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 ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020 | PRINT ISSN No. 2277 - 8179 | DOI : 10.36106/ijsr

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

IMMEDIATE DENTURE: A REVIEW

Dental Science
Post Graduate student, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Kothiwal
Dr. Dipti Nayak Dental College & Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Kothiwal Dental College
Dr. Romil Singhal* & Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India. *Corresponding Author
Dr. Samarth Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Kothiwal Dental College
Agarwal & Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Sabeeha Post Graduate student, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Kothiwal
Hussain Dental College & Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Post Graduate student, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Kothiwal
Dr. Beenish Javed Dental College & Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Professor, Department of Periodontics, Uttaranchal Dental College & Medical Research
Dr. Shalini Gupta Institute, Dehradun-Uttarakhand 248140, Uttar Pradesh, India.
ABSTRACT
An immediate denture is a prosthesis placed immediately following tooth extraction due to esthetic reason. It is used to enhance esthetics, protect
extraction related surgical wound and provide function during healing. This type of transitional denture is often associated with a larger number of
teeth being extracted on the day of prosthesis insertion and a higher degree of unpredictability relative to anticipated healing. Consequently, the
required treatment addresses an immediate denture that will ultimately be transitioned into a denitive prosthesis.
KEYWORDS
conventional immediate denture, interim, transitional
INTRODUCTION Physiologic reasons:
An immediate complete denture is a restoration fabricated prior to the 1.Abnormal functioning of the mouth and mandible
extraction of a tooth, which is placed in the patient's mouth 2. Impaired enunciation,
immediately following the removal of the remaining teeth. They are 3. Abnormal deglutition,
fabricated increasingly nowadays, mainly for aesthetic and
psychological reasons. Psychologic reasons:
1. Humiliation,
The success of immediate dentures depends on correct indication and 2. adverse subjective reactions,
precise execution of clinical and laboratory fabrication procedures. 3. serving the indifferent patient
Usually posterior teeth are removed, leaving the six anterior teeth in
position and allowed for an adequate healing period of 8 to 12 weeks Contraindications for immediate denture5
before the nal impressions are made for the denitive prostheses.1 1. Diseases of a debilitating nature e.g., post irradiation of the head
and neck regions, systemic conditions that affect healing or blood
An immediate denture is classied as: clotting, cardiac or endocrine gland disturbances, and
A. Conventional immediate denture- one placed after healing is psychological disorders)2. Extreme deep overbites or other
completed and denture is relined to serve as the long-term abnormalities that make balanced occlusion impossible.6
prosthesis.2 2. Multiple extractions might be unwise because of systemic
B. Interim or Transitional immediate denture- prosthesis is designed conditions.
to enhance esthetics, stabilization and or function for a limited 3. Emotionally disturbed individuals
period of time, after which it is replaced by a denitive prosthesis. 4. Mental incapacities
C. Lavere and krol classied immediate dentures as conventional 5. Indifferent unappreciative patients
immediate dentures, transitional dentures or diagnostic dentures 6. Acute periapical or periodontal pathosis
(splint) and each further into groups as having a labial ange, 7. Extensive bone loss adjacent to remaining teeth.
partial labial ange, angeless immediate denture .3
Oral examination and informed consent
DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT PLANNING AND PROGNOSIS The panoramic radiograph provides a useful diagnostic aid. After
Patient assessment reviewing the dental and medical history of the patient, head and neck
The periodontal status, caries rate and current state of edentulism must examination is performed. During the normal intraoral examination,
be considered. Debridement of the existing teeth should be done with the dentist should include and record periodontal probing, a full
an initial prophylaxis followed by oral hygiene instructions. The health charting of all the teeth, need for frenum release, tori reduction or any
of the remaining dentition must be assessed and the strategic nature of other hard and soft tissue surgery if necessary .When possible, teeth
salvageable teeth also should be considered. Irregularities in occlusal should be selected for retention as overdenture abutments.
plane and opposing dentition must be evaluated as the retention of
strategically malposition teeth could result in adverse force The normal and the common anatomic abnormal difculties of the
transmission to the underlying structures, thereby resulting in greater mouth relative to immediate denture insertion is classied as: (1) Hard
functional and anatomical decit. tissues (exostoses, spiculae, mylohyoid ridges, knife-edge ridges,
maxillary tuberosity and alveolar contour) (2) Soft tissues (abnormal
Indications for immediate denture4 frenula and ligament and muscle attachments) (3) Ridge relation
Physical reasons: (faulty ridge relationship).7 Also notation of following factors help in
1. Disuse atrophy of the bony base, later visits like 1. Existing midline and need for modication of its
2. Unfavorable trabeculation of the repairing bone, position 2. Patient's existing vertical dimension of occlusion and
3. Damage of the temporomandibular joints, amount of interocclusal distance and the need for conforming to or
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changing it 3. Horizontal and vertical overlap of anterior teeth 4. Type made using an elastomeric impression material.
of angle's classication of occlusion for the patient, 5. Display of
posterior tooth in the buccal corridor

Tooth modification
Many immediate dentures will require modication of opposing teeth
to correct the occlusal plane or to eliminate prematurities in centric
relation. They can also interfere with the proper determination of the
occlusal vertical dimension. It is determined best by performing a Fig 4: Wax Block-Out for CID2 and final impression
diagnostic mounting of the preliminary casts to carefully evaluate the
planned changes. Type two: Two- tray or sectional custom impression tray
The type two method is used only when the posterior teeth have been
removed as for conventional immediate denture. It cannot be used in
the interim immediate denture technique because usually there are
posterior teeth present. It involves fabricating two trays on the same
cast, one in the posterior, which is made like a complete denture tray,
and one in the anterior (backless tray). An alternative impression
Figure 1: Mounted diagnostic casts2 technique would be to use an impression tray in the posterior portion of
the oral cavity to impress the soft tissue only. This tray would then be
First extraction or surgical visit indexed in such a way that it would connect to an anterior tray that
For preliminary extractions in conventional immediate denture would capture the likeness of the anterior teeth at rest. This approach is
technique, the patient's posterior teeth are removed as soon as possible. particularly effective when the anterior teeth are quite mobile and if the
Any other required hard and soft tissue operation is also done at rst position of these teeth would be difcult to capture in a single
surgical visit. These posterior extraction and other operated areas are impression technique. After border molding the posterior impression
allowed to heal for a short time usually 3 to 4 weeks. tray, an elastomeric material is used to capture the tissues at rest. If no
undercuts exist in the soft or the hard tissue, these tissues could be
Preliminary impressions and diagnostic casts recorded with zinc oxide eugenol impression material. The anterior
Preliminary impressions are made for two primary reasons. The rst is segment is recorded with an elastomeric impression material.
to use these impressions in the fabrication of casts that will be used in Regardless of the impression technique, the posterior limit of the
diagnosis and treatment planning. The second purpose is for maxillary complete denture must be established to create a posterior
fabrication of custom impression trays. Regardless of the technique, palatal seal.
the clinician will identify a peripheral extension to which the custom
tray should extend. Then a custom tray is fabricated with an
appropriate amount of space between the natural teeth and the
impression tray. This relief is easily controlled by the application of a
specied thickness of wax (generally 1 to 3 mm) that is adapted to the
soft and hard tissues of the diagnostic cast.
Fig 5: Sectional Custom Impression Tray2 and final impression

The most important consideration in the sectional tray technique is the

careful, proper reassembly of the two separate components of the
impression. Care must be taken not to distort this assembly during
Fig 2: Maxillary tray border molded2 removal from the mouth and during the pouring of the impression. The
method of boxing the impression with a mixture of plaster and pumice
Mandibular tray border molded is suggested as least likely to cause distortion. The nal casts are
Loose teeth can be protected from extractions during preliminary or trimmed.
nal impression by blocking out by adding periphery wax at the
cervical area.

Fig 6: Plaster and Pumice (50:50) Mix for Boxing2

Fig 3: Maxillary and mandibular preliminary impressions for IID
and CID2 Another tray variation for the maxilla is campagna tray technique. It
looks like a full arch tray with a hole cut out for the remaining anterior
Custom trays and final impressions teeth. A stock tray is used over the full arch tray to capture the anterior
Two fundamental techniques have been described to make nal teeth in the impression.8
impressions for an immediate denture. The two techniques consist of
using either a single impression tray that captures the natural dentition According to Swenson, kerr's utility wax added along the borders to
and the soft tissues simultaneously or creating an impression that uses extend from tuberosity to tuberosity and centre of the palatal area. Wax
a tray to capture the posterior soft tissue while a second tray is adapted is softened just before placement and alginate is added. Posterior part
to the rst in an effort to capture the anterior teeth in the secondary of tray is prepared with modelling compound. Tooth contact with
impression. compound is avoided. A small amount of heated hydrocolloid is
expelled with a syringe over anterior portion of exposed tray.
A single impression tray may be used when anterior and or posterior Additional amount of hydrocolloid is added over remainder of the tray.
teeth remain. This technique is most useful when the teeth maintain Tray is placed in mouth and cooled through water jacket.
positional stability and would not be displaced by the impression. On
the contrary, if the soft tissue is compressible, the single tray approach Lambrecht technique9- Anteriorly, the anges extending labially
may provide an opportunity to impress this tissue while at rest, using beyond the teeth to extend one eighth of an inch beyond the labial
the remaining natural teeth to act as a tray stop when inserting the surfaces of the teeth. After all the adjustments have been made, the tray
impression tray. This technique may require border molding in the is trimmed and border molded with green stick modeling compound.
edentulous areas to establish the full peripheral extension. The ange After the anges of the tray is perfected and posterior palatal seal
in the dentate areas should be extended with border molding material established, a static impression is made using zinc oxide eugenol paste
toward the tissue reection, but tissue undercuts may prevent the or silicone rubber impression material. A labial segment is constructed
border molding material from establishing full contact with vestibular with the main part of the impression in the mouth using materials as
tissue. Once border molding is established, the nal impression is plaster of paris, modeling compound, wax and acrylic resin. With the
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lip reected, the impression material is painted on the teeth and tissue According to swenson - root portion is excavated to a depth of approx
with a camel's hair brush, carried into position with a spatula, or it is 2mm on the labial side and ush with the gingival area on the lingual
carried under the lip with the ngers. The two sections are reassembled side, According to heartwell - labial line should be 3 mm above
and prepared for cast pouring. gingival and palatal line 2 mm above gingiva, According to rudd &
morrow11labial surfaces of lower anterior teeth labially 2 mm depth and
palatally at gingival line.

As suggested by Kelly, it is a modication of the “rule of thirds”, which

recommends dividing the labial aspect of the ridge into three equal
bands of space between the gingival line and the depth of the vestibular
Fig 7: A, Final Casts for IID, B, Final Casts for CID2 space. Trimming of the labial portion of the cast begins at the labio-to-
lingual center of the ridge and is conned to the gingival and middle
Maxillomandibular relationship records thirds, with most of the trimming done in the gingival third. The lingual
Careful assessment of the dentition in the opposing arch must be made portion of the cast is contoured and smoothed by again starting at the
and any alterations in its form, so as to establish a more favorable labio-to-lingual center of the ridge.12
occlusion.
Decoronation- woloch (1998) - Instead of extracting the remaining
The centric relation record is made directly at the established vertical anterior teeth, decoronation (with pulpectomy as indicated) of the
dimension using the clinician's material of choice like bite registration crowns should be done. The roots are removed after several days
wax, plaster or zinc oxide and eugenol. through 2 to 3 weeks.

According to fenn - Main types of socket preparation are with anterior

teeth socketed (socket are deepened by 1-2 mm leaving margins
intact), labial ange without alveolectomy (sockets not carved while
labial part of gingival margin is scraped), labial ange with
alveolectomy (sockets are carved deeper and labial plate is reduced in
Fig 8: Centric relation record area of attached mucosa).13

Denture teeth arrangement If the labial plate of bone is relatively intact within a few millimeters of
The posterior teeth may then be used in a clinical trial of the wax trial the free gingival margin before removal of the tooth from the cast, then
denture to ensure that the appropriate vertical dimension and centric remove the tooth from the cast at the gingival crest and then hollow
occlusion positions have been established. Once again phonetics and grind the cast a similar number of millimeters to simulate tooth
facial support will all be considered when conrming the vertical and removal. Simply put, more pocketing demands deeper preparation of
horizontal positions. the cast. Once the depth of the alveolus is approximated, the labial soft
tissue can then be reduced to simulate the drape of the tissue over the
labial plate of bone.

Once “cast surgery” has been performed and the irregularities on the
cast have been corrected through smoothing and polishing, the
remaining denture teeth may be arranged.

Fig 9: Posterior Tooth Setup for Try-in for CID2

Laboratory procedures
The immediate denture differs from the traditional denture in that the
cast must be modied to represent the anticipated changes in contour
that will occur with surgical removal of teeth. The preliminary step in
cast modication is the dental midline established by removing the Fig 12: Teeth setup and wax up2
central incisor and coinciding with the facial midline. The midline is
marked in pencil on the cast. The complete wax trial denture may then be removed from the cast so
that a duplicate impression can be made. This duplicate impression
would then be poured with stone and two layers of baseplate wax
adapted to it; this will be invested, packed with clear acrylic resin,
processed, nished, polished and used as the surgical template.

The denture is fabricated using similar traditional technology using a

split pack or injection molding technique. Following processing, the
denture are deasked and remounted. Occlusal adjustment is
Fig 10: Casts and land area marked with new midline2 performed to eliminate processing error, to reestablish the
predetermined occlusal vertical dimension and to provide bilateral
The posterior teeth already have been arranged; consequently, the balanced occlusion. The denture is then nished and polished.
remaining teeth may be removed from the stone cast and the cast
adjusted to simulate the soft and hard tissue contours that would be
anticipated following removal of teeth. The clinician needs to remain
aware that natural teeth are supported in an alveolus that may be as
little as 2mm below the free gingival margin or could be as much as a
centimeter or more below this soft tissue margin. Tissue depth is
critical as this inuence the thickness of the tissue beneath the
immediate denture.

Fig 13: Final denture

Teeth removal and denture insertion

Tooth removal is performed carefully to maintain the integrity of the
labial and palatal or lingual bony plates. If the decision was made to
Fig 11: Extraction sites marked2 and trimmed alter the contour of the bone, this will be accomplished at this time. The
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surgical template will be inserted before closure of the surgical site and psychological support after extractions and during the healing phase.
any areas of tissue blanching, which will be evident through the clear Proper follow-up care is essential to the success of an immediate
template, should be corrected by minor alveoloplasty. denture.

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Fig 15: Anterior alveolectomy and denture insertion

The patient will return to the dental ofce during that 24-hour time
frame when the denture will be removed by the clinician and adjusted
accordingly to eliminate soft tissue irritation and diminished denture
retention.

Fig 16: Conventional immediate denture

Postoperative care
The patient will be seen in 24 hours to evaluate denture retention,
support, and stability.

First 24 Hours2
The patient should avoid rinsing, avoid drinking hot liquids or alcohol
and not remove the immediate dentures during the rst 24 hours.
Because inammation, swelling and discoloration are likely to occur,
their partial control can be helped with ice packs (20 minutes on, 20
minutes off) on the rst day. Analgesic medications are prescribed as
required. The diet for the rst 24 hours should be liquid or soft, if
tolerated.

At the 24 hour visit:

1. Quickly check the tissues for sore spots (strawberry-red) related to
the dentures. Usually, areas include canine eminences, lateral to
tuberosities; posterior limit areas and retromylohyoid undercuts as
well as any other undercut ridge areas. They are relieved in the acrylic
resin. The denture should be kept out of the mouth only for a very short
time. Place a tissue conditioner if denture retention is unsatisfactory.

First Postoperative Week

Counsel the patient to continue to wear the immediate denture at night
for 7 days after extraction or until swelling reduction. After 1 week,
sutures can be removed and patient can begin removing the denture at
night. A reline or rebase of the denture is anticipated within the rst
year of clinical service.

Digital Immediate Denture

Digital dentures are fabricated using CAD/CAM technology. They
reduce clinical appointments, provide high accuracy in denture t,
allow less polymerization shrinkage of the denture base and facilitate
easier duplication of dentures.

CONCLUSIONS
Immediate dentures fulll an important role in today's treatment
modalities by providing the patients with esthetics, function, and
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