Dentistry – Prosthodontics
Patent
1984-12-24
1986-04-08
Wilson, John J.
Dentistry
Prosthodontics
A61C 1300
Patent
active
045809801
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises an improvement to an artificial denture, in the preferred embodiment, which provides support for age line features on the face of the wearer of the denture. The support mechanism comprises protuberances molded into the gum area of the denture to stretch the overlying skin tissue which carries the age lines and to urge those age lines into a more youthful configuration.
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patent: 1417345 (1922-05-01), Pimienta
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"Dentures for a Severe Class III Jaw Relationship" Hallam, Journal of Dentistry, 4, No. 6, 1976, pp. 291-292.
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