title: Technique for fabricating individualized dentures with a gingiva-shade composite resin.
abstract: More natural dental esthetics have been sought by patients who wear conventional complete or partial dentures. Recently, gingiva-shade composite resins (GSCRs) have become available for replicating soft tissue for both fixed and removable prostheses. The technique presented is for fabricating individualized complete dentures. First the acrylic resin is mixed with a coloring agent and processed to modify the base shade of the denture. GSCRs are light polymerized onto a prepared space on the buccal surfaces of denture base to replicate the appearance of gingival tissues including blood vessels. The technique provides an outstanding natural, gingiva-like, appearance and allows complete dentures to harmonize with the individual patient's surrounding oral tissues.
authors.affiliation: Graduate student, Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Beom-Woo
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Nam-Jin
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jonghyuk
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. Electronic address: haelee@dku.edu.
authors.forename: Hae-Hyoung
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003188:Composite Resins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D003824:Denture, Complete; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005881:Gingiva / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003188:Composite Resins