Acrylic partial dentures can be useful in restoring function and aesthetics of the partially dentate patient. Clinical care and attention needs to be given to the design of the prosthesis in order to...

Indirect retention can be defined as the effect achieved by one or more indirect retainers of a removable partial denture that reduces the tendency for a denture base to move in an occlusal direction...

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis in the UK in 2020 and the subsequently published guidance from the Chief Dental Officer of England, all routine, non-urgent dental care was ‘stopped and deferred...

An 86-year-old female was referred by her general dental practitioner (GDP) to the Restorative Dentistry department at UCL Eastman Dental Hospital to provide her with more stable dentures. The patient...

There are two broad components to denture framework fabrication using a digital workflow – computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacture (CAM) (Figure 1)..

A 17-year-old male patient who was waiting for partial maxillectomy as the necessary treatment for an ameloblastoma, presented to the Restorative Unit at the Dental Institute, Colombo after being...

The soft palate is the posterior muscular extension of the hard palate. Together they form the roof of the mouth and floor of nasopharynx, and have functions in respiration, speech and swallowing. The...

Clinical difficulties in shade selection can be broadly divided into four categories..

A well-supported denture will have resistance to movement into the denture-bearing tissues..

Forty-one percent of failing complete dentures assessed at our New Patient Clinics between October 2016 and March 2017 showed poor adaptation to the denture-bearing area. This may result in a rocking...