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Is this the death of impressions for Dentures?
Are digital dentures predictable? Time saving? Cost saving?
Are all types of dentures suitable for the digital workflow?
Even if you don’t use an intra-oral scanner, your lab may be utilising a digital workflow, so it’s a great time to dive deep into this area.
Impression Club’s Dr Rupert Monkhouse joins us for another removable prosthetics themed episode where we discuss how digital dentistry is changing the way we make partial dentures and complete dentures.
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This episode is eligible for 1 CE credit via the quiz on Protrusive Guidance.
This episode meets GDC Outcomes A and C.
Dentists will be able to:
1. Understand the key differences between traditional impression techniques and digital workflows in denture creation, including the benefits and limitations of both methods.
2. Evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of digital dentures compared to traditional methods and implement best practices for integrating digital workflows into their clinical practice.
3. Effectively collaborate with dental technicians using digital tools, fostering better communication and teamwork to achieve optimal patient outcomes in denture fabrication.
AGD code 670 Removable Prosthodontics (Emerging technology or techniques)
Highlights of this Episode:
03:18 Protrusive Dental Pearl – Understand the Why
05:38 Introduction to Dr Rupert Monkhouse
8:11 What kind of Dentures can we do Digitally?
13:33 What work still requires Impressions?
17:05 Which Scanners?
19:55 How Accurate?
28:24 Should Digital be the Gold Standard?
30:55 Immediate Dentures
38:55 Cobalt Chromes
47:55 Finding great technicians
58:08 Impression Club
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Continuing Education Information
This activity may be eligible for continuing education credit through Protrusive Guidance. Participants must complete the associated quiz inside Protrusive Guidance to obtain CPD certification.
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