Innovative Technique for fitting Dentures

Balanced Equilibration and Proper Fit

• First establish a perfect centric relationship in the mouth and then a protusive and both lateral excursions.
• All chewing should occur without unnecessarily disturbing the lower denture or the upper from in situ.
• Cutting edge teeth have a 10% angle of movement making the upper denture aesthetically pleasing, but highly functional in chewing apple skins, lettuce and steak very easily.
• 95% - 98% of dentures don’t work optimally because the bite is off.
• Moodley’s method for establishing a true centric relationship is very accurate. The verto-centric relationship is recorded with the bite rims.
• Upper and lower are 100% fitted to the jaws when recording the bite - this is the key to our success.
• This direct method for recording bite is what gives absolute success in the making and fitting of dentures.

The "Moodley Method"

• The innovative method for recording an accurate bite for denture fitting is called the “Moodley Method”
• We use the patient’s jaw relationship to get a detailed impression.
• The mouth is rinsed well with an anesthetic-antiseptic mouth wash to remove all saliva and slightly numb the mouth reducing the gag response during the impression.
• Dentures are formed from the impression under thousands of pounds of pressure to attain an excellent fit.
• Moodley’s principle supersedes hand pressure impressions for dentures of the past 50 years, a hit-or-miss proposition at best. If you have ever observed the many ill-fitting denture remedies on drugstore shelves, you will have some idea of the magnitude and scope of the problem.

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