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ArticleCase reports in dentistry2025

Digital Removable Partial Denture Fabrication Using an Intraoral Scanner and the Altered-Cast Technique for a Patient With Free-End Partial Edentulism: A Case Report.

Yuta Iida, Yukio Kameda, Akinori Tasaka, Shuichiro Yamashita

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Article in Case reports in dentistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yuta IidaChugoku/Shikoku Branch, Japan Prosthodontic Society, Okayama, Japan.
Yukio KamedaHigashi-Kanto Branch, Japan Prosthodontic Society, Saitama, Japan.
Akinori TasakaDepartment of Removable Partial Prosthodontics, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-2358
Shuichiro YamashitaDepartment of Removable Partial Prosthodontics, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-4782

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This clinical report describes treatment with a removable partial denture produced using an anatomical impression made with an intraoral scanner and a mucocompressive impression made using the altered-cast technique. First, digital scanning was performed with an intraoral scanner to obtain an anatomical impression of the remaining teeth and the residual ridges. Computer-aided design software was then used to design the framework, which was fabricated by selective laser melting. A mucocompressive impression was subsequently made using the altered-cast technique, and gypsum was poured to modify the cast accordingly. The denture was then fabricated. The patient was satisfied with the stability, retention, and overall function of the prosthesis.

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altered-cast techniqueCAD/CAMcase reportintraoral scannerremovable partial denture

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PMID41268212
PMCPMC12629686

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