REVIEW PAPER
Complete removable dentures manufacturing in CAD/CAM: literature review
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Laboratorium Techniczne, ZirkonZahn Polska, Polska
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Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University in Białystok, Polska
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Department of Periodontology, Medical University in Białystok, Polska
Submission date: 2021-08-09
Acceptance date: 2021-11-24
Publication date: 2021-12-15
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Teresa Sierpińska
Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University in Białystok, Waszyngtona 13, 15-348, Białystok, Polska
Prosthodontics 2021;71(4):332-342
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ABSTRACT
Complete dentures are the first mainstay choice of edentulous patients. For financial reasons,
most of the edentate patients still use traditional acrylic full dentures. However, a lot of studies
have indicated that CAD/CAM complete denture manufacturing has substantially increased
in volume in the past decade. The aim of this study was to analyze the literature in the field of
manufacturing complete removable dentures in CAD/CAM using rapid prototyping (RP) of 2-visit
protocol. An electronic search was performed in the PubMed and Google Scholar databases
from 1995 to 2020 using a variety of key words, including: complete removable dentures, digital
complete dentures, CAD design, 3D print. Thirty articles related to the topic were selected. It was
found that technological developments of CAD/CAM and RP enabled digital planning and
manufacturing of complete removable dentures from start to finish.