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What records does an immediate denture need?

An immediate denture case needs preoperative impressions or intraoral scans of the existing dentition, a bite registration, facebow or vertical dimension records, shade and mold selection, midline and smile-line photos, and the planned extraction sequence.

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The seven records Dani Dental requires for an immediate denture

An immediate denture is fabricated before the patient's remaining teeth are extracted, then delivered the day of surgery. That sequence collapses the normal try-in window, which means the lab is working from records, not from the patient's mouth. Incomplete records are the leading cause of immediate denture remakes. A 2021 study in the Journal of Prosthodontics found that 38% of immediate denture adjustments at delivery traced back to missing or ambiguous preoperative data, not lab error.

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Can an immediate denture case be submitted digitally?

Yes. Dani Dental accepts intraoral scans from all major scanners (iTero, TRIOS, Medit, Primescan) for immediate denture cases. The digital workflow still requires the same seven records: the scan replaces the physical impression but bite registration, VDO, shade, mold, photos, and extraction sequence are all still required. Digital submission typically saves one to two days of shipping time and eliminates impression distortion, which is a meaningful variable on full-arch cases.

What is the turnaround time for an immediate denture?

Dani Dental ships conventional immediate dentures in 10 business days from receipt of complete records. Rush cases (5 business days) are available with prior scheduling. The turnaround clock starts when the last required record arrives, which is why we call the practice the same day if anything is missing. Full-arch immediates and cases involving surgical guides have a separate workflow with planning meetings built into the timeline.

Should the immediate denture be relined at delivery or later?

Most clinicians do a tissue conditioner or soft reline at delivery and a hard reline at three to six months once tissue remodeling stabilizes. Dani Dental fabricates the immediate with reline space already designed in, so the chairside reline at delivery is straightforward. We include reline protocol notes in the case packet on every immediate, with the technician's direct line if the clinician wants to talk through the reline sequence before the surgery date.

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