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Trial fitting of a removable partial denture framework made using computer-aided design and rapid prototyping techniques
journal contribution
posted on 2009-12-23, 11:32 authored by Richard Bibb, Dominic Eggbeer, R.J. Williams, A. WoodwardPrevious studies of CAD/CAM-produced sacrificial patterns for removable partial denture frameworks have been documented but to date, no such restorations have been test-fitted to a patient. This paper provides details of the first trial fitting to a patient of an RPD framework, the sacrificial pattern of which was produced by CAD/CAM and RP technologies. A cast of the patient was scanned and the normal procedures of dental surveying and pattern build were undertaken with reference to the scanned model using computer-aided design. A sacrificial pattern of the design was produced by rapid prototyping technology. After spruing the pattern, investment-casting and finishing techniques were carried out according to conventional principles. The framework was successfully trial-fitted to the patient and clinically judged to be acceptable for the next stage of denture fabrication, that of adding acrylic bases and artificial teeth.
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Citation
BIBB, R.J. ... et al, 2006. Trial fitting of a removable partial denture framework made using computer-aided design and rapid prototyping techniques. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 220 (7), pp. 793-797Publisher
Professional Engineering Publishing / © IMechEVersion
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2006Notes
This is an article from the journal, Proceedings of the IMechE, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine [© IMechE ]. It is also available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544119JEIM62ISSN
0954-4119Language
- en