• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.76-84
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• 2015

This article reviews the topic of how to identify and develop a removable partial denture (RPD) path of placement, and provides a literature review of the concept of the RPD path of placement, also known as the path of insertion. An optimal RPD path of placement, guided by mutually parallel guide planes, ensures that the RPD flanges fit intimately over edentulous ridge structures and that the framework fits intimately with guide plane surfaces, which prevents food collecting empty spaces between the intaglio surface of the framework and intraoral surfaces, and ensures that RPD clasps engage adequate numbers of tooth undercuts to ensure RPD retention. The article covers topics such as the causes of obstructions to RPD intra-oral seating, the causes of food collecting empty spaces that may exist around an RPD, and how to identify if a guide plane is parallel with the projected RPD path of placement. The article presents a method of using a surgical operating microscope, or high magnification (6-8x or greater) binocular surgical loupes telescopes, combined with co-axial illumination, to identify a preliminary path of placement for an arch. This preliminary path of placement concept may help to guide a dentist or a dental laboratory technician when surveying a master cast of the arch to develop an RPD path of placement, or in verifying that intra-oral contouring has aligned teeth surfaces optimally with the RPD path of placement. In dentistry, a well-fitting RPD reduces long-term periodontal or structural damage to abutment teeth.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.202-209
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• 2021

By classifying temporary denture production for surgical guides, digital guide-based surgery, and final prosthesis production, the problems of each process were assessed in advance and the factors that could be improved were confirmed in this study. The manufacturing process of fusion dental prosthesis uses virtual programs and computed tomography images to manufacture devices using the latest technologies of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing and three-dimensional printing, which enables implants to be placed in the desired location in advance. Moreover, implant placement is not dependent on the skill and condition of the dentist, and because it uses a computer system, it can always be performed at a constant and optimal position. This can reduce the remanufacturing rate compared with the general method, shorten the treatment period, and eliminate patient discomfort. Unlike the traditional method of using impression materials and plaster models, digital fusion dental prostheses would be evaluated as a technology for producing prosthesis through professional design technology and communication.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2017

PURPOSE. The design of the attachment must provide an optimum stress distribution around the implant. In this study, for implant overdentures with a bar/clip attachment or a locator attachment, the stress transmitted to the implant in accordance with the change in the denture base length and the vertical pressure was measured and analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Test model was created with epoxy resin. The strain gauges made a tight contact with implant surfaces. A universal testing machine was used to exert a vertical pressure on the mandibular implant overdenture and the strain rate of the implants was measured. RESULTS. Means and standard deviations of the maximum micro-deformation rates were determined. 1) Locator attachment: The implants on the working side generally showed higher strain than those on the non-working side. Tensile force was observed on the mesial surface of the implant on the working side, and the compressive force was applied to the buccal surface and on the surfaces of the implant on the non-working side. 2) Bar/clip attachment: The implants on the both non-working and working sides showed high strain; all surfaces except the mesial surface of the implant on the non-working side showed a compressive force. CONCLUSION. To minimize the strain on implants in mandibular implant overdentures, the attachment of the implant should be carefully selected and the denture base should be extended as much as possible.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2018

무치악 환자에서 악간관계의 부조화는 자주 관찰되며, 의치에서 인공치의 교합접촉 시 안정의 결여는 환자의 불편감과 점막 외상, 나아가서는 근육과 신경의 변화나 감정적 장애를 일으킬 수 있다. 따라서 기능 시 의치에 가해지는 교합력을 고려하여 적절한 교합을 설정하는 것이 성공적인 의치 치료에 중요한 요소라고 할 수 있다. 본 증례에서는 하악 전돌로 인한 상하악 악궁간의 심한 부조화를 가진 완전무치악 환자를 양악총의치로 수복하였다. 비정상적인 악간 관계를 보상하기 위해 구치부 교차교합으로 인공치를 배열함으로써 의치의 안정과 유지를 확보하였고, 환자 또한 기능적, 심미적으로 만족하였다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.381-386
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• 2017

PURPOSE. To integrate extra-oral facial scanning information with CAD/CAM complete dentures to immediately rehabilitate terminal dentition. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Ten patients with terminal dentition scheduled for total extraction and immediate denture placement were recruited for this study. The patients were submitted to a facial scanning procedure using the in-office PritiMirror scanner with bite registration records in-situ. Definitive stone cast models and bite records were subsequently submitted to a lab scanning procedure using the lab scanner (iSeries DWOS; Dental Wings). The scanned models were used to create a virtual teeth setup of a complete denture. Using the intra-oral bite records as a reference, the virtual setup was incorporated in the facial scan thereby facilitating a virtual clinical evaluation (teeth try-in) phase. After applying necessary adjustments, the virtual setup was submitted to a CAM procedure where a 5-axis industrial milling machine (M7 CNC; Darton AG General) was used to fabricate a full-milled PMMA immediate provisional prosthesis. RESULTS. Total extractions were performed, the dentures were immediately inserted, and subjective clinical fit was evaluated. The immediate provisional prostheses were inserted and clinical fit, occlusion/articulation, and esthetics were subjectively assessed; the results were deemed satisfactory. All provisional prostheses remained three months in function with no notable technical complications. CONCLUSION. Ten patients with terminal dentition were treated using a complete digital approach to fabricate complete dentures using CAD/CAM technology. The proposed technique has the potential to accelerate the rehabilitation procedure starting from immediate denture to final implant-supported prosthesis leading to more predictable functional and aesthetics outcomes.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.442-450
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• 2021

컴퓨터 지원 설계 및 제조 기법(CAD-CAM)은 치과 영역에서 급속도로 발전해온 분야로, 다양한 보철 치료 영역에 적용되고 있다. 이 중 절삭형 방식(Subtractive Manufacturing)으로 분류되는 절삭가공 기법을 이용한 의치 제작은 상용화된 디지털 총의치 제작 방식 중 하나이며, 동시에 첨가형 방식(Additive Manufacturing)으로 분류되는 레이저 소결 혹은 용융 기법을 활용하여 피개의치를 위한 금속구조물을 보다 효율적으로 제작할 수 있게 되었다. 본 증례에서는, CAD-CAM을 통해 절삭형 방식으로 제작한 상악 총의치와 3D 금속 프린팅을 이용한 금속구조물과 절삭형 방식으로 제작된 인공치를 접목한 하악 임플란트 피개의치를 제작하였다. 이를 통해 기능적, 심미적으로 적절한 임상적 결과를 얻었으므로 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.54-63
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• 2024

장기간 사용된 임플란트 피개의치는 부착장치의 마모와 전치부 교합집중, 인공치 파절, 의치의 회전 등을 보일 수 있다. 이러한 문제점은 추가적인 임플란트 식립을 이용한 임플란트보조 국소의치(IARPD, implant assisted removable partial denture)로의 전환으로 개선할 수 있다. 본 증례는 임플란트 피개의치를 사용하는 3급 악간관계 환자에서 전치부에 집중된 교합을 분산하고 의치의 회전방지를 위해 서베이드 크라운을 이용한 IARPD으로 전환하였다. 여러 단계의 임시수복물을 통해 적절한 기능과 심미를 가진 최종보철물의 형태를 결정하였으며 최종 보철물의 적절한 구치부 교합과 임플란트 주위 변연골 유지를 보였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 1981

Distal-extension removable partial dentures have long been implicated in the increase in mobility and the destruction of the supporting structures of the primary abutment teeth. Various clasping systems have traditionally been used to retain distal extension removable partial dentures, and other designs have been proposed to minimize torquing forces on the abutment teeth. Most recent studies investigating the effects of removable partial dentures on abutment teeth have been performed in it laboratory setting. Results obtained from in vitro research have given dentists insight into removable partial denture design, but laboratory test model cannot be constructed that simulates actual functional or parafunctiona1 movements and forces. The purpose of this study was to clinically evaluate the degree of tooth mobility produced by two clasping systems (suprabulge type and infrabulge type) used for distal extension removable partial dentures. Akers clasp and R.P.I. system were selected for the evaluation, and four patients required a distal extension removable partial denture on the mandibular arch were selected for participation in the study. Two partial dentures were constructed in the same condition expect the design of clasp. All abutments in the study were mandibular first or second premolars. Measurements of mobility were made with a research tool designed by $M\"{u}hlemann$. This instrument, periodontometer, measures tooth mobility in the mouth by means of a dial gauge accurated to 0.01mm when the tooth is stressed with a force meter. Lingual and buccal deflection of abutment tooth was measured using buccal and lingual pressure. The amount of force applied was 500gm. Tooth mobility tests were made at four key stages; 1. Before insertion of the first removable partial denture, baseline mobility was establsihed. 2. After wearing of the first prosthesis, measurement was made at weekly intervals for 4 weeks. 3. The removable partial denture was then taken from the patient, and tooth mobility was measured again at weekly intervals until the patient's established baseline mobility had returned. 4. The second prosthesis of different clasp design was worn for a month and evaluated in the same manner as the first. The sequence of placement of clasping system was alternated between patients. The following results were obtained from this study; 1. The mobility of abutment tooth increased during the initial stage of wear and returned to baseline mobility after removal of removable partial dentures. 2. The mobility of abutment tooth showed no difference between Akers clasp and I-bar clasp during the 4-week test period. 3. All teeth tested showed greater mobility toward the buccal than the lingual direction.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2018

가철성 국소의치의 금속구조물을 제작하는 방법은 왁스 패턴을 제작하여 주조하는 lost wax technique이 주로 사용되어 왔으나, 디지털 기술의 발달로 서베잉과 금속구조물을 CAD (Computer aided design)로 디자인하여 제작할 수 있게 되었다. 여러 증례에서 CAD를 이용한 pattern의 프린팅 방식으로 얻은 레진 패턴이 구강 내에 정확하게 적합 되었고 최종 금속구조물 또한 좋은 적합도를 보였다고 보고되었다. 본 원저는 치조골 소실이 심한 상, 하악부분 무치악 환자에서 가철성 국소의치의 금속구조물을 두 가지 방식으로 각각 제작하였다. 첫 번째는 일반적인 lost wax technique과 두 번째는 CAD를 통해 pattern을 프린팅하여 금속구조물을 주조하는 방식으로 제작하여, CAD data와 fit checker를 이용해 금속구조물과 서베이드 크라운과의 유격을 측정함으로써 금속구조물의 적합도를 비교하였다. 두 가지 방식 모두 임상적으로 사용 가능한 금속구조물의 적합도를 얻었기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2018

PURPOSE. Conventional resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (RBFPDs) are usually made with a two-retainer design. Unlike conventional RBFPDs, cantilever resin-bonded fixed partial dentures (Cantilever RBFPDs) are, for their part, made with a single-retainer design. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of tooth surface preparation on the bond strength of zirconia cantilever single-retainer RBFPDs. The objective is to evaluate the shear bond strength of these single-retainer RBFPDs bonded on 3 different amount of tooth surface preparation. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Thirty extracted bovine incisors were categorized to 3 groups (n=10), with different amounts of tooth surface preparations. Teeth were restored with single-retainer RBFPDs with different retainer surfaces: large retainer of $32mm^2$; medium retainer of $22mm^2$; no retainer and only a proximal connecting box of $12mm^2$. All RBFPDs were made of zirconia and were bonded using an adhesive system without adhesive capacity. Shear forces were applied to these restorations until debonding. RESULTS. Mean shear bond strength values for the groups I, II, and II were $2.39{\pm}0.53MPa$, $3.13{\pm}0.69MPa$, and $5.40{\pm}0.96MPa$, respectively. Statistical analyses were performed using a one-way ANOVA test with Bonferroni post-hoc test, at a significance level of 0.001. Failure modes were observed and showed a 100% adhesive fracture. CONCLUSION. It can be concluded that the preparation of large tooth surface preparation might be irrelevant. For zirconia single-retainer RBFPD, only the preparation of a proximal connecting box seems to be a reliable and minimally invasive approach. The differences are statistically significant.