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There are at least five main stages to making a denture. Each stage involves input from the dentist, patient and a dental technician.

• Primary impressions
• Secondary impressions
• Bite recording
• Try-in
• Fit

Primary impressions

When a patient wants a missing tooth or teeth to be replaced, they are usually given a number of possible treatment plans - one of which is often

Losing a tooth can be quite upsetting for patients, particularly if the tooth that is missing is in the anterior region of the mouth, however, patients should be

Cone beam computed technology has been in use in specialised medical centres and hospitals for a number of years. As technology progresses, the use of CBCT in dentistry

Extra-Oral radiographs are taken with the image receptor placed outside of the patients’ mouth. These radiographs show large areas and are less defined than

Intra-oral radiographs are those which are taken with the image receptor placed inside the mouth. The image produced should be

Digital images are processed and viewed on computers, there is no processing that is physically carried out by any member of the dental team. Digital radiographic

Manual processing of Radiographic Film is carried out in a darkroom; this means that is completely light tight except for an appropriate

Once a radiographic film and area the area of the mouth to be viewed have been exposed to x-ray photons, the image (or more