Complete Denture Fabrication Using Digitally Fabricated Copy Dentures for a Patient with Moderate Dementia

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Optical impressions recorded for the upper (a) and lower (b) dentures with an optical scanner. The scanned data were converted into standard tessellation language (STL) data and exported to a three-dimensional (3D) printer interface software, after which the support bars were set (c). A 3D printer using dental photocurable resin fabricated the copy denture at 100 μm/layer ((d) occlusal surface of upper denture, (e) mucosal surface of upper denture, (f) occlusal surface of lower denture, and (g) mucosal surface of lower denture).

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