Impression Materials and Procedures for Removable Partial Dentures
Removable Partial Dentures A Practitioners’ Manual, Olcay Şakar, Editör, Springer Nature Switzerland Ag, Zug, ss.83-96, 2024
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Mesleki Kitap
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Yayınevi: Springer Nature Switzerland Ag
- Basıldığı Şehir: Zug
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.83-96
- Editörler: Olcay Şakar, Editör
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
An impression basically is the negative replica of oral tissues. In the case of removable partial dentures (RPDs), these tissues are the remaining teeth, residual ridge, and the surrounding mucosa. Among these three, the teeth are the easiest to capture. Any elastic impression material can easily mold the shape of the remaining teeth satisfactorily. The tricky part of an RPD impression is to record the edentulous spaces so that they can deliver additional support to the denture base if necessary. The denture base of an RPD certainly helps the retention and stability, however especially for Kennedy Class I and II cases with long free-end saddles the main input of the denture base is in terms of support. The amount of support from the distal extension bases is directly proportional to the amount of covered area. This area is functionally bounded by the surrounding tissues. Determining the shape of this area under functional load also increases the amount of support by compressing the mucosa within the limits of its resilience.
Before final impressions, a preliminary impression is always made with a stock tray, commonly with an alginate impression material. There are more sophisticated alternatives to alginate like polyethers or improved silicones. None of these alternatives serve better for diagnostic impressions.