Adding teeth to VALPLAST?

[The Anhedonia]

Is it possible? I have a patient with a maxillary valplast, #7 fell off, and she does not have $ to fabricate a new one. any thoughts?

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[theartofzahn]

You can't do it with repair acrylic, it's got to go to the lab.

 

[The Anhedonia]

Problem is patient is not willing to go 1-2 weeks without a fully upper denture. I should have mentioned i'm looking for a chair-side solution.

 

[DrJeff]

Valpast repair/addition work can be done, but as mentioned before it's NOT a chairside procedure. Most labs that offer Valpast can typically turn a repair/minor addition (1 to 2 teeth) in 2 to 3 working days (at least that's what the 2 labs that I use for removeable can do it in).

Just got to inform the patient, and if your adding a few planned teeth, typically talk to the lab before so that you can give the patient an accurrate estimate of the time they'll be without their partial

 

[D.D.S.]

Sticky wax the tooth in place, duplicate the denture in house for the patient to use temporarily and send the original denture to the lab...

 

[Mackchops]

Put some good-sized mechanical retention boxes in the denture base and then add the tooth back with repair acrylic.

Best repair would be to send it to the lab.