Digital Dentures for Every Dentist - The Death of Impressions? - PDP195

Is this the death of impressions for Dentures? Are digital dentures predictable? Time saving? Cost saving? Are all types of dentures suitable for the digital workflow? Even if you don’t use an intra-oral scanner, your lab may be utilising a digital workflow, so it’s a great time to dive deep into this area. Impression Club’s Dr Rupert Monkhouse joins us for another removable prosthetics themed episode where we discuss how digital dentistry is changing the way we make partial dentures and complete dentures.

Check out Rupert's Courses: https://www.impressionclub .co.uk/courses/the-impressionclub-impression-course

Highlights of this Episode:

0:00 Introduction

03:18 Protrusive Dental Pearl - Understand the Why

05:38 Introduction to Dr Rupert Monkhouse

8:11 What kind of Dentures can we do Digitally?

13:33 What work still requires Impressions?

17:05 Which Scanners?

19:55 How Accurate?

28:24 Should Digital be the Gold Standard?

30:55 Immediate Dentures

38:55 Cobalt Chromes

47:55 Finding great technicians

58:08 Impression Club

This episode is eligible for 1 CE credit via the quiz on Protrusive Guidance. https://protrusive.co. uk/ultimate

This episode meets GDC Outcomes A and C.

Dentists will be able to:

1. Understand the key differences between traditional impression techniques and digital workflows in denture creation, including the benefits and limitations of both methods.

2. Evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of digital dentures compared to traditional methods and implement best practices for integrating digital workflows into their clinical practice.

3. Effectively collaborate with dental technicians using digital tools, fostering better communication and teamwork to achieve optimal patient outcomes in denture fabrication.

AGD code 670 Removable Prosthodontics (Emerging technology or techniques)

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