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case_images: Resorbed mandibular ridge
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case_images: F1
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case_images: Lower special tray with spurs or fins projecting upward
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case_images: F2
case_images: The special tray was a plate of acrylic adapted to the lower ridge, without a handle, with spurs or fins projecting upward toward the upper arch [Figure 2].
case_images: Notch is cut in the lingual center section, and two notches were made on each of the buccal sides
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case_images: F3
case_images: One notch is cut in the lingual center section, and two notches are made on each of the buccal sides, one in the cuspid and one in the molar region [Figure 3].
case_images: Shape of the denture is permanently registered in the plaster index
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case_images: F4
case_images: The shape of the denture is now permanently registered in this plaster index [Figure 4].
case_images: Bare acrylic resin denture base
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case_images: F5
case_images: The low fusing compound is now destroyed down to the bare acrylic resin [Figure 5].
case_images: Bare acrylic resin denture base with the index
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case_images: F6
case_images: The index is then coated with a light mineral oil and assembled with the acrylic resin base in position [Figure 6].
case_images: Labial and lingual indices on the occlusal surface
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case_images: F7
case_images: The pink baseplate wax is slowly melted in a ladle and poured into the index through the space between the labial and lingual indices on the occlusal surface [Figure 7].
case_images: Lower occlusion rim
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case_images: F8
case_images: This is easily handled, and being attached to the acrylic resin base, it becomes the lower occlusion rim [Figure 8].
case_images: Lower teeth arrangement in the neutral zone
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case_images: F9
case_images: All of the lower teeth are set first [Figure 9].
case_images: Wax trial dentures
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case_images: F10
case_images: Denture insertion
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case_images: F11
case_images: The finished lower denture must be polished very lightly, and with extreme care finally the denture insertion [Figure 11] and postinsertion instructions were given.