The Dentca CAD/CAM approach: a case report

Dr. Les Kalman spoke with Dr. John O’Keefe, Director of Knowledge Networks at the Canadian Dental Association, about a patient who is rehabilitated with Dentca’s CAD/CAM dentures.

Dr. Les Kalman is Assistant Professor in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the Western University

With the collaboration of Dr. Roocha Vyas, B.D.S., R.D.H., D.D.S. in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University 

A Dental Outreach Community Service patient is rehabilitated with Dentca’s CAD/CAM dentures. The clinical and laboratory procedures offer the clinician another option for complete denture delivery that is both efficient and accurate. The expedited approach has a place with outreach dentistry, providing patients with form and function in a timely manner.

Outcomes

• The Dentca CAD/CAM approach seems to provide an efficient and accurate method for clinical procedures and denture fabrication of complete dentures. 
• Although the method requires the clinician to work with a new procedural approach, the fundamentals of removable prosthodontics remains the same. 
• The dentures appears to be a very high quality denture and accurate in terms of fit, retention, function, occlusion, esthetics and phonetics. 
• The patient seemed to exhibit complete satisfaction with the delivered prosthesis, in both form and function. 

Watch the video of the interview

Additional Resources

• Submitted case report (PDF)
• DOCS: http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/dentistry/docs
• Dentca: www.dentca.com