Category: D

The clinical practices provided in the diagnosis, assembly, and maintenance of dentures.  

The resistance in the movement of a denture away from its tissue foundation, especially in a vertical direction. A quality of a denture that holds it to the tissue foundation and/or abutment teeth.  

The placement of a denture base material with pressure into a mold positioned in the refractory flask.  

A generic term for the long‐standing concept of artificial replacement of natural teeth and related structures, most commonly a removable device. The term is also used to denote its distinctness from an implant‐supported or a craniofacial prosthesis.  

An attempt by a clinician or laboratory technician to predict the success of a denture.  

The designated chewing portion of a dental prosthesis with artificial teeth that make contact with the opposing dentition.  

The soft tissue oral structures that support a dental prosthesis that replaces missing natural teeth with artificial teeth.  

The portion of the denture base that extends into the soft tissue vestibule. It runs from the cervical ends of the prosthetic teeth to the edge of the denture’s border.