A practical approach to restoring occlusion for edentulous patients.
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Even under the best circumstances, posterior tooth color discrimination is still a subjective decision. Most shade guides do not follow a logical pattern in number or graduation of Hue, Value, and Chroma. Moreover, the shade guides are only obtainable with anterior teeth, usually maxillary central incisors. The fabrication of a first premolar shade guide is a step in the direction of making the posterior esthetic requirements more easily attainable for the dentist and the final result more satisfying for the patient. One can also use the various "broken sets" of acrylic resin teeth to achieve the necessary combination of posterior shades if cost is a factor and uniformity in molds is not required.
A newly developed tripoding technique using an MS Level has been described. For the technician, this technique allows a relatively fast, easy, and exact reproduction of the original path of insertion as designated by the dentist.
Remarkable uniformity exists in the teaching of removable partial denture prosthodont,cs in Canadian dental schools. The removable partial denture services requested by dentists and those provided by commercial dental laboratories do not appear to be as similar. A greater emphasis on continuing education for the dentist is needed, along with better and more detailed communication between the dentist and the dental laboratory. An educational program for dental laboratory technicians is also needed to further this goal.
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