3D Dentures

The Triple Impression Technique

Dentures have four surfaces:

  • The Gum Surface
  • The Tooth Surface
  • The Tongue Surface (inside surface)
  • The Lips and Cheek Surface (outside surface)

Please click on this video link to see an animation of how the process works:

3D Dentures

All dentists take a moulding of the first surface which is the gum surface. The second surface, the tooth surface, does not require an impression as it is set by the teeth that the dentist chooses.

Until now, clinics have not taken mouldings of the third and fourth surfaces, the tongue and lips and cheek surface.

Instead of taking just one moulding, The Denture & Implant Clinic use a new, triple impression technique, whereby even the sides of the denture are customized. These extra impressions create a mirror image of the tongue on the inside, and the lips and cheek on the outside.

The benefits of further customizing a denture include:

  • The denture will feel a part of you in a way that traditional dentures do not
  • Improved fit - it is easier to hold the dentures in place because their shape precisely fits with all mouth movements
  • Reduces amount of food particles that get trapped under dentures
  • Non-surgical facelift effect: the dentures build out the face, giving improved facial support and a more youthful appearance
  • Can improve speech, particularly for those who have had speech issues with their old dentures

It is important to note that this technique is no substitute for making all of the other aspects of the dentures correctly. As you will see from the rest of this website, we take the same care and concern over all of the measurements required to create superb dentures.

Typical patient comments after having had 3-D dentures fitted include: "I can't believe how much younger I look with my new teeth," and "These are the first dentures that really feel a part of me."