Dental Asia March/April 2024

CLINICAL FEATURE
Copy denture technique
for function and
aesthetics: Case report
By Darius Northey
INTRODUCTION
The VITA Multifunctional Teeth (MFT) offers
reproducible and reliable rehabilitations for a
fair price-performance ratio.
This case report demonstrates how efficient
and aesthetic results can be created with the
copy denture technique using VITA MFT.
COPY DENTURE TECHNIQUE
The teeth of the patient’s old and unstable
dentures were severely worn. The
vertical dimension was diminished, and a
malocclusion established. The dentures were
stabilised with soft relining material to find a
new, raised centric relation (Figs. 1-2). After
that, both dentures were copied with the help
of a silicone matrix and articulated in the
determined centric relation (Figs. 3, 4 and 6).
The copies of the teeth were gradually
reduced and then set (Figs. 7-10).
Mucodynamic impressions were taken with
the new setups, which were poured in and
rearticulated after the successful clinical try-in
(Figs. 11-16). Finally, the rehabilitations were
processed in polymer, finished, and polished
(Figs. 17 and 18). The results were functional
and aesthetic rehabilitations which had been
manufactured efficiently and economically
(Figs. 19-21). The frail patient was satisfied
with the quick procedure and the outcome
(Figs. 22 and 23).
Fig. 1
Fig. 2 Fig. 3
Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6
Fig. 1: The lower denture with worn teeth after
intraoral soft relining
Fig. 2: A new centric relation was determined with
the old dentures to raise the diminished vertical
dimension
Fig. 3: Initial lab putty base with a land area for
the duplication of the lower denture
Fig. 4: The completed silicone matrix on the
lower denture after isolating the land area with
Vaseline
Fig. 5: The VITA MFT Anteriors with their natural
morphology and life-like play of light and
colours
Fig. 6: The duplicated dentures were articulated
according to the centric registration
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