Using a Simple Chair-Side Copy Denture Technique in the AvaDent Digital Denture Process: A Case Report and Review

Abstract

Introduction: Several techniques have been described by which a pair of dentures may be replicated. Case Report: The method described in this paper used materials readily available in a private practice to generate a pair of duplicate dentures for a 74-year-old Black male, which captured all of the features of the patients’ existing pair. These were modified chair-side and used to capture vital information on fit, occlusion and aesthetics, forming a template which was transferred to the laboratory and used to generate new dentures via the traditional laboratory process. The same template was also used to generate a pair of “AvaDent Digital Dentures” by digital scanning and production of a digital denture template for try and then fabrication of the digital denture. Conclusion: The results of this pilot study show that this simple chair-side method of fabricating duplicate dentures can be incorporated successfully into the AvaDent Digital Denture fabrication process to generate a pair of dentures with comparability if not superior fit and aesthetics to a pair fabricated from the same template via the traditional laboratory process.