Finlay's Case Presentation

This newsletter describes in step-by-step detail Mavis’s treatment stages with complete dentures

This 69 year old woman was referred herself to me for new complete dentures, following seeing an advert in a local community magazine.

Wish list
“Complete dentures which look like natural teeth”
“No pink gum showing, and the upper left lateral incisor overlapped slightly”
“I want people I meet to automatically assume I have natural teeth”
“I don’t want a ‘Hollywood’ smile.”

Following consultation, Mavis chose to have replacement upper and lower conventional dentures made.

The clinical situation and treatment process is shown in detail below with photographs. 5 visits were required for the treatment. 1 review after delivery was required. I (Finlay Sutton) provided the clinical work and Rowan Garstang provided the technical work.

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If you would like to learn exactly how to do this, please come on my 2 day complete denture course £2,889.60, limited attendance at the practice taught by me (Finlay - Clinician) and Rowan (Dental Technician) with a live patient demonstration. This is run twice a year.

If you’ve been on my 2 day complete denture course, I run a refresher revision day once a year at the practice £1,1154.

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Full protocol - case presentation of Mavis's complete denture provision

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