Prosthodontics Definitions

An individualized impression tray made from a cast recovered from a preliminary impression. It is used in making a final

A material used to adhere a denture to the oral mucosa (GPT8).

A replica of the tooth surfaces, residual ridge areas and/or other parts of the dental arch and/or facial structures used

An artificial substitute for missing natural teeth and adjacent tissues (GPT8).

The part of a denture that rests on the foundation tissues and to which teeth are attached

The margin of the denture base at the junction of the polished surface and the impression surface (GPT8)

The part of the denture base that extends from the cervical ends of the teeth to the denture border (GPT8).

The act of pressing a denture base material into a mould within a refractory flask (GPT8).

(i) The means by which the denture base materials are polymerized to the form of a denture. (ii) The conversion

A channel placed in denture teeth to serve as a mechanical means of retaining the teeth in a chemically dissimilar

The translator portion of lateral movement in which the greatest portion occurs early in the forward movement of the nonworking

Any relationship of the mandible to the maxilla other than the CR (GPT8).

Any relationship of the mandible to the maxilla other than CR (GPT8).

The three-dimensional space circumscribed by mandibular border movements within which all unstrained mandibular movements occur (GPT8).

Movement occurring when the mandible moves away from maximum intercuspation (GPT8).