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Individualized impression trays from existing complete dentures.

D R McArthur
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This technique can be used to avoid the making of preliminary impressions for complete dentures in patients with abnormally small oral openings. With this method, the patient must have existing dentures, and the border extensions must be adequate to serve as individualized impression trays.

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D R McArthur. 1980. Individualized impression trays from existing complete dentures.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3913(80)90083-9

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