One-appointment construction of an immediate transitional complete denture using visible light-cured resin

Comparative study of the transverse strength of three denture base materials

“…Since then, additional polymers have been evaluated for denture base applications, such as polystyrene, poly (vinyl acrylic), polyamides (nylons), and light-activated urethane dimethacrylate resins. [1][2][3][4] Although these materials exhibited desirable properties, none has proven superior to PMMA. 5 The fracture resistance of denture base polymers has been the subject of many investigations.…”

Mechanical and thermal properties of denture PMMA reinforced with silanized aluminum borate whiskers

“…To circumvent the less-than-ideal mechanical properties of PMMA denture base material, diverse methods have been attempted. One means is to overcome the mechanical deficiencies of PMMA by using alternative polymers, such as polystyrene, polyethylene, and urethane dimethacrylate [5][6][7][8] . Other methods include modifying the PMMA chemical structure via copolymerization or incorporating reinforcing additives.The most commercially successful method is rubber toughening, but rubber-toughened PMMA has compromised flexural properties 9) .…”

Fabrication of transitional immediate complete denture

“…These denture constructions result in a final denture of higher quality, they allow the surgical treatment to occur in one visit or according to medical indications, the latter to occur in several appointments (while planning overdenture immediate denture), allow duplicating of the shape and the position of the natural teeth and provide a spare denture during and after the fabricating of the definitive denture construction (4,12,13,14). They do not change the appearance of the patient, the muscular tone and the size of the tongue (2).…”

“…"Immediate denture" means an artificial teeth construction which is placed into the mouth immediately after the natural teeth extraction (2) or teeth that are due to be extracted for some other reasons. The construction may be a bridge, removable partial denture (3) or complete denture (4). The immediate denture should be planned as an overdenture (5), in the cases when the teeth extraction will not be done in one clinical appointment (6,7).…”

“…It is used for a short period of time -three to six months and is followed by permanent denture fabrication in the classical technology. There are various technological approaches, described by different authors (3,4,6,12,13,14).…”