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Volume 27 , Issue 2
March/April 2007
Pages 181-192

Checking the Occlusal Relationships of Complete Dentures via a Remount Procedure

Tomislav Badel, DMD, PhD / Josip Panduric, DMD, PhD / Sonja Kraljevic, DMD, PhD / Niksa Dulcic, DMD, MSD

PMID: 17514890
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0733

Correct occlusal relationships are part of the successful prosthetic treatment of edentulous patients. Occlusal checking should be performed via a remount procedure because denture base materials and fabrication procedures cannot provide dimensionally accurate complete dentures. Occlusal errors caused by the adjustment of denture bases to the denture foundation after a certain period of wearing can also be corrected by means of remounting. The following remount procedures for complete dentures are described: fabrication of transfer casts, transfer of a maxillary denture with a facebow, centric relation record, and mounting of dentures with transfer casts in an articulator with a dental stone. Deflective occlusal contacts of denture teeth in centric occlusion can be eliminated by selective grinding and by tooth-guided excursive movements. In complete denture treatment, priority is given to anterior/canine-guided occlusion. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2007;27:181–192.)

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