The Art of Removable Partial Dentures

Lectures and live demonstration on a patient by Finlay Sutton

I absolutely love providing partial dentures for my patients as they are often life changing. I will show you how to make partial dentures function like “removable bridges” and prove that they are viable alternatives to dental implant supported restorations. In addition, I will demonstrate that well designed and made partial dentures can have superior aesthetics over fixed restorations. I will share with you the techniques and methods Rowan Garstang (my dental technician) and I use to achieve predictable results with removable prosthodontics.

We provide a special form of partial denture design which is based around a solid chassis (major connector) which splints mobile teeth protecting the periodontium of the remaining natural teeth as much as possible. I will show you how I design and manage all combinations of missing teeth. As well as discussing tooth positioning and partial denture occlusion I will show you how I make accurate impressions and record the occlusion, using gothic arch tracing (in a live demonstration on a patient) enabling Rowan to make accurately fitting partial dentures.

This day is aimed at dentists, clinical dental technicians and dental technicians consisting of a live patient demonstration and lectures abundantly illustrated with step by step photographs and videos of all procedures.

Aims, objectives and anticipated outcomes:

• Making partial dentures as stable, comfortable and secure as possible
• A good understanding of a step by step design sequence
• Optimising the aesthetics of partial dentures
• Making accurate impressions of the hard and soft tissues for cobalt chromium castings
• Record occlusal relations accurately using gothic arch tracing
• Designing partial dentures to limit periodontal damage
• Be able to adjust partial dentures, without compromising their fit and making gaps between teeth and the denture
• Make partial dentures fit and work like removable bridges
• Designing dentures for future tooth failure and additions
• Have happier patients with improved outcomes
• Better communication between dentist, CDT and dental technician
• Increased professional satisfaction and rekindle your enthusiasm for partial dentures