DENTAL TECHNOLOGY
VITA MULTIFUNCTIONAL TEETH (MFT): Integrated Aesthetics and Easy Centric for Economical Rehabilitations By Daniel Lavrin
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enture patients often ask for cost-effective solutions that simultaneously offer individual aesthetics and proper function. Practitioners desire simple and reproducible set-ups that accomplish efficient workflows and offer their patients economical solutions without any issues. In order to fulfill all these expectations, choosing the right denture teeth is essential.
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In this case report, denturist and dental technician Daniel Lavrin (London, England) demonstrates how VITA Multifunctional Teeth (VITA MFT, VITA Zahnfabrik, Bad Säckingen, Germany) can be used to create new dentures in the upper and lower jaw.
CLINICAL SITUATION
A 52 year-old male patient presented in the clinic with a fractured upper denture. During his first clinical visit, it became obvious that the old dentures had extreme functional deficits, including poor aesthetics. The denture in the lower jaw presented with missing teeth in regions 33 and 43, after the extraction of the patient’s natural teeth. No occlusal contacts on the right molars or a general substantial loss of the vertical dimension were visible. The class III set-up did not offer functionality and stability. The denture teeth were severely abraded and looked dull. The patient did not use his lower denture because it didn’t offer stability when he talked or chewed. The upper and lower alveolar ridge presented signs of atrophy, resulting from extractions and a missing load. It was determined to rehabilitate the patient with new dentures. The goal was to switch the bite to class I in normal occlusion and to give the patient functional security. Denture fit and comfort, as well as aesthetics, needed to be re-established.
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CLINICAL PRE-TREATMENT
Alginate impressions were taken and anatomical models fabricated to create individual trays. The mucodynamic impression on the tray rim took place with rigid Impression Compound (Kerr
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