single-appointment fabrication of interim immediate denture: a clinical report

objective: an immediate complete denture is fabricated before the extraction of all teeth. it has several advantages such as preservation of esthetics, muscular tone, normal speech and reduction of post-operative pain. this report describes a method of using patient’s current fixed partial denture (fpd) for single-appointment construction of interim immediate denture.   case: we used patient’s existing maxillary fpd for single-appointment fabrication of an interim immediate denture which was delivered to the patient after the extraction of his remaining maxillary teeth.   conclusion: within a short time, an interim immediate denture can be fabricated for patients to preserve occlusion, vertical facial height and facial appearance until the fabrication of final prosthesis.