Esthetic rehabilitation for a Kennedy Class IV patient using detachable 3D printing diagnostic denture and removable partial denture with polyetheretherketone framework
Qin Wu,
Na Zhang,
Bo Dong,
Manlin Sun,
Xin Yang,
Haiyang Yu
Affiliations
Qin Wu
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China
Na Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China
Bo Dong
Department of Dental Technology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China
Manlin Sun
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China
Xin Yang
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China
Haiyang Yu
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China; Corresponding author.
For patients with high aesthetic expectation, using removable partial dentures (RPDs) to restore the missing teeth in the aesthetic area rapidly and obtain the patients' approval is challenging. This case described an alternative digital protocol to solve this situation. A detachable 3DP diagnostic denture was involved in the procedure, which not only allowed patient to evaluate the possible outcome of the RPD, but also can be duplicated to form a definitive RPD, by bonding a milled PEEK framework and a customized PMMA dentition containing posts, using a thermoplastic compression molding (CM)process.
