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METHODS article
Front. Oral. Health
Sec. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/froh.2025.1589993
This article is part of the Research TopicVR-Haptic Technologies and Their Applications in Dental EducationView all articles
Overdenture pickup without retaining material; A novel dental technique
Provisionally accepted- Department of Prosthodontics, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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This article describes a novel technique for overdenture metal housing pickup for a digitally fabricated overdenture using an extraoral scanner and ExoCAD software. This technique could help the clinician save time and reduce the hassle of extra visits and additional laboratory steps.
Keywords: Overdenture, pickup, mandibular overdenture, ExoCAD, digital denture
Received: 08 Mar 2025; Accepted: 15 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Barakat, El Far and Kotb. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Noha Waleed Barakat, Department of Prosthodontics, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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