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case_images: Kennedy's Class II modification 1 partially edentulous arch
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case_images: F1
case_images: A 45-year-old female reported to the Department of Prosthodontics with the chief complaint of missing teeth in the mandibular arch [Figure 1] and expressed desire regarding the replacement of teeth and the possibility of marking the prostheses.
case_images: Mouth preparation completed for cast partial denture
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case_images: F2
case_images: Final impression made with Addition silicone impression material
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case_images: F3
case_images: Cast partial denture framework in the cast
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case_images: F4
case_images: The framework was invested and casted with Co-Cr alloy (d.SIGN 30, Ivoclar Vivadent, Schaan, Liechtenstein), and the metal framework [Figure 4] obtained from the casting was finished and polished.
case_images: Laser micro-etching using diode laser
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case_images: F5
case_images: A numeric identification code was suggested by the patient (17489), and every digit was laser etched in the successive denture base minor connectors [Figures 5 and 6].
case_images: Etched surface under magnification revealing the digits
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case_images: F6
case_images: A numeric identification code was suggested by the patient (17489), and every digit was laser etched in the successive denture base minor connectors [Figures 5 and 6].
case_images: Insertion of Cast partial denture in patient's mouth
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case_images: F7
case_images: Artificial teeth were arranged and processed and the prostheses inserted in the patient's mouth [Figure 7].