Design of total dentures – challenge in dental prosthetics

Introduction: The design of total dentures in every day clinical practice has always been a challenge for both the dental prosthetist and the dental technician.
Objective: To emphasize the need of usage of specific articulator, in accordance with the skeletal class of the patient.
Result: In the presented case, a patient with skeletal class by Angle II was treated with removable total dentures. The specific measurements with the usage of face bow and semi individual articulator, resulted in functional
- aesthetic rehabilitation of the patient. As therapists, we are indulged to follow nature, to restore what has been lost in terms of vertical and horizontal relation.
Conclusion: It is a challenge to create a denture that is satisfactory for both the patient and the dental prosthetics team. Manufacturing dentures by respecting the patient’s skeletal class is coordinated with success and proper restoration of function and aesthetics.