of bone reduction that is required and this must be approximately replicated on the casts.
- 1.
Approximation of bone reduction on casts
- 2.
Fabrication of a bone reduction guide with a reference from which the surgeon can measure
- 3.
Fully extended denture
- (a)
A silicone bite registration is placed in the intaglio of the denture and the denture is placed intraorally over the healing caps.
- (b)
The patient is guided into maximal intercuspal/CR position. This can be attained with the use of a silicone index also.
- (c)
This position is verified for repeatability.
- (d)
A section of the silicone material is removed in the anterior area of the denture and a temporary cylinder placed intraorally. A hole is made in the intaglio of the denture corresponding to the marking of healing cap. The denture is seated over the temporary cylinder intraorally.
- (e)
Self-cured acrylic resin is used to pick up the temporary cylinder.
- (f)
The denture with attached temporary cylinder is removed.
- (g)
The adjacent section of silicone is removed from the intaglio of the denture and a temporary cylinder is placed intraorally. A second hole is made in the intaglio of the denture corresponding to the position of the second temporary cylinder.
- (h)
The denture is placed back into the mouth screw retained by the first picked-up cylinder. The rigid silicone material in the posterior aspect provides anteroposterior stability. The second temporary cylinder should not interfere with the seating of the denture. The temporary cylinder is picked up with self-cured acrylic resin.
- (i)
A similar sequence is followed to attach the third and then the fourth temporary cylinders.
- (j)
Once all temporary cylinders are picked up the prosthesis is removed and taken to the laboratory for finishing and processing (Figs. 9.22, 9.23, 9.24, 9.25, 9.26, 9.27, 9.28, 9.29, 9.30, 9.31, 9.32, 9.33, 9.34, 9.36, 9.37, 9.38 and 9.39).
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