title: A CAD/CAM system for removable denture. Part I: Fabrication of complete dentures.
abstract: This study investigated the development of a computer-aided system for designing and fabricating removable complete dentures. The anatomical and morphological information of edentulous residual ridges and surrounding tissues were obtained from maxillomandibular double impressions mounted on a high-speed, three-dimensional laser scanner. Artificial tooth arrangements, occlusion, the outline of polished surface, and denture border location were developed on a work station using a knowledge data base. Established three-dimensional data were transferred into a three-dimensional, laser lithography machine, and a complete denture was fabricated from photopolymerized resin composite material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minoura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nokubi
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003779:Denture Design / Q000379:methods*; D003824:Denture, Complete; D006801:Humans