Standard dentures

Standard dentures provide a budget-friendly option to replace missing teeth. With proper care, these appliances can last many years. Standard dentures stay in place through suction, impacting activities like chewing and speaking.

Standard Dentures are what we call economy or insurance grade. They are a basic form of denture and are meant to be replaced about every five years.

Pros

- an economical form of denture that is easy to fabricate.

Cons

-   Because these are an economy denture you can expect that the finished product is not the same as advanced sets so you may need more adjustment appointments and the fit may need to be modified. -  -   Also the choice in teeth may be limited.

 -  Because this form of bite registration uses only bite blocks they can vary greatly from practitioner to practitioner and they are easily the least favorable bite registration due to possible tipping during registration..

-   these dentures are often made to be replaced every five years and may use lower grade teeth that wear out faster but usually they wear out faster because occlusal grinding of the hard cusps is necessary and compromised.

- People who buy this denture have the same expectations as someone who buys an upgraded denture and while the materials and processes are the same the preparation work for them especially the bite registration has some drawbacks.

-  Can take longer to balance and may need to balance in the mouth which is a less accurate form of laboratory occlusal balancing. The more occlusal grinding that we do will reduce the life of the teeth. They may need to be replaced every five years.

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DESCRIPTION of PROCEDURES for STANDARD COMPLETE or PARTIAL DENTURES

Impressions

 

Bite Registration

to include centric and vertical relations no lateral relations are checked.

tooth selection this is part of the esthetic tryin

 

Try-In

wax try-in wax tryins are always loose, so fit cannot be checked. The bite is difficult at best to try in.

check centric occlusion, rest and occlusal dimensions ergo there is no left and right balancing checks

check aesthetics and phonetics We do both of these checks.

fitting of cast framework (if necessary) Yes we always fit the framework before we add the teeth.

 

Insertion

verify centric movement yes we always do this. But this does not include side to side movements.

check for denture base extension and pressure spots We do this twice once upon insertion and again at 48 hours and then again if needed at 2 weeks

provide patient denture education

 

•              verify centric and eccentric occlusion

•              verify aesthetics and phonetics

•              verify vertical relation

 

•              Insertion

•              verify centric and eccentric relations

•              check for denture base extension and pressure spots

•              provide patient denture education

 

Note: Clinical protocol above is a minimum standard if procedures and or materials are modified then the fees should be adjusted accordingly