Fully digital workflow for duplicating clasp-retained removable partial dentures using three-dimensional printing: A clinical report

Shiwei Song; Nan Ren; Fenglan Li; Shizhu Bai

doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.07.019

Fully digital workflow for duplicating clasp-retained removable partial dentures using three-dimensional printing: A clinical report

J Prosthet Dent. 2023 Aug 19:S0022-3913(23)00485-7. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.07.019. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Shiwei Song¹, Nan Ren², Fenglan Li³, Shizhu Bai⁴

Affiliations

¹ Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Digital Dentistry Center, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China; Researcher, School of Stomatology, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China.
² Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Digital Dentistry Center, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China.
³ Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Fifth Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PR China. Electronic address: sswunique@163.com.
⁴ Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Digital Dentistry Center, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China.

PMID: 37604754
DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.07.019

Abstract

This clinical report describes a fully digital workflow for replicating removable partial dentures (RPDs). The artificial teeth and denture base of existing dentures were duplicated and applied to new dentures with a redesigned framework. After the components of RPDs had been separated from the scan data of the existing dentures, they were fabricated using 3-dimensional printing and assembled to create a new denture.