Effect of digital and conventional workflows on complete denture retention | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 18, Volume 68, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4, April 2022, Pages 1685-1693 PDF (1.96 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2022.118307.1965 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Ahmed Alkhodary* | ||
| Associate professor, department of prosthodontics, faculty of dentistry, Alexandria university, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: CAD/CAM complete dentures were expected to provide better retention than conventional dentures, the current work tested the retention of complete dentures manufactured by conventional and/or digital workflows using a clinical direct pull-out of the maxillary complete dentures. Materials and methods: Ten completely edentulous male patients participated in this study, each patient was provided with 3 dentures, a denture made with conventional techniques, then a denture made with combined conventional/digital techniques, and finally a denture made with digital techniques. Each denture was used for a period of one month, and at the end of the month, a denture pull-out retention test was conducted and the retentive forces of dentures in each group were collected, tabulated and statistically analyzed. Results: Dentures made with combined conventional/digital techniques had more retention than dentures made with conventional techniques, and both had more retention than dentures made with digital techniques. Conclusion: Combination of the conventional and digital workflows produced maxillary dentures with higher retention than those produced from conventional or digital workflows alone. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| CAD/CAM dentures; complete dentures; retention; optical impression | ||
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