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An update on indirect prosthodontic materials and their manufacturing techniques David Gray Olivia Barraclough Zaid Ali Brian Nattress Dental Update 2024 48:8, 707-709.
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DavidGray
Associate Dentist, The Broadway Dental Practice, Catford, London, SE6 4SN and Specialty Doctor in Prosthodontics, Eastman Dental Hospital, 47-49 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6DG, UK
Innovations in the fabrication of removable partial dentures depend not only on the development of new materials, but also on the availability of manufacturing techniques that can be applied to a dental environment. Many of these new materials have limited clinical evaluations, hence it can be difficult for the general dental practitioner to confidently determine which materials to use. The introduction of any new material into clinical practice often requires practitioners to go through a learning curve to make the most of the material and employ it most appropriately. This article provides an update on the materials available for removable partial dentures and discusses the advantages and disadvantages to enable the GDP to make an evidence-based decision.
CPD/Clinical Relevance: It is important that clinicians are aware of the alternative materials to conventional acrylic and cobalt chrome.
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Dentistry, as with most fields in healthcare, is inundated with regular advances and developments. The development of dental materials, a cornerstone of prosthetic dentistry, is an area with a rapidly evolving landscape driven by advances in materials science and industrial innovations.1 The introduction of a new material into clinical practice is often driven by the need to address a particular clinical concern or overcome a weakness with another material. Historically, the choice for a removable prosthetic framework or veneering material has been limited. The introduction of new dental materials makes it difficult for dental practitioners to truly appraise these and decide which would be worth adopting into their clinical practice. This is no less true with removable partial dentures, where advances in both material science and manufacturing processes have allowed dentistry to broaden the range of material options and workflows available.
This article addresses some of the questions that are likely to arise when clinicians are faced with a new denture material proffered for the provision of partial dentures. The aim is to inform readers about some of the novel materials that they are likely to encounter, along with their respective advantages and disadvantages, and to explain how the introduction of novel manufacturing techniques and digital prosthetic workflows have allowed the introduction of these new materials. Readers will note the cited references rarely refer to large scale clinical studies. The authors would therefore caution that the presented evidence is based on a narrative review of the best available evidence. Indeed, as the availability of higher quality clinical research in this area develops, so too will the evidence-based clinical recommendations evolve.
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