Question 86 · LDEK · Complete dentures

Patient arrived with a complete denture fractured along the palatal suture. The doctor should:

1) examine the accuracy of reassembly of broken fragments;
2) take the impression with the denture;
3) take the impression without the denture;
4) fix the denture chairside;
5) take the impression with the denture and the impression of the opposing dental arch.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. only 1.
  2. B. 1,2.
  3. C. 1,3.
  4. D. 1,5.
  5. E. only 4.
Hint

A midline fracture usually leaves two pieces that fit together exactly — what must be verified before the denture goes to the laboratory?

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