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What does stability refer to when talking about CD?

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-ability to overcome lateral displacement and rotation during function

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What does retention refer to when talking about CD?

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-ability to overcome vertical displacement during function

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What does support refer to when talking about CD?

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-ability to withstand vertical compression forces during function

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What happens during the first appointment for an CD?

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  • examination, diagnosis, and preliminary impressions
  • extractions if necessary
  • make custom tray
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What happens during the second appointment for CD?

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-final impressions

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What happens during the third appointment?

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  • maxillo-mandibular relations

- artificial tooth arrangment

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What happens during the 4th appointment?

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-wax trial denture try-in

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What happens during the 5th appointment?

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-insertion/delivery

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What are the negative effects of antihypertensive meds on denture patients?

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-can cause dryness and postural hypotension

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What are the negative effects of corticosteroids and anti-parkinsons agents?

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-dryness, confusion, and behavioral changes

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What are the negative effects of diuretics, antihistamines and atropine?

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-dryness

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Fractured remains of extracted teeth may be left only if..?

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-asymptomatic

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Loss of vertical dimension usually leads to what soft tissue change?

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  • heavy wrinkles

- aged appearance

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What are the main types of facial forms?

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  • square
  • square-tapering
  • tapering
  • ovoid
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How do you treat pathogenic mucosa before treatment?

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-tissue conditioning

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What anatomical structure is critical for a peripheral seal across the buccal flange?

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-draping of cheeks over side of denture

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What is the relationship between FOM and the issues with denture success?

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  • if near level of ridge crest, retention and stability are severely compromised
  • hyperactive FOM also reduces these things
  • significant resorption can bring crest close to FOM
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What is the best ridge form for max CD?

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-u-shaped

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What is the worst ridge forms for max CD

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  • v-shaped

- knife-edged, shallow, resorbed ridges

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What are the characteristics of viable maxillary tuberosities needed for a max CD?

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  • non-moveable tissue

- not overenlarged with fibrous tissue

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What are the different forms of the soft palate and what are their relationships to the line drawn across the distal edges of tuberosities?

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  • Class I (best)- large, relatively immovable band of resilient tissues 5-12 mm distal to line
  • Class II- medium size and 3-5mm distal to line
  • Class III (worst)- curtain of soft tissue turns down abruptly 3-5mm anterior to line
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What is the distal extent of the dentures?

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-Hamular notches

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What are the consequences of over-extension of CD?

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-causes pain and inflammation

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What are the consequences of under-extension?

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-non-retentive denture

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What anatomical feature forms the posterior palatal seal?
-vibrating line
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Ridge form is more critical for which arch?
- mandibular ridge because there is less surface area for retention - narrow zone of keratinized attached mucosa confined to alveolar ridge - possible displacement for overextended denture
27
What bony feature is the primary stress bearing area for the mandibular denture?
- buccal shelf | - dense cortical bone that does not resorb due to muscle attachments
28
Which muscular attachment is most detrimental to the retention of the mandibular CD?
-lingual frenum
29
What is the anatomical feature that denotes the posterior extent of the mandibular CD?
- retromolar pad - must be covered by denture to create seal - retromylohyoid space determines posterior extension of lingual flange - amount of available space affects stability and retention
30
Size of what major muscle affects mandibular stability?
- tongue - hypertrophy - hyperactive tongue
31
What type of stone is used to pour up the casts to make the custom trays?
-type 3 dental stone
32
What is the size of the land area for the casts?
-4-5mm
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What is the purpose of custom trays?
- tray with borders approximating the outline of CD cast - helps minimize distortion of impression material and tissue - allows for accuracy of borders through border molding
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How short does the land area need to be trimmed down?
-within 2-3mm of the vestibule
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What is the thickness of the trays?
-2-3mm uniform tray thickness
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What are the dimensions of the custom tray handle?
- 45* - 9mm in height - 10mm in width
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Where are the finger rests placed on the mand custom tray?
- 1st molar/2nd premolar regions | - 20mm mesiodistally and 10mm wide anteriorly
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The blue line is showing what part of the vestibule?
-fornix
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The red line shows what part of the vestibule?
-2-3mm higher
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What type of wax is used as a spacer for the custom tray?
-type 3 baseplate wax spacer
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Before border molding, how long should the patient remove old CDs for?
- 24-72hrs | - this allows for recovery of tissue and keratinization of the edentulous mucosa
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What kinds of materials can be used to border mold?
-heavy body PVS for border molding
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What kind of material can be used to make the final impression?
- light body PVS (maybe poly ether) - easy to mix and dispense - good dimensional stability and accuracy - great elastic recovery and dimensional accuracy
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What are the 4 key actions to get a good max final impression?
- suction around finger - pucker/pooch lips and produce maximal smile line - open mouth and move mandible side to side to get condylar impression - pinch patient nostrils down and attempt to blow air through nose while holding tongue down - mark vibrating line
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What are the 5 key actions to give a good mand final impression?
- suction around tray handle - pucker/pooch, maximal smile line - pronouce word Christmas and letter Q and U and pull lower lip and cheek over impression tray - place fingers on the top of each side of the tray and ask patients to close using 1 second increments of force - raise tongue to roof of mouth and stick tongue out and side to side
46
What is the ratio of the plaster/pumice base for the master cast pour?
-50/50
47
What are characteristics of successful record bases?
- slight retentive, stable, rigid and no rocking - fill depth of vestibule - trim excess, obtain smooth borders - rims to establish VDO
48
What are the dimensions of the occlusion rims to be used?
- 8mm wide in molar region - 6mm thick in premolar region - 3mm thick in anterior region
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How should the rim be positioned over the residual ridge for fabrication of the occlusion rims?
-centered over ridge exactly
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How does the maxillary wax rim taper A-P in height?
- 22mm anteriorly | - 8mm posteriorly
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How does the mandibular wax rim taper A-P in height?
- 18mm anteriorly | - 2/3 height of retromolar pad posteriorly
52
What is the occlusal plane parallel to?
-Camper's plane
53
How much incisal length should show at rest?
- 0-1mm men | - 2-3mm women
54
Lip support generated by the maxillary CD should result in what angulation between the nose and upper lip?
- 95* ideal | - vermilion border must show
55
When making the fricative sounds, where should the edge of the wax rim touch the lower lip?
-wet-dry line
56
Ideally, how much horizontal and vertical overlap should there be?
- 1.0 mm vert. | - 1.5mm horizontal
57
From the frontal view, the anterior portion of the wax rim should appear parallel to which line?
-Interpupillary line
58
Interocclusal distance equals...?
VDR - VDO | ~2-4mm
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Which landmarks are used to determine the occlusal plane?
- midpoint of the retromolar pads | - incisal edges of maxillary central incisors
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What is the description of the inclination of the maxillary incisors? This term especially applies to the canines...
- toed-in | - apically distal and incisally mesial
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What is the purpose of overlap in CD?
- minimize forces applied to max and mand anterior ridges in CO (centric occlusion) - create appropriate relationship for sibilant speech sounds - more overlap for Class II, class III almost end to end
62
What are some common sources that can be used to select teeth for the denture?
- photos - old radiographs - existing dentures - personality
63
What tooth form is more associated with men?
- square, large | - more wear
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What tooth form is more associated with women?
- delicate | - curves
65
What are the two principle colors in teeth?
-yellow and gray
66
What material is denture dentition made out of?
- PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) - More resiliency - will last ~7 years - will last life of denture
67
Anterior teeth on the maxillary arch should be placed in what relationship to the residual ridge?
-just labial to avoid resorption
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Anterior teeth on the mandibular arch should be placed in what relationship to the residual ridge?
-should not be labial to the center of the vestibule or will cause tipping forces on the mandibular denture
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On average, the distance from the center of the incisive papilla to the labial surface of the central incisor is...
8-10mm

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