Carte Blanche: Aesthetic and Functional Foundations for the Complete Denture

Restorative and prosthetic dentistry is in a state of crisis. Social media, corporate advertising, and even the most reputable dental symposiums all place a heavy emphasis on fixed anterior treatments (i.e., cosmetic dentistry). There is a new wave of clinicians and technicians that are well aware of the necessity for education and training of complete denture and are pushing the boundaries of contemporary aesthetics with hyper-real removable prosthetics in a bold effort to rekindle the love affair with the original full arch/mouth rehabilitation.

Learning Objectives: 

• Establish the parameters of complete dentures that are coincident with contemporary fixed prosthetics and how they apply to treatment planning.
• Review many of the current shortcomings that exist with all phases of removable complete dentures prosthetics.
• Develop a case-specific armamentarium based on aesthetic and functional demands for each patient.
• Apply new concepts and techniques to current patient base.