Anewly developed techique for constructing the transitional denture.

Abstract

In the modern world of buslness stress and soclal obllgatlon, many patlents who must become edentulous can no longer submlt to the custom of waltlng 6 to 10 weeks or longer wllhout teelh whlle thelr heallng surglcal procedure. Modern denustry should accept the challe-nge of provldlng a replacement servlce wlth less tlme and less dlscomfort.

Transitional denture ls a complete denture which is made before preextractlon of teeth and ls lnserted to the patlent moulh lmmedlately after the al|remalnlng teeth are relnoved Thls den-ture is little dlfferent than that of so called "immedlate denture".

There are many advantages ln the use of transltlonal dentureb They are ldeal and compulsory for patients with severe periodontal disease. However, transitional dentures have not frequently been apPlied in the daily dental practice because of the difficulty of their construction procedures and the lack of understanding of their advantages.

We have been developed newly silnple procedures constructing transitional dentures and obtai-ned successful result to make patient’s satisfaction.