Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Complete Dentures for Atrophic Alveolar Ridges: Workflow Combining Conventional and Novel Techniques

Carlos Jurado; Mohammed Sayed; Chin-Chuan Fu; Jose Villalobos-Tinoco; Akimasa Tsujimoto

doi:10.7759/cureus.21093

Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Complete Dentures for Atrophic Alveolar Ridges: Workflow Combining Conventional and Novel Techniques

Cureus. 2022 Jan 10;14(1):e21093. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21093. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Carlos Jurado¹, Mohammed Sayed², Chin-Chuan Fu³, Jose Villalobos-Tinoco⁴, Akimasa Tsujimoto⁵

Affiliations

¹ Prosthodontics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine, El Paso, USA.
² Prosthetic Dental Sciences, Jazan University College of Dentistry, Jazan, SAU.
³ Restorative Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry, Birmingham, USA.
⁴ Oral Rehabilitation, Autonomous University of Queretaro School of Dentistry, Queretaro, MEX.
⁵ Operative Dentistry, The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, USA.

Abstract

Extreme residual ridge resorption is a challenging clinical situation for the fabrication of complete dental prostheses. Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) complete dentures have been shown to have superior fit and material strength to conventionally fabricated dentures, but no clinical protocols have been described for cases of extreme residual ridge resorption. This report describes a workflow combining conventional and novel techniques for CAD/CAM complete dentures fabrication for atrophic alveolar ridges and demonstrates that a CAD/CAM workflow is an effective tool for solving this complex situation.

Keywords: alveolar ridge; cad/cam; complete denture prosthesis; dentistry; digital dentistry.