Recipe For A Successful Dental Appliance

RECIPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL DENTAL APPLIANCE

                             Floyd Spiva Jr. CDT MDT CD

                                     The Denture Pro.

(1)...A patient without emotional issues.

(2)...A patient in good health.

(3)...A dental professional who is talented at the required

       steps necessary to create a dental appliance.

(4)...Complete dental examination followed by correcting

        any adverse dental issue found.

(5)...Precise dental impressions of oral structures.

(6)...Precise recording of the jaws relationships as it

       applies to proper lateral position and vertical distance

       between them in a balanced position.

(7)...Successful "Trying In" of the intended dental

        appliance prior to final finish and delivery.

(8)...Patient approval of the "Try In" with regard to the

       appearance of the appliance and any other issue

       requiring explanation or change.

(9)...Re "Try In" for patients final approval if changes were

       required from the initial "Try In".

(10) Upon delivery of a "removable" appliance, the patient

       should be scheduled for a follow up check up within

       24 to 72 hours.

(11) Appliances which are defined as "Immediate's",such

       as those immediately placed in the mouth following

       extractions, should be provided additional treatment

       procedures over the healing period to insure the best

       possible fit and function...One such treatment plan is

       the "Temporary Soft Liner Treatment Series".

(12) Patients need to be told that any extraction site

       will require five to six months to heal and the site will

       change in size and shape during the healing period.

       Immediate Denture patients must be told that their

       new dentures will most likely cease to fit and function

       well within in three to ten day's following extractions

       and denture insertion.

(13) Temporary Soft Liner treatment should begin by the

        fourth week following extractions and continued

        through the fifth to sixth month and then the denture

        or dentures must be refitted with denture plastic.Or,

        the dentures replaced with new dentures created

        from new precise impressions and jaw relationship

        recordings taken no sooner than the fifth or sixth

        month following extractions to insure a proper fit

        and function.